Sabrina's Magazine Front Cover Textural Analysis of Terminator Salvation

On the front cover of a movie magazine for the Terminator Salvation which is a science fiction action move was directed by McG and produced by Derek Anderson, Victor Kubicek, Jeffrey Silver and Moritz Borman starring Christian Bale and Sam Worthington. The film was made with a budget of $200million and grossed $371,353,001 and released on May 21 2009.

The image on the front cover is a close up of a robot on a red misty background. This is the same color of the robots eyes which connotes danger. As the robot has red eyes this also means that the robot is not a nice creation. As the robot features are quite skeletal and grim as well as the scratch lines on the face of the robot on the main front cover this connotes that it is indestructible and is not easy to kill. The direct look from the robot to the person who is looking at the magazine allows them to see what they really look like but also makes the reader believe that it is looking at them connotes that they are fearless. There is vague lighting on the jaws of the robot and the steel teeth which connotes that that is one of the main things that the robot uses to terminate things.

The terminator salvation is in bold font which makes the magazine stand out as well as giving the people who are buying the magazine a idea of what it’s about. The text is filled with the something that looks a bit like rubble connoting that destruction has already taking place. The use of the black shadow on the light font color also allows the font to stand out and giving the robot a dark glow on its head.

The words there back are in bold engages the reader and makes that want to ask questions like how did they come back why and when and also what solution is going to happen. The bold red cover lines allow the reader to know about what they will get in the magazine and putting little pictures of some of the main characters allows the reader to get some extra information about the film before they view the movie which is good for creating a buzz for the movie. For hardcore fans of the film having backstage details allows the reader to get excited about the film as well and cover line like secretes on the new machine gets them eager.

Overall this magazine cover draws the customer in to the film and allows them to wonder what they are going to get throughout the films. The techniques used on this front cover =for example the close up shot allows the viewers to get in depth looks at the robots used as well as giving people a backstage access to the film. The color schemes also attract the viewer as it connects all the way through the cover with the background being red and the eyes of the robot being red as well. I intend to use similar techniques when producing parts of the magazine cover for our teaser trailer.