In order to present an effective movie magazine which follows the conventions, I have used research and knowledge to grab a basic idea for a magazine cover. I have selected below a couple of magazine covers which suit the genre I am doing. These two magazines I have chosen are three magazines what are in a niche market in America. These are Fangoria, Scream and Empire.

Fangoria is a horror film magazine which by the name of the magazine you can tell it is going to be something about a creepy nature. The layout for the magazines is pretty basic. This is of the masthead being pretty big going across the whole top of the page. Above the masthead is a small banner. At the bottom there is the logo of the film where the main picture is taken from, a small pug is placed towards the bottom of the magazine, with the barcode being below the pug. The main image is placed in the conventions showing that it is in the middle.

For Scream magazine this is also a horror magazine which contains clips and reviews from horror movies in the market. Like Fangoria there masthead is very big and clear to see, this is shown in a blood looking font. The layout is slightly different to Fangoria as there is no barcode; the colour scheme seems odd as there are far too many colours and patterns used. There is no proper writing to show where this main image is from, compared to Fangoria where the main image was caped below with the title of the film. At the bottom of the magazine there is a list of many horror films in the banner

For the final magazine cover I have chose to analyze I have chosen Empire magazine, as Empire magazine is one of the most famous magazines for films in the marketing industry. The layout of this magazine is to a much higher modern standard. This is because the empire magazine has a house style masthead so that customers can remember the magazine. The layout is good as there is a banner at the top saying to famous movie producers. A pug is shown towards the top right, The main image is capped below with the film title clear and bold for people to see, there is also description of what is included in the magazine.

I feel empire magazine has the highest class. I feel I will want to use the empire style magazine although they don’t always base it around horror. I believe this because I want to grab a big variety of audience and I feel this will be a good way to promote the film.