TOTAL FILM - August 2010

·      Like the majority of other film magazines, this front cover of total film follows the codes and conventions of movie magazines.

·      The first thing to notice with this front cover is the title. The title is not as it would normally be. It is in the same place but is transparent and has a cracked, broken effect on it. This tells the audience about the genre of the film that is featured on the front cover. Cracked glass is something that is often associated with films of the action genre, and so we as an audience understand that salt is an action film.

·      The main character has a central position on the front cover to tell us that she is important and most likely central to the film plot.

·      As well as this, the warm orangey colours contrast with the dark and pale colours of the woman, as a result there is a contrast between hot and cold and the character is depicted to look cold, this may offer an insight into her roll in the film, but it also tells the audience about the genre of the film again.

·      The white titles, especially of ‘angelina jolie’ and ‘salt’ contrast greatly to the dark backgrounds I order to stand out and to be obvious to the audience.