Thursday, 24 November 2016

Magazine Film Cover Analysis: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

This magazine cover shows the superhero/sci-fi film, Scott pilgrim vs. the world, which tells the story of an average boy who has to fight the 7 evil ex's of the mysterious girl that he is dating.


The magazine cover effectively shows the receiving audience the movie's genre through their use of imagery. With the comic strip like effects, with the bold red background, with the films main character" Scott", standing in the centre of the cover holding a flaming sword.


The colours used are eye catching and draw younger audiences in due to this, also with the advertised character appearing young, shows the target audience being of a younger generation. with his mise en scene, showing him to have dark shaggy hair, a loose faded t-shirt and jeans, typically what the average teen wears.


The credits within the cover show the films title displayed dark and diagonally across the cover, with the font in a bold but action themed. And the tag line above it "The force is strong with this one" showing a link to the successful star wars franchise with the use of the term "force", attracting fans that enjoy sci-fi films to attend the showings of this film in cinemas.

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