The document provides instructions for creating an Empire magazine cover and a Nightmare on Elm Street film poster. For the magazine cover, it describes including a bold button, masthead at the top, main image, and cover lines. For the film poster, it recommends a medium shot of the villain with half the face hidden, small credits at the bottom, a punny tagline, and the title at the bottom in red font. Both include release dates at the bottom without detracting from the main focal image.

1. ANCILLARY TASKS
Empire Magazine Cover & Nightmare on Elm Street Film Poster

2. The strapline that reads
‘Movies biggest year ever’
entices people to read it.
This button attracts the
readers’ attention as Masthead is shown at the
they use a bold colour top of the page so that
that stands out from the customers can easily
background. They are identify what the
also a good way of magazine is when going
informing the readers of to buy one. Empire is also
a feature in the a well known and popular
magazine; linking to the magazine, so they are
focal image. able to cover a section of
the masthead with the
image.
For the image they use a
long shot of the main Cover lines are used to
character, which shows notify readers of other
his power. articles that will be in the
issue. They have used a
lighter coloured font for
The extra cover lines the text, so that it stands
inform the reader of the out against the
other articles that will be background.
included in the issue.
They have used a bright
coloured font so that it
stands out from the Barcode
background; making it
clear to read.

3. I have placed the strapline at
the top following the codes
and conventions of Empire I have positioned the masthead at
magazine. Doing this is a the top of the magazine, so that
way to attract the readers to people can easily identify it when
buy the magazine. they are displayed in shops.
For my main image, I have chosen
a close up image of the villain to
attract the readers attention and to
create a connection between the
villain and the audience.
I have added a button
following the
conventions Of Empire
magazine as it is a good
way to attract readers. It
has a bold outline so I have placed cover
that it really stands out lines to notify readers
from the background. what else is included in
the magazine.
I have created extra cover
lines to inform readers of
other articles and Just like Empire, I have placed the
celebrities that will also barcode at the bottom of the page, so
be included in the issue. that it does not get in the way of the
main image.

4. The image is a medium shot
of the main villain, where
they have half of his face
hidden which would
frighten the reader because
they are unknown to the
villains identity. In this
poster the image is the focal
point.
They have credits printed
at the bottom of the
poster in a very small This tagline contains a brief
print, so it doesn’t draw synopsis of the film and they
away the attention of use a pun using the word
the image, but still ‘nightmare’ linking with the
informs the audience of film. They also use the word
the production team and ‘your’, which makes the
cast. audience feel like they are
part of the film.
Release dates are used to
The title is at the bottom
inform the audience
of the poster showing
when it will be released.
that the image is more
They place it at the
important. It is also in red
bottom of the poster, so it
font linking to horror
does not take focus away
paradigms.
from the image.