Textual Analysis

This magazine front cover has the main cover

image of Benedict Cumberbatch, this will help
attract his fans from the Sherlock series to this
magazine as they want to be able to see what
hes doing next. He also has a direct gaze looking
at the audience with a slight scowl on his face to
create a sense of mystery and to entice the
audience into picking up the magazine as it
catches their attention if they walk by.
He is also wearing mainly black leather clothing
and with the prop of the handcuffs creates
enigma for the reader and also suggests that he
may be the bad guy the film that the magazine is
featuring and him being in the centre composition
shows that he is what the magazine is about. The
medium shot used enables the audience to see
every detail of the character so they can build up
their own impression of him.

The font colour is red with slashes of gold
running through it. The dark red of the text
connotes danger and blood which links with the
look that character Benedict Cumberbatch is portraying, the gold in the text gives it a futuristic
feel and helps set the theme of being in space as they could relate to shooting stars. Also the
light of the gold and the dark of the red contrast each other helping it stand out against the
background. The white coloured font used on the main cover line makes it stand out against the
whole of the magazine, drawing peoples eyes to it. The same goes for Incredible and the
slogan of The planets only access to the years biggest sequel. The slogan links in with the
genre of the film and is also very bold for the magazine to state the no other magazine on the
world will have the same information that they do.
The smaller text above readin J.J Abrams strikes back is a slight play on words as it links in
with Star Wars which Star Trek is closely linked to together. They also appeal to the same target
audience of people who grew up with these genre of films, also one of the cover lines is about
The Hobbit which anchors the theme of this magazine.

The background of the main cover image is black with gold coloured dust floating in the air. This
creates the impression that the character and the film is out of the this world and that it has
landed on earth to create some kind of danger as the character appears within the midst of it,
blocking out what is happening behind him to again create enigma on what is going to happen.