Magazine Research 2

The genre of this magazine is again horror, the certificate for the film Scream is 15. This matches our project as we are aiming ours at the same age range as well 15 and over. researching this will help us so much as this way we can relate our magazine to this, so we know what will attract 15 and older people. The image on the front cover is of the mask which is the main prop which is the mask to cover up the murderers face. It makes the magazine looks like it’s full of mystery as the mask is making eye contact to the readers of the magazine. The title is over the mask and over the mouth which is looking like the masking is screaming hence the title 'Scream'. The magazine tells the readers that it is a sequel as the A in scream was replaced with the number 4.

The conventions on the front cover of the magazine include a masthead, pug, strap lines and also include a kicker. The style of masthead has been done to attract the audience as it is brighter than the background and it is bold. The title of the magazine is bigger than the title of the featured movie scream, as it is the full width of the magazine at the top. Doing this makes it more eye catching.

The strap lines are in so many different types of fonts, this makes the magazine seem more interesting, like for example 'splash hits' as the look of the fact that it has been written in blood this has a nice effect as it looks like the blood is running in so many different directions this makes the magazine front cover look like a magazine with the genre of horror suggesting death. Doing this will hook the targeted audience as they would want to find out what the film is actually about.

The kicker goes across at the top of the magazine front cover it says ‘131 Reviews! UK's Biggest Film and TV Guide'. This is advertises the magazine itself because this way it can easily gain a load of viewers to watch the film. The bit saying '131 Reviews' is yellow also is on a red background which makes it bold towards the targeted audience. It shows us that this is important because of the fact that this magazine has 131 reviews inside. The bit which says UK’s biggest film and TV guide', is white also on a red background. This also shows how important this fact is to attract the viewer’s attention and it emphasises the popularity of the magazine.

The colours which are used on the magazine front cover is black, white, red and yellow. Colours red and yellow are the brightest of all the colours, whereas the black and white which are duller and not bright at all. The colour red indicates danger and blood, which tells the targeted audience that the film will be full of blood guts and glory. The colour black has a nasty mood feel to it as it is a dark colour which tells us that bad things are going to occur, also when its dark no-one knows what’s going to happen next. White can have many meanings but, when it is associated with horror the colour white can suggest no emotions because Scream 4 is so scary after watching it the targeted audience would be speechless.