Film Star Magazine

This magazine is very different to the others I have analysed, this is the only one that uses plain white as the main colour scheme, it uses very few colours which, judging all of the other magazines I have analysed so far, could perhaps make it stand out more in the store, however it does follow most of the codes and conventions.

This magazine does not however follow the normal codes and conventions that are usually applied to the masthead, the masthead is not the biggest writing on that appears on the page but,however it could be argued that because the masthead has in a more defined, and striking colour that it is more noticeable than the bigger but less striking text.

This magazine also has an interesting choice of main article to feature on the front cover of the magazine. If you look at the cover lines at the bottom of the page, it includes more well known names and big film titles that you would perhaps see on the more well known magazines. This may have been done because this magazine is trying to capture a different target audience than the main magazines.

The main image follows the codes and conventions established by the other magazines, the main image directly relates to that of the main cover line the use of the long shot accurately depicts the type of movie that they are showing it combines a sci-fi genre with a dramatic story telling film.

The selling line depicts accurately how the magazine seems to target a different audience than the main magazines, the phrasing of the selling line shows clearly shows that this magazine is different from other film magazines.

The cover lines on the front cover include several famous names that will attract the reader to the magazine, the cover lines are also the source of what little colour exists on the page, this helps the reader to identify what there will be in this magazine.