Analysis of Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows part 1 Empire magazine cover

This is the Empire magazine cover for the film Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows part 1. The cover composes the protagonist Harry Potter, in the centre of the magazine and quite large holding a wand. Below Harry, 3 other protagonist are composed in an arching line. They are Voldermort, Hermine and Ron. Harry is composed onto the background whilst the others are composed on pieces of glass. This could suggest that these 3 protagonist in the glass have troubling moments in the film as the glass is breaking which could mean that their characters lose their plot. Harry seems to be the only stable one of the 3 and with his wand out, he could be having a battle in the film. This magazine cover breaks and follows conventions. The magazine cover has a masthead which is conventional to all magazine covers. The colour of the magazine title is red which is the conventional colour for the magazine. However, this magazine cover doesn't have a sell line which most magazine covers do. This may have been done because this film has made a big name for itself and so the magazine company do not wish to have the sell line in a easy conventional place. Instead the magazine cover has decided to put the sell line in an unconventional place which is on the right hand side. The main colours on the page are red, white and yellow. These colours represent the colours of his house dorm at Hogwarts. Also these colours are associated with mystery, violence and danger which is what the film is about. This poster is targeted to those audiences that have followed the Harry Potter films from the beginning, which is why the title of the film is shortened to Potter 7. Under this is a very eye catching and questioning statement which would encourage a reader to purchase the magazine. The line states 'The End Begins'. For those who haven't read all the book, this could put questions in their head like, who's end is it? As usual, there are other stories that lure readers into purchasing the magazine.From this magazine, we can use the quotes like 'The end Begins' to create other questions in the readers mind, making them want to read more.

This magazine cover composes a main protagonist on the centre. This helps draw attention to the audience as they can recognise there main protagonist. This idea can help us in drawing the attention of our audience to our protagonist. Furthermore, the use of broken glass could indicate a twist or unconventional which is similar to the plot of our film.