2. The software I will be using in
the construction of my movie
magazine will be Adobe
Photoshop CS3.
Photoshop is a photo editing
program that will allow me to
edit various features including
the contrast and brightness. It
also allows me to add a wide
range of effects such as a lens
glare or grayscale.
3. Here are the two examples I analysed:
Total Film Empire
4. Here is the unedited image along side
screenshots used on the front cover from my
trailer.
5. Here is my completed film magazine
front cover.
6. •Barcode, website, Issue date and price all feature at the
head of the page. Website allows for intertextuality and
more content online, a convention seen in my research.
•Bold masthead above background image; magazine is
not as popular or as widespread as Empire or Total Film.
This is reflected in my decision to focus the magazine on
the UK solely.
•Headings used to detail content. ‘+’ plus sign included as
both a design feature and show additional content.
•Listing of content inside magazine. Term ‘starring’ from
lexical field of film.
•Exclamatory ‘World Exclusive’. Capital size letters draw
attention as does the exclamation. Suggests readers will
be the first to experience the content and this is the only
magazine to receive it.
•Bold font displays name of film. Bezel and Emboss effect
used on majority of text on page to make it bold, glossy
and pronounced. Similarly to the Total Film example, I
have used separate font colour for the end of the film title.
The red is striking and is a contrast whilst also meshing
with the overall alternating red and white colour scheme.
•Addition of film strip relates to the context of a film
magazine and also allowed me to add my screenshots
inside, therefore adding more than one image to the front
cover.
•Banner along foot of cover details additional content
without much detail.
