Analysis Magazine- Empire

Empire is a large company that aims to please most audiences and so therefore no particular audience for the magazine company as a whole can be depicted it can only be as vague as movie watchers or cinema goers. However this edition has a very strong batman theme and so therefore this particular edition could be said to be appealing to fans of the superhero be it from television, previous films or the comic books.

It’s initial to see the image of Bane from batman is the main focus of the magazine as it covers the title and by doing so creeps into the masthead. The image is the first thing that catches the audiences’ eyes this is done by the positioning and the actual photograph itself. The photograph is looking straight at the audience and directly interacts with the audience the positioning places the picture at the very top of the page  yet again brining a lot of attention towards it.

There is a slight tilt on the image of bane this connotes he has dominance other the audience. This puts him in high status and connotes to why he is the main figure of the magazine. This is stereotypical for male to be shown as dominant in media as media producers show figures similar to their own in a better representation then other social groups.

The colour scheme of the cover resembles the main story which would help connect to a “hard-core” fan base. The main colours used are yellow blues and then normal used shades of white and black. Yellow and blue are colours that have been associated with batman as his original costume followed this colour scheme this is the main story also about the new batman film. This would interest and fan base as they would more than likely play attention to this detail the colours also however do stand out on the page and would gain a lot of interest in audiences as it stands out on the dark backdrop.

The typography used is very basic bold and easy to read this is most likely to appeal to all audiences as some people may not want a magazine that has lots of swirls in the lettering it also when combined with the colour really makes the words jump out of the page to yet again help collect potential consumers eyes.

Buffers are used to attract and audience the magazine uses text such as “World exclusive” alluding to the audience that there is no other way to obtain the information inside the magazine meaning if the audience misses out on this opportunity then they are not going to find this information anywhere else this gives an incentive to the audience to purchase the magazine.