Fangoria Friday the 13th Cover

 

Fangoria is an American film magazine specific to horror films. I have decided to research the cross campaign advertisement of the film Friday the 13th. The image used in this cover is similar to the poster. A long shot showing the whole body so that your able to see the dirty white t-shirt, mask and a the large weapon being held in his right hand. His head takes the placement of the 'o' in Fangoria, as if it represents it for that issue. A light from above has been used so that it hits his head, therefore creating harsher shadows for the rest of his face and body. It creates a sense of fear and this will make readers feel uneasy as you cant see who the person is, due to shadows and the mask, but you know that he is a dangerous character as there is enough light coming from the bottom left to show off the weapon. The main colour you will see in this cover is red. From the top left corner you see what looks like a pool/drops of blood. this is simply because of the horror genre its specificated to, and the colour red signifies blood. There is main use of red yellow and white throughout this cover. As the red and yellow are quite clashing colours it makes you feel slightly uneasy or a bit nervous, which is similar to how you feel when watching a horror film. For example the red side bar on the left side is very bold, but the text consists of yellow and white text. The bold colours are good fora selling point because they are very eye catching and calls for your attention with the excessive use. The darkness of the main image also scares you and automatically makes you think of him as an evil character, which he is. 

The text for Friday the 13th is central to the image used, positioned about 3/4 of the way down. It is written in all capitals and in red, making it look more dramatic and the use of red to signify for blood and horror. The caption 'Jason's new slays' is also in capitals but in the clashing colour of yellow, slanted towards the feet of Jason's body. The text on this cover isn't consistent with size and font, it changes a lot. If you look at the side bar there are nearly 6 different fonts used. It is good to show variation but i think a bit of consistency in the same article story should be used.