Research and Planning: Film Magazine Analysis One.

Film Magazine Analysis. 

-This is a film magazine promoting a comic book film with elements of thriller and we can tell this through the iconic character from the comic book Batman and the dark imagery.
-Most magazines stick to the convention of three colours on the cover, however this magazine has five different colours and I think this is probably because we have the magazine colours i.e. the Red Masthead and then dark black background with the white text so it can stand out against the image and background. But the other colours used i.e. the purple spray paint smudging and lettering and the green writing and images, are the iconic colours linking to the Joker, as you can see in his costume in the image he is wearing the green and purple but they are very dark dull shades whereas the magazine have taken the same colours but just made the colours more vibrant to stand out.
-Although they have used quite vibrant colours, they are still keeping the eerie character's atmosphere by using a distinctive font which has that scratched effect and looks quite odd, which links with the characters persona.
-We have a long shot of the character sat in a very awkward position which makes the audience feel uncomfortable to look at, and he is leaning into the frame very slightly and that brings his closer to the audience and he has eye contact directly with the camera although because of the heavy black eyes we just have the flash of white from his eyes, so it only gives the audience a small insight into the character.
-We can tell it is a a film magazine because it has all the conventions of a film magazine:

• Masthead 
• Coverlines (Main and Smaller)
• Banner
• Issue Date 
• Price 

-The Banner at the top makes it seem a lot more interesting to the audience because it uses 'World Exclusive' and also we can see at the very top we have the distinctive Batman Logo making it instantly recognisable to existing fans.
The target audience of this magazine will be aged around 16-22, but also it will appeal to existing fans of the comic book, and it will be recognised by them from iconic logos and characters.