A powerpoint explaining the film magazine cover assignment.

1. Ancillary Task
Film Magazine Cover

2.  Due December 21st - Only 2 weeks!
 Worth 10 marks (from a project total 100)
 1 Magazine Cover per group needed
Guidelines

3.  The format that this should take is similar
to the poster:
◦ It should be an extension of your trailer
◦ The settings and characters must be from your
film or if an actor/director portrait there must
be some connection to the film
◦ You must think about what would be
appropriate for the cover of a magazine –
regulations are a bit looser than posters but
not much
◦ Your work must include all the features and
conventions of a film magazine cover
Format

4.  awareness of conventions of layout and page design
 awareness of the need for variety in fonts and text size
 accurate use of language and register
 the appropriate use of ICT for the task set
 appropriate integration of illustration and text
 framing a shot, using a variety of shot distances as appropriate
 shooting material appropriate to the task set; selecting mise-en-
scène including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting
 manipulating photographs as appropriate, including cropping and
resizing.
Mark Scheme- Level 4
(same as poster)

5. Conventions of a magazine cover

6.  Masthead – The top of the magazine which
includes the Title, cover price and Tagline.
 Tagline – Not all magazines have this, is like a
mission statement summarising the focus and
brand image of the magazine.
 Sell Lines or Teasers – These promote the
articles and features in the magazine, the focus
will be on the film featured in the cover images
but additional articles will be included.
 You should produce an A4 cover
Magazine cover terminology

7.  Your blog should continue to be used to
track the progress of production, regular
updates should be continued and any
draft work should be added and
contextualised.
Blog expectations

8. Magazine Choice: Mainstream

9. Magazine Choice: Arthouse

10. Magazine Choice: Genre

11. Magazine Choice: Specialist Audience