The document describes how the creator used inspiration from the design of Total Film magazine in developing their own film magazine cover. Key elements taken from Total Film include using a single main cover image, a three-color palette, placement of the masthead, and similar font styles. The creator also developed their own design elements, such as using a slugline instead of a banner and altering the style and positioning of additional stories and images to better suit the horror genre.

1. USE
Banner
Masthead is largest font on
cover, is at the top and has a
similar font
Main title is the largest cover
story size, just smaller than
masthead

2. USE
• During the production for the Film Magazine Front Cover, I used inspiration from TOTAL FILM. I felt
its house style was very slick and it always seemed to have a main cover story image; which is what
inspired my Magazine to have one main image/character on the front.
• The colours of Red, Black and Grey (3 colour rule) is also present in this issue of TOTAL FILM so I
also used this too, but for mine it wasn’t to portray a similarity between the two magazines it was
to represent the Horror genre as I feel Red is a very iconic colour for Horror.
• I used the placement of TOTAL FILM’s masthead as well (at the top, filling the whole width) and it is
also the largest and boldest text on the page making in the main text. I also took inspiration into
finding a font similar to TOTAL FILM’s because it looks slick and is very representative of a film
magazine/media work I feel.
• The title of the film is underneath the image on both. This is to make it clear what the image is
representing, this text is also a lot larger than all the other titles on the page making it the main
article/the cover story.
• I have used the typical codes and conventions of a magazine such as a barcode, the price, a main
image, the title of the magazine and tagline, the title of film and slugline, additional stories etc.

3. DEVELOP
Instead of using a banner
I created a slugline for my
Magazine
The other issue stories and
Articles are a different style
But in a similar position
The one model image is different
In shot type and eye contact

4. DEVELOP
• Instead of using a banner for my magazine, in a similar position I created a slug line which would be
used on all of the issues of MOTION magazine.
• In my Masthead I have been more simplistic with the way in which I have presented my masthead
compared to the 'Total Film' magazine. I feel this is due to genre and the plot of the films being
represented, I feel the simplicity of the Masthead on my magazine is effective for the horror genre
and the Masthead for TOTAL FILM is effective for the busy and crazy plotline of Inception.
• Although I have copied the convention of having other article stories around the sides of the
image, I have developed it by using a more creative way by using a black box behind texts and
making the text more slick and simplistic than shiny, bold and loud. This again, is due to genre of
the film being represented and also because I wanted a very professional looking “indie” kind of
Film Magazine look.
• Although I used the idea of a One Model Image, I developed this by making it a Medium Close up
rather than a Medium Long Shot. The image on MOTION Magazine is also giving eye contact,
whereas the TOTAL FILM is off eye contact. This is because I wanted the Film Magazine to be more
engaging with the audience, to have speculation around whether he is a good or bad character as
the Mise-en-scene show him to be week however the structure and pose of the model looks very
strong.

5. CHALLENGE
Black edge/Spotlight Gradient
Genre/Mood/Theme
Green tint

6. CHALLENGE
• I have a kind of Slugline/Caption with my magazine saying THE PAST THE
PRESENT THE FUTURE which links in nicely with the title MOTION and the
overall theme of the Magazine. For my Magazine, I thought it could
include films from the past, the present and the future as I thought this
had a unique and individual but easily accessible selling point to a target
audience.
• I've purposefully not made my magazine cover very busy. I wanted to
make the main focus to be on the image because I wanted
DISCONNECTED to be the main article for this issue of MOTION magazine.
• The overall mood and theme is different as they are different genre. On
my magazine I added a green tinge by using the colour balance and I
enhanced the redness of the blood by going over it with the paint brush
on a red colour with a low opacity. I wanted to make it very vibrant but
moody at the same time.

7. CHALLENGE
• I have a kind of Slugline/Caption with my magazine saying THE PAST THE
PRESENT THE FUTURE which links in nicely with the title MOTION and the
overall theme of the Magazine. For my Magazine, I thought it could
include films from the past, the present and the future as I thought this
had a unique and individual but easily accessible selling point to a target
audience.
• I've purposefully not made my magazine cover very busy. I wanted to
make the main focus to be on the image because I wanted
DISCONNECTED to be the main article for this issue of MOTION magazine.
• The overall mood and theme is different as they are different genre. On
my magazine I added a green tinge by using the colour balance and I
enhanced the redness of the blood by going over it with the paint brush
on a red colour with a low opacity. I wanted to make it very vibrant but
moody at the same time.