Empire magazine cover analysis

The date and price of the magazine is in very small white writing and doesn't stand out. This could be because it does not attract the readers as much and the large image of the joker may also be taking over the whole enitre page which diverts the reader to the image of the 'joker' instead of the price.

The head of the joker covers the 'P' in the empire title, this gives a sense that the image is overpowering the magazine itself because the film is so big and successful.

These words 'World Exclusive' show that the film is successful, which therefore gives the impression that this is a rare opportunity to read this anywhere else.

The red title of the magazine enhances the darkness of the background and sense of the film, by which gives clues or reinforcing the genre and general narrative of the film.

The website is layed out underneath the name of the magazine in small red writing, which shows where you can find out more about what is in the magazine.

The bright lime green and pink colours on the front of the magazine stand out to the reader and also the different shapes around the letters shows that it is unique.

The use of the word 'PLUS!' shows that the film 'The Dark Knight' which is situated on the front cover of the magazine is the main focus and anything else in the magazine is just 'extra'.

The white writing shows that the film is/will be relatively eerie and spooky and the fron used looks handwritten.

The image of the film that is layed out on the front cover is the main aspect. The other features on the page is written over the picture.

The white font which is used for the 'extra' information shows a sense of innocent to the reader for those topics, however it more so enhances the horror genre of the Dark Knight but including the extra films such as 'I Am Legend'.

In the image the colour of the socks are shown, which with the different colour of the socks, the relate to the word 'joker' or 'clown' whereby in the film this character plays the 'joker'.

The barcode is a typical convention/feature of a magazine.