analysis of magazine front cover

1. Empire Front Cover Analysis
Analysis of Spiderman Empire Front Cover

2. The Cover
This is one of the magazine covers I
have chosen to analyse. I chose this
cover as the image stood out for me
in particular.

3. The Masthead
The masthead for Empire Magazine makes a statement on the page. The red
especially stands out on the dull background used for the image. The font
used, I feel links in well with the word ‘Empire.’ The word Empire immediately
creates connotations of the city New York, and the large bold font links to
these connotations. The masthead is not too invaded by the main image used
for the magazine, so is still visible at the top of the page, but the bold writing
does help to give an impact to the audience.

4. The Splash
The splash used for this cover I feel doesn’t really work that well. It is a clear
splash and it doesn’t invade the image too much. However, I feel that it fades
into the background too much and doesn’t really stand out to the public. The
colours used do link in with the main image, however the do blend in with the
background. Also the splash is not located in the conventional place for a
cover, which is normally at the bottom of the page, I feel that the splash is
slightly too close to the Masthead on this particular example.

5. The Main Image
The main image on this magazine I feel really stands out, it was what
particularly attracted me to this example. The pose the actor is in is typical of
the character of Spiderman, it is his traditional pose, which I think is a clever
design as fans of Spiderman would be attracted to this image on this cover.
Also the clothing which they have placed the actor in is different to the colours
normally associated with Spiderman. This links in with the splash saying ‘the
New Look Spiderman.’ I again feel this is a very clever and close attention to
detail and it would again attract fans of Spiderman as they would want to
know what has changed, and has his suit changed permanently.

6. Subsidiary Images
There are not many Subsidiary images used on this example, and I feel that
the ones used haven’t really been placed well on the page. I feel the subsidiary
images used here are slightly invasive of the main image and don’t really work
well with the theme of the cover. I feel it may have been slightly better if it was
just the text used rather than using the images as well. I feel that these images
have slightly cluttered the cover.

7. Additional Information
There has been additional information added to this cover, in the form of sub-
headings. The sub-headings give extra information on what is located in the
magazine and, however, they are not as clear as the could be. The extra detail
of the plus sign is effective as it attracts the audience to the extra detail inside
without the producers having to write ‘plus.’ I feel this is a very effective
attention to detail.