Harry Potter Empire Magazine Analysis

After analysing the two Harry Potter Empire posters I will now be analysing two of the Empire Magazines front covers.

In the first of the empire front covers you can see the three main characters are the main image of the front cover, we can also see that there is no background on this image. This implies that the characters are so well known and iconic that they do not need a background behind them to attract people to the magazine, this also keeps the main focus of the magazine on them at all times. The caption used "The Perfect Farewell" is also good as it symbolises the end of the franchise while also creating hype for the film. As you can see from the picture the actors are still in character for this shot while on the other cover they are dressed in more formal attire as if it where a red carpet event meaning that this front cover and article would be more about the film.
We can see that Harry is out in front as he is the main character.

In this front cover of Empire magazine we can once again see the three main characters from the Harry Potter franchise but this time they are not seen to be in character. We can see this from the clothes in which they are wearing that this was most likely taken at a red carpet event or some other occasion that is similar. This front cover, even though it is still to do with Harry Potter, focuses mainly on the actors as themselves instead of their characters meaning that the article would be more focused around them and their future careers instead of the Harry Potter franchise. Once again we see that they are in the same positions for the shot giving synergy between the front covers but are in a more casual pose. This front cover would be more of a collectable as it is a Limited Edition front cover.