Analysis of Horror magazine Front Covers

 I selected two horror magazine covers from my research and carried out an analysis on them.... 

Above is a front cover of a horror magazine. It has a medium close-up of a fearful wolf which represents the 'wolf man' , as mentioned by the subtitles on the right side of the front cover. The main title is 'scream' is in bold letters and is red in color, which is quite in contrast with the theme represented by the main picture of the cover. The magazine is simply designed with a little text. The colors used for the text are red and white which is also blending perfectly with the greish black background. The subtitles are arranged on the lower right side of the cover in a way that the image of the wolf is not blocked by the text and this gives the effect of openness to the magazine.

The horror magazine above represents a horror phenomena, which can be seen by the scary image of the main character on the cover. The image is a mid-shot of a man who is covered in blood. The background of the magazine uses the colors red and white, with a portion of black. The font used for the text is in bold and white color with a red edging which perfectly blends with the background of the cover. 'SCARS' is the main title iof the magazine which is quite conventional to the magazine because it is in contrast with the the man covered in blood. Furthermore the subtitle's are arranged in one line and on the left corner of the magazine allowing the image of the man to be clearly visible.It also features certain horror movies such as 'Hatches' and 'sex and the 70's vampire'(seen on the sub titles).



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