4. Cover inspiration
I have used this cover as inspiration as I believe it is the most appealing and I think, for a film magazine, it
looks great. I have chosen a magazine which has followed codes and conventions as I believe following
the codes and conventions is important when creating a magazine cover as each convention server their
own purpose in helping to sell the magazine.
9. Digital Magazine
I have decided to make my magazine a digital magazine because they are easier to distribute to my target demographic, as
many, if not most, of the audience will possess a mobile phone. As well as this, I believe distributing digitally is the better
option overall because digital magazines are rapidly becoming more popular and therefore evidence would suggest that my
magazine would be more successful if it was a digital magazine. I believe the choice of creating a digital magazine rather than
print is effective because it will be seen by more people and therefore will rapidly become more popular.
10. “One of the best movies we have saw in this decade”
We asked Kumar his opinion on the latest edition to the DC universe,
Joker. This is what he told us. “In my opinion, Joker is one of the best
movies we have saw in this decade. The way the film is executed is
immense you have to credit Todd Phillips on his work in producing this
masterpiece.” He further went on to tell us that Phillips is one of his
favourite directors and he believes “this film is one of his finest pieces
of work.” Kumar’s opinion was shared by many around the world as the
film proved to be successful when it was released at box office as it
went on to make $322.7million which made it one of the most
successful movies of the year.
“Actor of the year”
He also went onto talk about Joaquin Phoenix’s role in the movie saying
that he believes it was “the best solo performance in the film industry
this year” and that “Phoenix should win the actor of the year award.”
He further went onto tell us that “Phillips is a genius for the idea of
bringing bac old school talent such as Joaquin Phoenix to feature in this
film and appeal to the target demographic.”
“Mental illness was displayed
perfectly in the film”
Kumar told us that he believes that “mental illness was
displayed perfectly in the film” and that “he hasn’t saw many
films take the risk of presenting this topic, but Phillips took the risk
and got the reward.” He told us that he believes “the film is inspired
by Martin Scorsese’s ‘The King Of Comedy’ which he also believes
is the last film which displayed mental illness to perfection” and
therefore “Phillips deserves the credit Scorsese got for producing
a similar masterpiece to what he did back in 1982.”
Leave your opinion on ‘Joker’ at our website
www.KeepinItReelonline.co.uk/opinion
Double page spread article
11. Double page spread article analysis
I decided to do an interview where I asked a “film critic” his opinion on the latest DC film, Joker. I chose to do my article in the format of an
interview as I believe hearing someone's opinion on a film massively influences whether you watch it or not. People would buy the magazine
specifically to read the interview with the “film critic” so they can decide whether they watch the film or not. The “film critic” I used was fellow
student Mayank Kumar who helped me draft up an interview which I then tried to turn into a more professional, realistic interview which I ended
up with as my final article on the slide above.
12. Seondary Images
I used this picture of Pennywise as the main theme of my magazine is horror films
and he is therefore a suitable character for the dominant image. This emphasizes the
theme of horror as he is directly looking at the buyer suggesting they’re part of the
horror and should fear him
13. I decided to use this image as my background image for my front cover
because it is obviously related to the film “IT” which is the main theme of my
front cover and therefore this image is fitting to the theme of the front cover.
The main image on the front cover is Pennywise and therefore brings out the
background and emphasizes the horror as well as the theme of “IT” displayed
in the front cover.
14. Production
Log
Front Cover I have chosen the font Cowboys for the masthead on my front cover
because I think that it looks perfect for a film magazine. I think this as
it looks in place and looks like the sort of font you would see in the
film world in the credits of a film or what not.
I chose the title, Keepin’ It Reel as I think the clever play on words
would grab the attention of a film demographic and immediately
they would be drawn to want to know more therefore they will
purchase the online magazine in order to read it and find out more.
15. Here I have inserted a film reel inside the letters to
further enhance the play on words in the masthead. This
is a small but effective feature and Is sure to be noticed
by my target demographic.
16. Here I have inserted a background image which I found on Picuki.com, the
website would be credited on the contents page of the magazine. I edited the
colour of this picture to make it slightly darker using the brightness and
contrast tool under the adjustments heading.
Credit www.nicepng.com
17. Here I have inserted an image of Pennywise which I found on NICEPNG
who I would also credit in the contents page. I also adjusted the
brightness and contrast using the tool found under adjustments. This
was to further add to the theme of horror portrayed on my magazine.
Credit www.nicepng.com
18. Next I inserted the main sell line for my magazine, “you’ll float too.” I
used the font “Cowboys” which I found on dafont.com and I inserted a
small white glow around the side using the stroke tool found within
blending options.
19. Following adding the main sell line, I then added more less significant sell lines
to attract a secondary audience of the films advertised. I again used the
cowboys font so that the sell lines looked in place on the cover. I also added a
small white glow around the outside again using the stroke tool found under
blending options. I think having more than just one sell line is effective as it
attracts more audience to purchase the magazine and therefore the magazine
will rapidly become more popular due to the vast amount of content which will
be inside as well as advertised on the cover.
20. Finally I made the cover even darker once again using the
brightness/contrast tool found under adjustments. This is to further
enhance the horror effect that should be given of by Pennywise in order
to sell my magazine to the Target Audience. I also added a barcode in
which I found on google to give of a realistic effect.
Credit www.britannica.com for the barcode.
21. DPS production log
Firstly, I added a picture I took of Mayank Kumar in the studio
onto the Photoshop document and removed the background
using the magic wand tool. When taking the picture, I used red
and blue foil over the lights in order to give of the effect shown in
the picture.
22. Next added 3 more pictures of Mayank Kumar as well as Layton
Mensforth which I also took in the studio. I asked the subjects to
talk to each other so that for 2 of the images it looked like they
were discussing the film, Joker. Finally I asked them to look at
the camera for the 3rd shot. I did this to give off a realistic effect.
23. I then re-coloured the background to black using the paint-bucket
tool. I did this to show of the dark message shown in Joker, the
film which this double page spread is about.
24. Next I added a small image of Joker himself which I found
online to show that the article will be about Joker. I credited
the image in the bottom right (will be shown at the end.)
25. I then added the title shown to immediately tell the reader what the article
is going to be, I used the Arial rounded BT bold font as I believed it was the
most professional for my article.
26. Next I drafted up an interview to be the main article. I used pull
quotes as headers and I used a drop cap at the beginning of each
column, I did all this just by inserting a text box, and using the ruler
tool to measure the distance between columns.
27. Finally, I credited the Joker image shown in the picture. I
found this image on google and it therefore requires
permission or credit in order for me to use it. I decided
to use this image of Joker to emphasise the article
written about an opinion on the film.
