Total Film Cover Analysis 5

Below is a Total Film front cover:

• Immediately you can see Daniel Craig on this cover who is a recognisable actor who stars in a very well known big budget film Skyfall
• Famous actors are mentioned on the cover such as Bradley Cooper, Kristen Stewart and Amanda Seyfried
• The colour scheme is very bold much like the film the dominant image is representing
• The same font is again used for the masthead 

Total Film Cover Analysis 4

Below is a Total Film front cover:

• Again the dominant image is of two well know actors representing a well known film
• Many very well know big budget films are mentioned on the cover such as The Final Potter, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Spider-Man
• There is a banner saying "The worlds best movie reviews" showing that this is a mainstream magazine cover many big films
• As before the overall colour scheme links to the dominant image on the cover
• The same font is used for the masthead 
• There is a banner is a completely different colour to point out the high budget well known films that the magazine will be talking about 

Total Film Cover Analysis 3

Below is a Total Film front cover:

• As before, there is a very well known actress on the cover (Megan Fox) reflecting that this is a magazine that cover big budget films
• There is a colour scheme reflecting the dominant image- The dark blue from the outfit in the dominant image is also used on a banner and main cover line to tie everything together
• The same bold and chunky font is used for the masthead- This makes the magazine recognisable as the colour scheme of the front covers changes every time. It again also reflects the type of films the magazine speaks about

Total Film Cover Analysis 2

Below is a Total Film front cover:

• Again there is a very well known actor (Tom Cruise) on as the dominant image marketing a high budget big film
• There are many cover lines talking about other Hollywood films such as Benjamin Button
• Some of the biggest stars of Hollywood are mentioned on this cover such as Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Leonardo Dicaprio
• There is again a colour scheme to go nicely with the dominant image- the colours are plain and simple like the uniform on the character 
• The same bold font is used on the masthead 

Total Film Cover Analysis 1

Below is a Total Film front cover:

• The dominant image is a very well known recognisable character from the big budget Hollywood film 'Avatar'
• The dominant image is a medium shot
• The cover lines talk about other big budget films such as 'The A Team'
• There are also many cover lines
• There is a unified colour scheme reflecting the blue of the Avatar- showing that the colour schemes may change in each edition depending on the dominant image on the cover
• There is a large bold font reflecting the fact the films usually spoken about are big budget Hollywood films

Total Film Front Cover Analysis Introduction

I have decided that the appropriate publication for the magazine front cover for my film will be a magazine like Total Film as it will be a large budget Hollywood film.

I'm going to be looking at 5 different Total Film front covers in terms of colour schemes, content and more so that when I create my magazine front cover I will know what type of things reflect a magazine displaying big budget Hollywood films.

Romantic Comedy Tagline's

I am going to be looking a various tagline from a range of romantic comedy films to see if theres common themes within them that come up. I decided to do this as it's an important part of the marketing campaign as the tagline for my film will run across both the movie poster and the teaser trailer which helps links the two together.


1) How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days

2) 50 First Dates 

3) When In Rome 

4) Down To You 

5) Life As We Know It

6) It's Complicated

7) Failure To Launch 

8) 10 Things I Hate About You 

9) Four Christmases  

10) Sweet Home Alabama 

11) Pretty Women 

12) That Awkward Moment 

13) A Cinderella Story 

14) Love Happens 

15) 13 Going On 30 

16) Theres Something About Mary

17) The 40 Year Old Virgin 

18) Just Friends 

19) The Proposal 

20) The Back-up Plan 

I found many similarities between these taglines. For example many of them include the word "love" or make reference to romance. Most taglines also mentioned the obstacle that was stopping the two central protagonists from being together. Although the tagline may make reference to the obstacle it doesn't give too much information, causing suspense for the audience and therefore it makes them want to see the film. In addition, many of the taglines make reference to both a women and man.