2. FONT
The font used on this magazine front cover is very large
and bold, a sans serif font is used to allow the audience
to see the text easily, the masthead of the magazine is
very large which again makes it easily visible and eye
catching. The headline of the magazine “Shutter Island”
has a distressing font similarly used in the movie
poster, this creates a masculine feel and appeals to the
target audience well. Other text on the cover also
carries out the same text style, the cover lines such as
“Greatest movie art ever” shows this to tie in with theme
of the magazine. The tagline “Inside Marty’s Madhouse!”
suggest psychologically unstable characters which
appeals to the target audience, the font is also is sans
serif font which helps it stand out too.
3. COLOURS
The colours red and white are used the most on the
front cover, red signifies blood and danger which is
conventional of the psychological thriller genre, white
also signifies purity and innocence which is not so
conventional but is used to contrast the dark colours
for the text to become more visible to the audience
and stand out. These colours are conventional as they
are typically used in movie posters and film magazine
front covers, they are also conventional of the
psychologically thriller as they signify themes which tie
in with the genre, themes such as mystery.
4. IMAGES
The main image has Leonardo DiCaprio with a gun in his
hand in a masculine posture, this appeals to the target
audience as it is conventional of the psychological thriller
genre, the gun signifies danger, the mist also shows that
there is mystery in the film which also appeals to the
target audience as it is very conventional. The island in
the background is very dark due to the low lighting which
suggests darkness and mystery within the island, this is
also very conventional and is also on the movie poster
so it appeals to the target audience. The way Leo is
shown is that his character is very determined, this
shows his character being strong which is a conventional
protagonist. This image is very conventional of film
magazine covers as its fill the whole cover and stands
out well to the audience as it is eye catching.
5. LAYOUT
The layout of the magazine cover is very
conventional as it is professional and simple, the
masthead is placed at the top of the page which is
very typical of movie magazines. The cover lines are
placed on the sides and the top and bottom which is
also conventional, this leaves space for the large
visibly eye catching image in the middle which is the
route of the eye. The layout is conventional for the
psychological thriller genre and it emphasises the
elements which appeal to the target audience such
as the distress font and the main image of the
protagonist.
