BARCODE, PRICE, DATE: The

barcode features at the

bottom right hand corner of
the front page, making sure
not to distract an attention
from the main image and
cover lines. The date is also
placed just above the
barcode, conventional of a
magazine. The price is also
placed here in a small font. It
is so small possibly in order
not to put people off buying it
COVERLINES: The magazine
uses larger font for the
more important cover lines,
bringing focus on what they
want their reads/target
audience to read first. The
brightness of the capitalised
white font allows them to
stand out amongst the black
background. All the cover
lines give an insight into
what articles can be found
in the magazine as well as
the main movie focus The
Exorcist. The title The
Womans Issue attracts
specifically a demographic
of women, reaching out
successfully to them,
resulting is successful sales

MASTERHEAD: The big, bright

yellow, serif text has a style
resembling grime, showing a
definitive horror theme straight
away. The yellow colour up
against a black background also
makes it bolder a conventional
element to a film magazine. The
dark background is typical of the
horror genre as it makes the
ANCHORAGE: The magazine
has used a cover line to give
the name of the film The
Exorcist but has chosen not
to use any of the actors
names or mention the
directors and producers,
which is unconventional. The
tagline underneath the
master-head is very small;
therefore it doesnt distract
the audience from the main
image. Yet this does inform
the audience of what the
MAIN IMAGE: It is of a creepy, bloody image of the main
character, alongside this is a rough and chaotic painted effect,
making the audience feel uncomfortable yet intrigued as to who
this image is of, and how they got to this state. It is also
suggestive to the old fashioned era the film is set in, urging the
audience to buy this magazine especially if theyre into old
school horrors. The eyes are sunken in with black sockets and
shadowing, yet the laser yellow eyes are captivating the
audience into the image immediately, conventional to a horror