Magazine Front Cover Analysis 2

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This is the Empire edition of the film which features two variations - solo close ups of characters who would be known through past films and comics and so already iconic, already having an audience behind them Other sell lines of information different to the main content is placed on the right which suggests a sense of less importance as readers read left to right therefore making the Dark Knight the main product Here, only the only change is the character which is also a seller due to there being a demand for this character to be displayed in real action but also showing an antagonist, thereby having two covers as stock - types good vs evil labelled on them Features the name of a character who is already established and so would already have a fan base and so be appealed towards as they favour the actor from past appearances Adds social network sites for even more information to be access and shared by interested fans The colour scheme is focused on a dark pallet which is the theme of the trilogy, a more dark and thriller like theme in its storyline and how it is filmed Information importance is displayed through the size of the sell line and colour to categorize the information and so making it easier for information to be obtained

Empire Magazine Case Study
Empire is one of the biggest film magazines distributed worldwide, releasing the latest in film. It is a mainstream magazine as its contents are of mainstream movies especially popular American films made by Hollywood. These are the results from the national readership survey which provides the most authoritative and valued audience research for print work in the UK. ABC1 refers to consumers of higher social and economic groups, be more educated and have better-paid jobs than those in C2DE. C2DE refers to consumers who are of lower social and economic groups in society. In this particular survey, more than half of the higher class demographic read the Empire magazine suggesting that it may be of more quality as reflected in the price .Almost three quarters of readers are men suggesting that men are more interested in this film magazine than women More than three quarters of readers are aged 15 - 34 and could link to the amount of times costumers who go and watch films shown on the magazine as this age group would be more likely to go for big budget movies like The Dark Knight to have a successful opening weekend and high gross, they need to be released to as many consumers as possible. In order to do this films are also advertised in other countries and their respective country. The Dark Knight is an American Film released worldwide.