Media A2 Work

1. Robbie Dale

2. This is my magazine cover,
which advertises my film,
Reapers and while I was
creating it I kept in mind the
codes and conventions of a
real film magazine and
followed them.

3.  When I analysed two Empire
magazine covers I noticed the
amount of information the display.
This information was shown through
two formats; pictures or text.
Therefore by conforming with Empire
magazine’s format I included
information in these two method.
 While my magazine focuses on my
film Reapers, I decided to promote
other movies to attract my target
audience, if I focused on only one
film readers may not be as compelled
to buy the magazine.

4.  I decided that my main image should
follow the stylistic design my Film
Poster took and, therefore carried
over the danse macabre design to
show a sense of continuity.
 Modern film magazines usually have
one main image on the front cover as
a focusing point, which would grab
the audiences attention. I to then
add a secondary image to fill some of
the negative space left, this allowed
me to create a stronger headline for
my Reapers magazine.

5.  I stuck to convention with my plain
background as in the type of genre
I am focusing on the Magazine
usually tend to use a plain
background to prevent the
attention of the reader from
wandering, as most thriller focus
on the storyline and character
development.

6.  The layout was another factor in
which I followed the codes and
conventions of film magazines. I
didn't think designing a layout
drastically different from Empire
would be sensible as its basic layout
design can be seen in most other film
magazines.
 The plus section is common practice
on film magazines and the position of
the figure is conventional; over the
image but not taking away any of the
effect it has on the reader.
 My magazine cover contains a small
strip along the bottom to highlight
the text within. This idea has been
used by other magazine and I think
adds a not only a sense of
professionalism but also gives the
magazine cover just that extra bit of
colour to prevent it from seeming
dull.