empire analysis 3.

The main image is johnny Depp as his character Jack sparrow, on the setting of the film "pirates of the Caribbean." his image is obstructing the mast head slightly, infront of the M and P.
the main coverline is situated to the righthand side of the image, and only consists of 3 main words.
coverlines- there are 8 additional coverlines, all advertising different action films- a genre I noticed from my research that has dominated Empire magazine.
the main colour scheme is black,white and yellow.
There arent any additional images, and there is a splash advertising an onset exclusive to a film.
 The bar code is the bottom right hand corner, situated there to prevent it from obstructing the main image.
There is a header "movies biggest year ever" and the "biggest year" is in yellow like the "2011" in the main tagline, to emphasize its importance and the colour yellow is very eye catching.
the date and price is this time printed above the bar code due to the obstruction of the "M". I found that this is unconventional for Empire as it is usually in the "m" in the mast head.

empire film analysis 2

main image- 3 different characters from different films- all of the same genre (action.)  Robin Hood seems to be the main focus as he is in the middle. They are all also dressed in character.

Main tagline-
the name of each film (which happens to be the name of each character) is placed infront of each of them. However, "robin hood" in a a much bigger font, and is in plain white infront of him, also indicating the main focus is on him. "iron man 2" and "prince of persia" are also infront of their characters and in a smaller font. They are also in red with a white background. underneath the names, the tagline reads in a white font "three world- beating on set exclusives!" in white. I think the white is used because robin hood is in white, to signify its importance. there are 13 words in the main tagline.

The barcode is just up from the bottom left hand corner, so it doesn't obstruct the image. the price and date is conventionally in the "m" of Empire. The dominant colours in this edition are red, white and yellow.

There is one additional coverline reading "summer starts here" with a yellow background. There is also a splash advertising "lord of the rings blu-ray special" with the image of the "ring" as a boarder around the advertisement.
There is a footer and a header. The "lord of the rings" splash leads off the footer, and the fact they have chosen to advertise this in this way suggests it is the most important or focused on.
The header advertises this issue as " Explosive Blockbuster Issue" in white.

Empire film cover analysis.

Main image- the main image is obstructed by the mast head, which after looking at various "Empire" covers I found to be unconventional. However, the Main image is a medium close up of an actor playing his character, which is a convention ive noticed in film magazines.

coverlines- there are there are 3 extra taglines which isnt as much as some other film magazines, and 2 of them are quite small print. The colour scheme is predominantly red white and black, however there are elements of green and yellow in the text.

there is a header, featuring only 1 advertisment. They are offering free posters of avatar and dracula vs. frankenstein.

there are 4 additional images.
2 of the images are next to the header, advertising small versions of the free posters available inside.
the other 2 additional images are of the two other main characters in the film "twilight" which is in the main tagline.
The main tagline has 9 words, and 3 are in yellow which are stating the film, and which one out of the several it is.
The bar code is conventionally situated in the bottom left hand side of the page, so it doesnt obstruct the main image. The date and price is above the "M" as it nearly always is in "empire" magazine.