Fangoria Magazine Front Cover Analysis

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This is a horror film magazine called Fangoria featuring the film Insidious. The masthead of the magazine instantly gives away the genre of the films featured in the magazine. This is very effective as audience will instantly know what magazine to get if they're looking for a horror film. The font of the masthead is also very effective because of the sharp points on the lettering gives it a dangerous look. Also, because the outline of the masthead is red, it looks as if blood is dripping from it which makes it look creepy and scary.

The main image of the magazine cover is a scary character from the film Insidious. This gives an insight to the horror's that are included in the film which will draw attention. The title of the film is included on the magazine cover so the audience will know which film it is featuring. Also, the magazine has used the same font that was used on the film poster and teaser trailer so that they will all relate to each other.

At the bottom of the magazine cover, there is a strip of other horror films. This tells the audience that this magazine only features horror films so that it's main target audience is people who like horror films. When creating my magazine cover, I will make sure that it is clear that it will only feature horror films so that it has a specific target audience.

The sell lines around the main image of the magazine have nothing to do with the featuring film, when creating my magazine cover, I am going to include sell lines that are related to the featured film.

At the top of the magazine cover above the masthead, it says 'Italian Horror! American Terror! German Gore!' this shows that this magazine is a worldwide magazine and atttacts a wide audience.