Magazine cover for Reaper

For this magazine cover, we decided to have Reaper running through a forest. He is the only character that is half way through an active motion out of all of our magazine covers - he is running whilst the others are standing still. We believe this shows how Reaper is a very fast paced and athletic character, as seen in the trailer, Reaper is often in active combat but is also tactical, hence the forest. We decided to have him in a dark and rainy forest because the darkness represents how mysterious Reaper is as a character, he does not talk as much as the others and is reserved with his ideas. Having him in the forest makes it seem as though he is tactically, and stealthily about to ambush a target. Many parts of the film take place in a forest, and this is sometimes seen in the trailer which is shows the synergy involved. We thought the heavy rain also added some emotion to the cover, it is almost a metaphor to say Reaper is a somewhat dark minded character. This is briefly seen in the trailer when Odin shoots someone as a POV shot from the victim, but whilst Odin looks away as he shoots, Reaper keeps looking. This magazine cover follows the same template as the others with the character placed in front of the Empire logo but behind a slanted band which features the other magazine covers. It also includes sell lines such as "Meet Hulk" and "World First!" which are short and snappy in order to draw in the reader. We also have our tag line, "You think the war is over?" at the top as it is an iconic line in the trailer and is the first thing that Kronos says in his television broadcast. Although it is hard to see on the cover, he is holding his pistol which is a crucial part of Reaper's look as a character. He doesn't go anywhere without his pistol and it is the only weapon he uses, therefore we decided it had to be put in the magazine cover. We also added the issue date and price in £ and $ between the "M" and barcode as accustom to Empire Magazine's covers.  The colour choice was blue as we thought it is a common colour used for action which links to Reaper's relation to action.