This is the magazine cover Entertainment featuring the film Paranormal Activity. From looking at this magazine cover, my first impressions of this film is that it would be a comedy rather than a horror. Unlike the film poster of this film having a picture from the actual movie, the magazine cover has an alternative picture on it. This makes the magazine less effective as it doesn't relate to the film poster or teaser trailer for the film.
The masthead of this magazine is Entertainment, I don't think this is a very effective name for a horror magazine because it gives me the impression that the films that are included in the magazine, would be drama or comedy films, not a horror. On the cover, there is big pink stars dotted around, this isn't very effective as it has no relevance to the featured film.
The title of the film, Paranormal Activity, stands out well against the main image. However, unlike other film magazines that I have analysed, the font that is used on the film poster, isn't included on the magazine cover which gives it no relation to the film poster. When creating my magazine cover, film poster and teaser trailer, I will make sure that all three will relate to each other and will tell the genre of the film.
On the left of the magazine cover, there is a sell line that says; 'How a tiny $11,000 movie became a big scary smash' this is telling you the facts about the featured film to get an audience interested in reading the magazine. On my magazine, I will possibly include this.
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