Drafts and development of film magazine front cover

1. Film Magazine Front Cover

2. These are some
images I
considered using
at first for the
magazine front
cover.

3. I thought of using an urban setting as it seemed more fitting from what
I’d seen on existing magazine front covers. I cropped the image to
become the correct size as well as using the content-aware tool to get rid
of objects that were in the way i.e. the signs/building seen at the centre.
When I placed the image onto the
background, it didn’t really work so I
looked for other possible images to use.

4. The main image I
decided to use
was a mid shot of
the protagonist in
costume with a
serious expression
- looking directly
at the camera.
This image didn't
come out fully in
focus however, it
was the most
suitable. I edited
the image to make
it look clearer.

5. I decided to test
out the image on
various
backgrounds. I
also tried out
different fonts for
the masthead. I
was looking for a
blueprint effect
however, through
further existing
film magazine
research, I decided
to use an urban
location as the
background.

6. I experimented with layering an image of London through the
masthead however, this didn’t really make it look like a magazine.

7. I got a different background image here of an alleyway which I was happy with. I played
around with the colours of the image effects and decided to use the blue (cyanotype) one.

8. £3.70 ($9.99 USO)
These are some of the features I found and created to
use for the conventions of my film magazine cover.

9. For all the text, I
downloaded fonts from
dafont.com and used the
text tool however, I
modified their look from
the ‘character’ section.
For the masthead, I used
the blending options to
create the bevel effect
and making it look
slightly 3D. I applied
conventions such as: the
banners, masthead,
issue number and date,
website, buttons,
title/anchorage text, sell
lines, barcode and price.