Conventions of Sci-Fi Film Magazine Covers

Total Film: Iron Man 2 Blue in background – hints at sci-fi genre Iron Man is a very famous character and is famously

associated with sci-fi Uses puns such as ‘The Dork Knight’ on magazine

cover – makes magazine cover more interesting Marvel – very popular company – featured on the

magazine, find more info about other Marvel characters – draw people to the magazine

Iron Man’s eyes and hand are glowing blue – hinting at sci-fi genre and also his powers

Slight variety of fonts and stick to a colour scheme of white and brown for the fonts

Iron Man picture has the ‘gaze’ which is used a lot on magazine covers – eye catching for the audience

Empire: Captain America Has some blue in the background and on main image

– representing American flag Includes information on front cover about what is

included in magazine – including Marvel information Main character is centred to show he is the most

important part of the magazine Main character also has the ‘gaze’ – looking at

reader Larger variety of fonts – sticks to a colour scheme of

white and yellow with fonts ‘Captain America’ font stands out and is made larger

to show importance Advert at the bottom showing what is inside the

magazine – sci-fi specials and poster

Total Film: X-Men: First Class

Some blue featured on the front cover but mainly dark and metallic colours – hints at sci-fi genre

4 main characters featured on the front – famous sci-fi characters from X-Men (another Marvel film)

Mast head is written in blue and looks quite metallic and rusty – also hints at sci-fi genre

All 4 characters have the ‘gaze’ Feature other films at the bottom but they are not

advertising other sci-fi films which is not typical of a magazine cover to do

Quite a small variety of fonts used on the cover and they also have stuck to a colour scheme of white and a faded gold colour

Empire: Tron Legacy

Magazine cover features a lot of blue – hints that it is definitely a sci-fi genre

Title of magazine ‘EMPIRE’ is also written in blue and looks quite futuristic

Title is glowing blue to match with the main image of the main character behind – hints at sci-fi

Main character is not looking at audience – could suggest that the main image is a still taken from the movie

Also, the words ‘WORLD EXCLUSIVE!’ and ‘Plus!’ have a glowing yellow background, makes them stand out more

Features other popular sci-fi movies such as ‘Rise of the Apes’ and ‘Green Lantern’

Also sticks to a colour scheme with fonts of yellow and white with a blue glow behind it

Not a large variety of fonts used on the magazine cover