Empire magazine is one of the worlds best selling film magazines, this issue is advertising the film Inception, they have done this by having the background relate to the film, also having the main character in a long-mid shot in the center of the magazine but also covering up the majority of the cover, he is standing in a very powerful pose holding a gun, also holding a gun adds to this serious effect. They have also made it so that the characters head covers up part of the title of the magazine, this is to show that Empire are a well established magazine and the consumer will know what the title is even if part of it is covered up.
The cover only use 3 simple colours; Black, red and blue, these all being very male dominated colours, also the main character being a male and all the text advertising films that are targeted at the male audience, this whole cover is aimed at males.
The burst on this magazine is the only thing that is a different colour, this is to grab the viewers attention because they are advertising something within the magazine, however i think they failed to do it with this cover because there is so much going on its hard to just focus on one thing.
You could talk about what the typical conventions are of both the magazines.
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