On this magazine cover the joker is placed in the centre of the cover. He is placed in the centre of the cover because he is the focus of the magazine. ‘EMPIRE’ the title of the magazine is placed behind the jokers head as it is an iconic feature to the magazine.
The typeface of sub-heading ‘the joker’ is reminiscent of newspaper cuttings a feature normally associated with ransom notes; this gives a dangerous appearance to his name therefore creating the impression of a dangerous character. This typeface also has a childish, unorganized appearance, showing a lack of seriousness to his character.
The overall colour scheme of the cover is black, green and purple. The background is black which implies darkness to his character and the overall text, and the joker himself is associated with the colours green and purple which are parts of his franchise since early marvel text, these colours also feature throughout the text and are used to highlight different areas of the magazine.
The jokes evil status is increased through his facial expression and positioning. By looking directly at the camera – and therefore the reader- creates a discomfort for the viewer, therefore once again increasing and reinforcing is ‘bad’ status.
The batman logo is located at the top of the page above the jokers head as it is now a trademark of Christopher Nolan’s Batman films. This also shows irony from the film where it is batman who still ends up on top of Gotham.
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