3. Use
• In my film magazine and the Empire magazine the
masthead is in a bold reds font at the top of
magazine with the slug line placed underneath the
masthead in a smaller font. Both my own and this
issue of Empire have exclusive or special edition
copies.
• I have used the same idea of text at the bottom of
the magazine cover and have also related it to
horror and have used the layout including the two
different colour fonts and the uses of slashes (/) to
spilt up the film names.
5. Develop
• On my magazine I put the band of red across the
cover like the gold band on the Empire magazine
rather than using two pictures on each side of the
band I used only one to keep the focus on the
main cover image.
• My magazine has the main story cover line
underneath the photo much like the Empire
magazine and it also uses different fonts, mine
uses three fonts rather two used on Empire and
the positioning of the cover lines is slightly
different as mine is more centred.
7. Challenge
• I have used a medium close up photo rather the
full shot used on Empire magazine. I chose to do
this as I wanted the audience to be able to see
Harriet’s facial expressions and hopefully the will
see the link to the trailer/film.
• My magazine is a horror special whereas Empire
is the standard monthly issue. I decided to make
it a horror special as I could have more of genre
focused style on the magazine through the use of
fonts and colours
9. Poster: Use
• I have chosen to also use a blue tint over my
poster much like the Case 39 poster as they
are both the same genre so it works quite well
and shows that it is a horror/thriller genre.
• I used steel tongs and production logos this a
convention of all film posters so this makes my
own poster look more realistic.
11. Poster: Develop
• Like the Case 39 poster I put the names of the
actors at the top of the poster to draw
attention as the actors in the film are
important when an audience decided if they
want to see the film.
• In both photos used on the posters they are
positioned in corners, however my photo is
only of one person
13. Challenge
• I have used reviews on my poster which is
sometimes used on horror film posters and on
trailers I did this as a lot of people like to know
how a film is rated before they see it and good
reviews are more likely to influence people to see
the film.
• The layout on the Case 39 poster is unusual to
other posters as it the steel tongs are not in
straight lines for my poster I have stuck to the
standard layout seen on posters.
14. Trailer: Use
We used a montage in our trailer this affect is used in
a lot of horror film trailer and it creates suspense and
atmosphere. We used this affect in the asylum scenes
as the tension was building.
15. Trailer: Develop
We used a hospital for some of the
locations however it is just the one
in the hospital rather than the whole
building. This shows the isolation of
the character and also her mental
state.
16. Trailer: Challenge
We created a brand new logo for our trailer
which we also used on the posters. Our
narrative was different to other films in our
genre as it was shown from the point of
view of the villain, however it is unclear if
she is the villain.
