Movie Magazines

Total Film is a UK based film magazine that is published 13 times each year by Future Publishing. It was first launched in 1997 and the contents of the magazines are offers, DVD, cinemas and reviews, etc. The magazine offers many features such as interviews with directors and actors and photographs of on-set pieces for new and future releases

Total Film

Masthead

Medium Long Shot of the protagonist which represents the main highlight of the magazine which is Man of Steel.

Images from different films

Enticing Text

Large font that has outstanding text to show off the main highlight of the magazine

Date

The masthead is bold and it grabs the reader’s attention. The title itself possesses the connotations of the entire magazine being about films and everything is film related.

The magazine uses a simple colour scheme that relates to the character of Superman. The character’s costume is well known for its red and blue colours and the magazine uses this to its advantage by making some of the fonts red to tie in with the film. The dark background gives off a feeling of danger or the dark colour itself foreshadows danger. This attracts the audience and will possibly get them interested to read on in order to get more details about the film.

Masthead and Colours

The main headline of the magazine is the actual name of the film, this engages the viewer as it is a film that has a famous character that is apart of DC comics which is a very well known franchise of superheroes. This engages the reader and gets them interested as it is a new instalment in the Superman series as it gives off a darker tone which is emphasised in the background.

The colour of the headline links to the actual title as it has a more metallic and steel type of effect to the font and the title of movie is “Man of Steel.”

Moving on, the quote above the headline “It’s time for a change” indicates that this film will give off a new representation of Superman and this brings the reader into the depth of the magazine as they will be curious to see how a iconic hero is changed.

Headline