2.  Forone of the tasks in the coursework we
have to create a magazine front cover for
our film, therefore I am going to look at
other magazines front covers to see what
works and what is successful. As well as the
magazine front cover I have/continue to
analyse posters and compare them to how
the character is presented on a magazine.

5. The title is the
biggest text on the
front cover and is also
a colour that stands
The writing on this side of the out with the rest of
magazine is larger to the writing the colour scheme,
on the other side, this makes red also suggests
these statements more danger.
important to the others. On the
other hand it attracts the reader
to read more as they start to In the title having the ‘P’
read the bigger statements and covered by Wolverine’s head
then are drawn to read the shows that the magazine is
statements on the other side. recognised by people even
This is a clever element because though it is not completely
they can fit more on due to the clear. Its also pretty
writing being smaller. Also explanatory of what the
having the smaller text on the word could be.
right gives it a better chance of
being read as a lot of people
automatically look to the right.
But if some automatically look to The positioning of the
that largest text then either way character is in the centre of
it all gets read. the page, this makes you
automatically drawn to him.
Also the positioning of his
body makes his biceps more
Having alternate colours of in the foreground, it almost
the text makes them seem gives his arms a 3D effect.
more interesting and the one The contrast
that appeals to you will stand of blue to
out more as the contrast is the black makes The background is an image,
opposite colour. For example the this makes the background The barcode has to be
if all the text was black then background more interesting as it isn’t included on the front but
it would all the same and seem more just a plain colour. This it not a main feature. It
merge into one, but having mysterious, makes the character of is positioned in the
the contrast of white makes it dark and ‘Wolverine’ seem more corner out of the way so
clear to read. stormy. appealing and our attention is we are not drawn to it.
drawn to him.

6. After researching magazines related to films, I
have noticed that they are not at all like the
posters of a film. The posters feature more in
the theme of the film and all characters,
whereas the magazines only feature the main
character. And it is mainly the character that is
played in the film. For example some
magazines have the actor at a film premiere
on the cover but I think that the character is
more effective. In comparison with my ideas
for my magazine I think I will take a lot from
this research….

7. For my magazine I will have a big picture of
the main character, which is me. I want to
have a background, but not a solid block of
colour but a colour that blends. Or even a
picture that links into the film. The characters
head will cover part of the title and will be
positioned in the middle. I will also include
featuring stories on each side and other
essentials such as barcode, headers, etc.