FIlm review september 1998 cover analysis


  • Title is blu & bold, same font as "Film review".
  • Main colours are red, white and blue, which stands out from the american flag used as background image.
  • It used Rethorical question :"Can Bruce save the world?", which gives a hunt of the film to the addressed audience.
  • It uses informal language, which means that it mainly addresses teenagers.
  • They encourage the audience to want to read more about it as they show famous talking about their favourite films etc..
  • The main image is Bruce, as he's probably the main character linked with the previous rethorical question.
  • The tag-line "No Hype No Nonsense Just Movies!" tells the audience that this is not an ordinary magazine and there is no messing about, as it just talks about movies. This makes the magazine seem more confident, which might persuade the audience to carry on reading the magazine.

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