2. This is my magazine cover,
which advertises my film,
Reapers and while I was
creating it I kept in mind the
codes and conventions of a
real film magazine and
followed them.
3. When I analysed two Empire
magazine covers I noticed the
amount of information the display.
This information was shown through
two formats; pictures or text.
Therefore by conforming with Empire
magazine’s format I included
information in these two method.
While my magazine focuses on my
film Reapers, I decided to promote
other movies to attract my target
audience, if I focused on only one
film readers may not be as compelled
to buy the magazine.
4. I decided that my main image should
follow the stylistic design my Film
Poster took and, therefore carried
over the danse macabre design to
show a sense of continuity.
Modern film magazines usually have
one main image on the front cover as
a focusing point, which would grab
the audiences attention. I to then
add a secondary image to fill some of
the negative space left, this allowed
me to create a stronger headline for
my Reapers magazine.
5. I stuck to convention with my plain
background as in the type of genre
I am focusing on the Magazine
usually tend to use a plain
background to prevent the
attention of the reader from
wandering, as most thriller focus
on the storyline and character
development.
6. The layout was another factor in
which I followed the codes and
conventions of film magazines. I
didn't think designing a layout
drastically different from Empire
would be sensible as its basic layout
design can be seen in most other film
magazines.
The plus section is common practice
on film magazines and the position of
the figure is conventional; over the
image but not taking away any of the
effect it has on the reader.
My magazine cover contains a small
strip along the bottom to highlight
the text within. This idea has been
used by other magazine and I think
adds a not only a sense of
professionalism but also gives the
magazine cover just that extra bit of
colour to prevent it from seeming
dull.
