Evaluation of magazine front covers

One of the conventions that I have noticed throughout my analysis of film magazine covers is that the title of the magazines all have bold lettering which really stands out, out of the two different magazines I have analysed the title which I prefer is the lettering and the colour of the text of the title in EMPIRE.

Another convention that I have noticed is the main character in the main feature film in the magazine takes up a large proportion of the front cover; this is done to show the importance of the character and the actor themselves.

We also see the name of the film halfway down the image of the main character; this shows the viewer the information that they need to know in order to attract their attention to the magazine and reading it.

Throughout the magazines I have looked at I have noticed that the less important films are listed in the bottom half of the magazine as well as the usual features of the magazine.

Something else that I have noticed that I would like to feature in my magazine front cover is the 3d effect that has been used for the Max Payne front cover and a lot of the empire front covers.