Batman - analysis of magazine cover

•The masthead is bold and the colour is chosen to make it stand out.

•The ‘joker’ is covering some of it which suggests that they are already well established and the audience would recognise the company with what is shown.

•The actor is sitting in the centre of the cover which shows he is the focus of attention and all the other information which is included in the magazine is placed around him.

•The position he is sitting in tells the audience that he is up to something , his cheeky smile and raised eye brow shows that he is cocky.

•His head and upper body is tilting forward towards the audience and his legs are spread apart which invites the audience into his game.

•His make up and clothes allows him to be recognised as the ‘joker’ who is a character in the actual movie which means the audience will know what film the magazine is featuring just by looking at the actor. This also allows the audience to feel as if they will learn more about the character when the read the magazine.