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Representation and appeal to target audience

Title

The reason this film magazine cover is called "EMPIRE" is because it sounds very grand connoting that this film magazine beats any other film magazine that is availible in other cinemas and stores. Many significant words have been used on this film magazine cover for example it says "The worlds biggest movie magazine" and also "massive preview special". This links in with the meaning behind the title showing that this magazine is the best one you will come across. The words "biggest" and "massive" have been used to connote a large meaning to connote and emphasise the use of the word "empire" and the meaning behind it. The word "biggest" was used first to catch the audience's attention while afterwards the word "massive" is used to make the audience realise how big it actually is.

Publisher

Empire magazine is published every month by Bauer Consumer Media, the first ever copy that was realeased was in July 1989. These magazines are not only published in the United Kingdom but they are also published in the United States, Australia, Turkey, Russia and Portugal.
Not only does Bauer Consumer Media release Empire magazine but they also release magazine such as Heat, Close, Mother And Baby, Empire 300, Bird watching, Garden Answers, Digital Photos, Match, Practical Fishkeeping, Trail, Your Horse and many more. 
The price of one magazine in the UK costs £3.00 or suscribe and get 12 issues for £18. The circulation of Empire magazine between July - December 2013 is 145,117 meanwhile the readership of Empire magazine between July - December 2013 is 735,000. The website to access this magazine is http://www.empireonline.com/magazine/ or the publisher is http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/.

Target Audience  

The type of readership Empire magazine is targeting is based on a large variety of target audience's. For example the target audience for this Empire magazine issue is a younger audience based on the age and genre of the movie they are showing. It shows that it is mainly shown for males because of the male main character showing the use of violence that the film by showing the blood dripping down his face and also showing the scar from his childhood. Not only does it show violence on the character but it also uses semantics by using violent language such as "bloody". If the audience were wanting to contact Empire Magazine then they are able to acess the website to see if the information on their answers their question or they can email or call the company to find out other information.

Front Cover

The front cover shows the violence that is shown in the movie. Harry Potter is looking at the camera to show the dominance and power he has which is stereotypical for males. His smashed glasses and cuts on the side to show he has power against others which enables him to have no fear. By him having the cuts on his face while he is on his own connotes that he is able to fight his own battles. The front cover features other films that relate to the same genre as Harry Potter.

Style Of Presentation Of The Magazine

By looking at the magazine front cover I have noticed that Harry Potter is the main focus of the front cover. Because the Harry Potter films are well known and also a favourite film of most people this will make them want to read about the new film that is being released. Because of Harry Potter starring the front cover of Empire magazine this automatically makes the magazine look professional because he is not found in films such as independant films. The front cover is presented with many dark colours to show that is is not a bright, happy, girly film. Although is has many reasons to attract the female audience the dark colours have been used to attract the main focus of the male audience by using a dark blue background, blue being the stereotypical male colour.