Avatar magazine cover analysis
The date is given as the month and year suggesting the
magazine is a monthly issue, furthermore the price at £3.99 gives further evidence
as four pounds is very expensive for a magazine. The price is in very small
text so it is the last thing the audience will see, in this way they will
already be drawn in by what the magazine has to offer, so the high price will
matter less.
Under the price is a simple, so memorable web address that allows keen customers to find out more about the magazine and its article.
The tag line emphasises how long the film took to make, connoting quality and lots of special effects, it also suggests that the film will be a long lasting success; ‘how long will we feel the force of James Cameron’s sci-fi epic. This is also a persuasive technique as the writer refers to them and the audience as the same and uses words like will, making the audience feel included and implying that there is no question about whether people are going to see the film or not. Furthermore it makes anyone who is not going to see the film appear to be part of the minority group, or abnormal.
The mast head states the name of the magazine; it is big and bold and so draws the audience’s attention, its stands out white against the blue background, as does most of the other writing on the poster. The name of the film is the next biggest item of text and is featured in the middle of the page underneath the large image of the main character, highlighting its importance. Other writing around the page gives information about other articles and features of the magazine, different colours and text sizes helps separate helps separate the information, making the information more assessable and easier to read.
The colours of the page keep directing the audience’s attention back to the theme of the poster, avatar, as the page is predominantly blue, a colour associated with the film due to its blue skinned main characters.
The character in the main image looks directly out of the poster right into the audience’s eyes attracting their attention, he is leaning forwards in a way which connotes mystery and a readiness to act. This sparks interest, as audiences would be keen to know what goes on in the film, that fact that there is very little else going on in the image implies that the character and its association is enough to entice the audience in as we should already be familiar with the film as concept. There are no other images on the poster again highlighting its importance, as there are little distractions to draw attention away from the central image.
Under the price is a simple, so memorable web address that allows keen customers to find out more about the magazine and its article.
The tag line emphasises how long the film took to make, connoting quality and lots of special effects, it also suggests that the film will be a long lasting success; ‘how long will we feel the force of James Cameron’s sci-fi epic. This is also a persuasive technique as the writer refers to them and the audience as the same and uses words like will, making the audience feel included and implying that there is no question about whether people are going to see the film or not. Furthermore it makes anyone who is not going to see the film appear to be part of the minority group, or abnormal.
The mast head states the name of the magazine; it is big and bold and so draws the audience’s attention, its stands out white against the blue background, as does most of the other writing on the poster. The name of the film is the next biggest item of text and is featured in the middle of the page underneath the large image of the main character, highlighting its importance. Other writing around the page gives information about other articles and features of the magazine, different colours and text sizes helps separate helps separate the information, making the information more assessable and easier to read.
The colours of the page keep directing the audience’s attention back to the theme of the poster, avatar, as the page is predominantly blue, a colour associated with the film due to its blue skinned main characters.
The character in the main image looks directly out of the poster right into the audience’s eyes attracting their attention, he is leaning forwards in a way which connotes mystery and a readiness to act. This sparks interest, as audiences would be keen to know what goes on in the film, that fact that there is very little else going on in the image implies that the character and its association is enough to entice the audience in as we should already be familiar with the film as concept. There are no other images on the poster again highlighting its importance, as there are little distractions to draw attention away from the central image.
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