Evaluation: Magazine Front Cover: Analysis

In my opinion, I think our front cover magazine is really good. We chose to use Empire as our Magazine name because it is one of the most well known film magazine brands in the world. I think the strongest thing about the cover is how simple we have managed to keep it. We kept "Lola's" face clear from any writing because she is the main attraction of the film and will be used to catpure the eyes of the audience when they look at the cover. I think we managed to photoshop "Lola" really well considering i personally thought we should have used another photo. I think the fact that she has a cheeky smile whilst holding a gun will attract men with the "sex" appeal but also attract woman as she is holding gun and seems quite powerful with her confident smile. This also gives part of the genre away, the fact that Lola has a gun in her hand suggests voilence or action. The colour of the poster also may suggest to audiences that it maybe set in the past. The poster is in black and white so audiences may think this could be a "classic" film. We also added a few of the summers biggest films coming up to attract the audience to buy the magazine to find out inside what they are about. We also put in an interview with Rob Pattinson as he is the man of the moment with the Twilight Saga coming out soon. I really like the poster, especially its simplicity. I think if we were to try and improve it, we could maybe experiment with the photo not being in black and white and maybe in the colours the photo was taken in, this could then maybe give more genre indicators away and entice the audience to find out more about the film. We could also in my opinion change the photo of Lola. I think if we used a more serious photo of her with a gun in her hand would make audiences think it could be an intense and action filled film.