Magazine front cover analysis - the Official Playstation Magazines front cover has a relatively simple design theme
Magazine Front Cover Analysis
Designers need to have a front cover that will attract their target audience’s attention, the ‘Official Playstation Magazines’ front cover has a relatively simple design theme which is quite unique among other magazine covers in its genre, this will make it stand out on the shelf and hopefully cause the target audience to pick it up.
In the background of the magazine, there is one large picture of a detective covering up a dead body with a white cloth; this suggests nature of a killing. The picture is related to the game that is advertised on the front cover- L.A NOIRE and adds great tension and mystery to the front cover. The picture has a small caption at the bottom of the page which reads ‘L.A NOIRE- PS3’s crime classic uncovered’, this means that inside the magazine, there is going to be an article about the game. Once the picture is explored in more detail, the reader discovers that there is a policeman (with old fashioned uniform on) and a vintage Mercedes in the background, this suggests that the game is set in the past. The picture will influence audiences who enjoy violent detective and mystery games.