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1. In what ways did your media
product use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of real
media products?
(magazine and poster)

2. Magazine : Structure
The structure for our magazine was very
important as is what really made it look the
way it looked. We first of all had to actually
decide what movie magazine it was that we
wanted to go for and as a group decided on
Fangoria. Fangoria has a theme of colors
from reds to blacks to whites. This is very
eye catching and intriguing for the audience,
Fangoria magazine are also a very well
known horror magazine and we chose it to
keep within our theme of a horror trailer. As
a group we decided to keep within all the
traditions of past Fangoria covers and use
that as a template for our own cover. Below
are some examples of Fangoria covers we
used as templates for our own:
Throughout making our magazine cover,
constant changes were made based around
what looked good and what didn't’t etc. For
example, in the end we decided against the
film strip on the left hand side as it made our
magazine cover look to busy and messy.

3. Masthead:
We took our masthead
for our magazine cover from
Google and using Photoshop we cut
around it and added it to our magazine.
Placing it at the top of the page seemed
most suitable as this was the same for
every single issue of Fangoria magazine
covers. Throughout our magazine cover
we also kept the white, red and black
colors to show a theme in which allows
the audience to connect with our
product.
As you can see from the image
adjacent, we used selling points unique
to Fangoria magazine in order to
persuade our audience into buying the
product; “Giant Adeline poster inside”.
We also made sure to make the readers
aware of interviews and other things
going on inside the magazine. All of this
We included other things in which
made the audience want to read
the magazine and buy the
product. We took these images
from Google and photo shopped
them into our magazine cover in
order to look busy and
professional. We didn't’t want to

4. The title and tagline that appeared in all three
conventions of our product is very crucial. As a
group we ensured that the title we used in the
teaser trailer and again in the poster also had to be
included in the magazine. The title we actually used
we got from a site call dafont.com, this font was
named ‘face your fears’ and has connotations of
blood being splattered and smeared on a wall etc.
We decided on the color red to connote blood and
fear. Our tagline and title appeared at the bottom of
the magazine slightly to the right, just under the
main characters head. Placing the title and tagline
here ensured that it was clear and could be easily
read and understood by audience and readers. We
used the same tagline as we did in the poster to
create that continuity and connection between the
two. We have used the main characters doll like
face as our USP. In choosing this as our USP we
have created a character that the audience can then
easily recognize and relate to the film Adeline.
Having a USP will help our poster, magazine and
teaser trailer to become successful.

5. Poster: Setting and
location
Before beginning to make our poster, we decided to stick to the
typical horror movie poster conventions, and used the movies
we had researched for our teaser trailer, as templates to create
our poster. Here are some examples of what we used as
templates:
Both these movies have used
a creepy and dark,
mysterious background for
their poster. This then gave
us the idea of having the
USP (main doll character)
in the woods. Having a dark background was also
crucial to the look of our poster which is how we
came to the decision of placing a black and white
filter over the top of our poster.

6. Title and placement:
When deciding the name for our teaser trailer we were
specifically looking at the film Annabelle. Annabelle is a very
common name for a doll and is the reason we used ‘Adeline’
as the name of our teaser trailer. This also created a
character from the very beginning and gave the audience a
good idea of what the film is actually based around. We used
the very famous and unique font ‘face your fears’ and made
it red to give connotations of blood. We did not make this
black and white like the rest of the poster because we
wanted to make it stand out and catch the audiences eye.
We placed our title at the very top of our poster (landscape)
in-between star ratings and reviews. We also placed it on a
black background to make it stand out even more. This
worked really well and I think looked very professional and
clean cut.

7. Structure and layout
Structure for certain aspects of our poster was key. Things we needed to
arrange and organize were first of all the billing blocks, we decided to
place these at the very bottom of the poster, laying across from the left
hand side, through the middle to the right. We then placed the age
certificate next to that, this kept it out of the way to not mess up the poster
however also in clear eye line for the audience. It is important to warn the
audience of the age restrictions. We decided to have the main doll
characters figure slightly off center, leaning towards the left hand side.
This made it unusual and weird to the eye, it is something I learnt in
photography and helps catch your attention of the viewer.
Having reviews on the poster also helps to inform
the audience of what the movie is actually like
and how others responded to it. It is a very useful
way of promoting the movie and using
advertising upon advertising. These positive
reviews and star ratings make the audience want
to watch the movie and have an opinion for