Inception Magazine Front Cover Analysis

• This magazine is the Total Film issue promoting the release of Inception, and successful psychological thriller.


• The target audience for this magazine would be predominantly male and in there 20's to 40's, the colours and features all draw in this main audience.


• The masthead on this issue is in the usual recognised font of the magazine, but it has Incorporated part of the main image.


• The pugs on this front cover are in an unconventional place, at the bottom with the bar code rather than at the top in an eye catching position.


• The headline 'Inception' is the biggest font apart from the masthead and has been placed in the centre of the cover over the main image, it is in a contrasting colour to the background to ensure it stands out, and it has been written in a bold clear font.


• The other featured cover lines mostly are similar to the headline feature, relating to the same target audience. The only possible exception to this is the reference to Toy Story3 and Shrek, however these are both good all round films and so also apply to some of the target audience.


• The main image takes up about 90% of the cover. It is of the main character of the film Inception, the headline feature.


• Below the masthead the web address is featured, this will encourage people to visit the website for the magazine, where extra features are found.


• Persuasive techniques have been used in the headline and cover lines to engage the audience and increase there interest in the magazine. Words like Ultimate and Most have been used, as well as mind blowing which has been put in red font to emphasize it, these give the impression that these are the best articles you can find. In one of the cover lines a rhetorical question has been used to increase curiosity of the article and hopefully improving sales.