The puff adds an element allowing the consumer to recognise the importance of the issue, as it is a special edition.
There is a magazine website and slogan, allowing the consumer access to as much information as they want and advertising the magazine.
The colour scheme was based on an issue of "Empire" published with "Star Trek" as its feature article on the cover, as we were also using this magazine brand for our own and the "Star Trek" cover had elements that could represent our main character, who would appear on our front cover.
The barcode was used from a previous issue of "Empire" to add a professional look to the magazine.
The standard price and inclusion of the date the issue was "published" further adds authenticity to the issue.
The expression, composition and greyscale used in the main image shows a link to Norman Bates in "psycho", and how our charater's mental state is slowly eroding due to guilt, like Norman's did. Our trailer was very influenced by "Psycho" in many aspects, but image was the main one as Alfred Hitchcock understands how to frighten an audience with using limited shots containing iconography.
The main plug links to the tagline of the film, we followed the typical way the text is written with a play on words that also incites curiosity in the reader .
The plug is used as further advertisement to the consumer if the cover article is not to their interest, as well as showing what else the magazine is offering that links with the theme of horror/thriller this particular issue has.
