Research & Planning : Analysis Of Film Magazine 2

Today we looked at film magazine cover that matches are genre of our film as we need to create are own magazine cover.
As we are doing a horror I chose to look at a comedy horror film magazine cover of Shaun of the dead.


Conventions of a film magazine.
. Main image dominates the page. This showing the main actor which in this case is Simon Peg. This suggest to the viewer that's its a comedy as that's the genre he is linked to.
. Although the main colour scheme of the red suggests its a horror as that is what the original was.

Narrative

• The headlines and the pug's don't really narrate to the audience much about the film as its a suggestive seller as the reader will want to know more about the film.
• The facial expression on Simon Pegs face suggest a seriousness to the film but it actually is not the case for the film this making it give the wrong message to the audience maybe to lure them in.

Representation

• Simon Peg here is representing as a hero and a very masculine figure in this image. This is due to his posture whilst he is holding a weapon and his serious face expression.
• His average Joe clothing represents normal people becoming a hero as that's all Sean was.
• Gender wise it is stereotyping men too be the hero and the brave one who will fight

Audience

•  The target audience aimed from this magazine cover would be probably from the ages of 15 to 25 as its advertising films from a 15 certificates that would likely to be watched by the old teenage to young 20s era of people. I also think it is aimed at film fanatics as their the ones likely to be buying Empire.