Lola Magazine Cover Analysis

I am pleased that in addition to our poster we have consecutively managed to acheive a high level of professionalism within our magazine cover. One of my favourite effects of the cover is the use of colour; the contrast of the black and white against red makes it stand out and the colours are also accurate in reflecting our genre and themes. I think the absence of colour means readers are never distracted away from the engaging stare of Lacey, again infitting with our dominant focus on our protaganist. Ideally, we would have changed the colours of the magazine title so that more attention was on the film title name, rather than it be overuled by Empire's larger font of the same colour, however this proved problematic and the implication of limited time was that we couldnt. I personally like our choice of photo for its quirkiness which makes it stand out. Eye contact and endearing expressions- which are good for capturing an audiences attention- are also features of the photo. If I was to be hyper critical I would say that the expression isn't really what we'd expect from a character like Lola; we cant really justify this breaking of character by referencing previous examples because this device is meant to be used when the actress is of particular interest or fame, and the film is using their real identity as a selling point. Being an amateur collective we obviously havent employed a famous actress; we have in no way lacked quality in this department but as an unestablished actress we should have maybe required that Lacey kept in character for the shoot, as Lolas depth as a character is our real selling point. I dont think its necessary to but if we were to go back and re-assess the images based upon this analysis, the below image is an alternative we might have considered:



For the reasons that... In this photo Lacey still retains her portrayal of Lola thanks to a low angle shot that makes her look powerful and superior to us. Her body language, eye contact and facial expression suggest she is off guard but her treatment of the gun and the contrasting slight seriousness of the photo compared to the other represents a continuing possibility of danger.