Total Film Magazine: Inception Analysis.

This is a magazine cover for Total Film. The theme of this edition is based around the film Inception. This magazine is dated Summer 2010, when Inception was first released. This theme is used in the colour scheme and certain texts. Titled: “The mind-blowing issue”; this has relevance and is referring to Inception, which is a film that is set “In a world where technology exists to enter the human mind through dream invasion”. This film was also said to be one that got people thinking. Therefore the magazine has picked up on the mind element of this film and toyed with that idea in its themes. This is also portrayed in the tagline for Inception “Inside the ultimate head trip”. The colour scheme for the film Inception is seen to be blue, and this colour scheme is used on the front of the magazine with the image and the design of the ‘Total Film’ logo. The logo is made to look like an electronic device or the inside of a computer – which relates to the technology element of the film. The red text theme is used to highlight or make certain parts of the text bold and more noticeable. In order to capture the audience’s attention, certain text is in red and is then followed up with the information in white. The use of bold white text also makes some titles more noticeable, followed by normal white text to create a softened effect. There are also metallic silver texts which link to Inception and electronic/modern/technology. The magazine also has the conventional features, like the barcode, price, date of the issue and the website of the magazine. The cover also draws an audience in with the use of a star. In this case; Leonardo Di Caprio is the star, who can not only be regarded as a star but also perhaps as ‘eye candy’. The character appears to be holding a gun, and is wearing a black suit, with insinuates the use of the action genre in this particular film; perhaps making certain audience’s/readers want to know more information and read the article and the magazine.