The genre of the magazine is film, which you can tell as a music magazine wouldn't exactly feature the cover this one has, of a mythical creature etc, and it features cover-lines include other movies ect. It also has a bar-code which all magazines have, so it is not a poster. 'Empire' here is publishing Hellboy 2 on their front cover which is why I've chosen to analyse this particular one.
Red, black and white are the 3 colour code rule here. It's applied to all magazines and is effective here as it emboldens the protagonist and the masthead, giving a sense to the narrative of Hellboy as red is an 'evil' colour, it highlights danger and is usually seen as a threat etc. The flame effect definitely highlights that action may be included within the movie, and it's not a "boring/romantic" one.
A close medium shot is used for the character on the movie as this way you can get a sense of the facial expression and pose he's doing, showing the representation of the movie. A typical angry man but unusual due to his 'inhuman form'. However our movie will have the unstereotypical female protagonist.
You can gather a sense of what audience this is aimed at as there's a cover line that states '40 movies that will get you sex', obviously this has to appeal to people over the legal age most likely so their aim is probably 17ish+, maybe older.
Another movie magazine cover I have chose to analyse is from Total Film, and they're promoting Max Payne. Again you can identify the genre of the movie as the masthead gives it away within 'film' and the fact that the word 'movie' is highlighted on one of the cover lines. Magazine format can be identified through the bar-code and the banner at the bottom, giving an insight to what the content is.
Again the 3 colour code rule here is blackish/grey, white and yellow. You can then gather a sense of the narrative of the movie as no happy romantic movie is made with dull colours, and neither is an action packed movie made with bright colours like green and yellow.
A medium cose-up shows off the stereotypical 'action hero' represented in the movie the mis-en-scene used (guns), which again highlights the genre of the movie and will therefore appeal to an audience of maybe 15+, depending on the certificate of the movie.
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