2. I chose this as my style I designed my own
model because it has plan based on this
a good level of style model. I will
impact and draws use this to make
your attention. The my magazine
image type also has a cover
level of intimidation
about it.
I will however have
cover lines on mine
as it will not be a
subscribers cover. It
will be a special
edition though.

3. This is the photo I plan to
use as my background
but I will colour change it
to make it more effective.
This is how I will use
the image, I made
it this dark that it
will not be to
intrusive yet not
just a plain black
background. It will
I did this because it is more also have synergy
effective, and will give more with the poster
of a ‘dark’ impression which and trailer.
will attract my target
audience of horror lovers.

4. I chose to use the ‘EMPIRE’ masthead as it has the
same target audience as my film and I felt the red
would work well for a horror issue.
My next step was to layer this onto
my background, which I blurred to
give a more distorted ‘creepy’
image. The red looks bold and
strong against the dark
background that will stand out to
attract an audience. I placed it at
the top so as to conform to the
conventions of a film magazine.
I have left space above the
masthead for a tagline.

5. I chose this photo because it shows enough of the
torso to have good proportions on the cover. It also
links to my plan and style model.
I placed the image on
the cover so that it
would slightly overlap
I altered the colours of the masthead as this is
the image to give it a similar to my style
more cinematic look. models.
This means that my I blurred the edges of
image now looks more the image to give the
professional. By impression of the
darkening the overall image fading out
image and sharpening which gives a more
the colour it creates a creepy sinister look.
bold attention grabbing
image.

6. I added this cover line at the
top so that It can be see when
the magazine is in the stand. I
used the white with the bold
font to stand out and be
obvious against the
background and the
masthead.
I made the word ‘HORROR’
bigger and bolder than the
other words so that it would
stand out even more meaning
my target audience of horror
lovers would notice and be
attracted by it.

7. I had to remake the title as I came out to pixelated. I re made
them on Photoshop in order top be abler to apply it to both
my magazine and posters.
I have applied an outer glow
and cover colour to the title
and logo underneath to give it
a creepy look that will link into
my trailer and poster as well
creating synergy.
One problem is that it is quite
difficult to see where it is on the
neck of the image.
I made it this height on the
cover so that it would not take
away from the face of the
image.

8. I added other cover lines around the
central image. I felt that the blue is an
appropriate colour to use as it has
supernatural links, along with the
glows. Using different sizes of text I
have been able to draw attention to
particular arias of the cover.
The words you see most are ‘HORROR’
‘GORE’ and ‘GRUESOME’ all of which
are appropriate to my target
audiences.
I experimented with different
fonts, colours and text sizes until I was
happy.

9. I wanted to make the title stand out
more. To do this I copied each layer
and made the outer glow red not white
to give it this border, this links into both
the horror genre and my film and the
horror magazine.
This has a better effect as it is clearer
and more eye catching than before
and also includes the red which is in
keeping with the rest of the cover.
There is also the website address and
price as well as issue date in the ‘M’
which matches my style model and
makes a more professional cover.

10. As my final steps I added a barcode
as one of the conventions of a film
magazine. This is one of the touches
that give my magazine a professional
look.
I changed the colours of the cover
line at the bottom, highlighting the
‘GORE’ and ‘GRUESOME’ in red and
adding the bleeding effect that links
in with the horror genre and shows
synergy with the title and film title.
I also made this effect on the film title
as it again links with horror and again
shows synergy. This effect also adds
to the professionalism of this cover.

11. My style model
I think my final cover
shows aspects of all
my influences and is
a professional
looking cover.
My planed
mock up of
my
magazine
using
qualities of
my style
model.