Easter

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Final Draft of Magazine Front Cover Analysis

This is an analysis of the final draft of my film magazine front cover.

Film Magazine Cover Final Draft

This is my final draft for the film magazine front cover. At first glance it is dramatically different as I chose to go with the convention of a white background as opposed to the previous black one. The feedback I got was that this convention works as it makes the main image and text more bold whilst still being in line with my chosen colour scheme. The font of the rest of the text links in much more with the poster and the genre of magazine and I believe this looks less daunting for an audience. All the original features I had on the first draft still appear, I had merely changed the positioning of a few of them e.g. barcode, price and date line. I have given the main image a red shadow, again tying in with the colour scheme as well as making the image clearer and stand out more.

Overall I am satisfied with the adaptations I have made to produce this final draft of a front cover for a magazine.

Film Magazine Cover First Draft

Here is the first draft of my poster which I hope to gain feedback for and improve later on.

For this piece I kept the black background to link it to the poster, despite this not being a conventional idea. I still used the colour scheme of black, red and white for continuity and used similar fonts for the coverline as the poster. The positioning of all of the text and image is similar to that of any other magazine front cover and I used many of the conventional features. The logo for 'Instinct' has been kept the same as I feel it tells a lot about the genre of the film and is recognisable when seen in the poster and teaser trailer. I believe the red and white font stands out very boldy against the dramatically dark background and the font of the title is befitting for a film magazine. I am pleased with this first draft, but still believe it needs to be altered as in comparison with existing film magazine front covers, it isn't as effective or attention-grabbing.

Editing In Photoshop

Whilst making my magazine front cover I chose an image to edit and incorporate. Not only did this help my product look more professional, but it also developed my skills in using a variety of softwares. I used Photoshop and below are two parts of a Powerpoint Presentation which described what I did and how. I also uploaded this onto Slideshare.

Photoshop1

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Barcode

One of the features of a magazine front cover is its barcode. Instead of simply selecting one from the internet, I decided to make my own using the Paint software on the computer. This gave me more experience in a wider range of technologies.

Images for Magazine Front Cover

I had a lot of fun taking the pictures for my magazine front cover. Below are a range of shots that I took from different distances and angles so I had lots of choice when it came to choosing one. I placed each of them on a template for my poster to see roughly which one looked most effective before deciding on the final one. I drew inspiration from existing magazine covers and looked at how the models on these were presented through a range of poses and shots.

long shot, showing sadness

high angle shot, shows vulnerability

mid-shot

long shot

long-shot, similar pose to that seen on existing magazine front cover

close-up

long-shot

close-up smiling

long shot

long shot, smiling

mid-shot looking away from camera, showing vulnerability

long-shot looking away from camera, showing vulnerability

mid-shot looking at camera, smiling

mid shot lookimg a camera

close-up, looking at camera

mid shot lookig away from camera



this is the image I chose. it is a long-shot to see more of her and she is looking at the camera to draw the audience in



Magazine Front Cover Mindmap

I used this software again as it really helped me to organise my ideas in a simple way. This mindmap contains all my thoughts about my front cover of a magzine.