Our Finished Film Magazine Cover

Initially this was our finished film magazine cover however, following the audience feedback we received, we decided to make some alterations to the texts.









This is our complete film magazine cover. The image that we decided to use represents the film well - the photo has been taken in the woods location that we filmed our trailer in and features the two main characters. The image makes it apparent to the viewer that the film is of the genre horror. I think that the composition is very effective and works well as the main cover image, spliting the page down the middle. The majority of the text is on the left-hand half, mainly due to this section being the area that will be most visible at point of sale. For this reason, this area of the magazine must promote features that will attract audience members. The masthead also only spreads across the width of this half of the page. After receiving audience feedback we decided to change the font style of the masthead and also added some inner and outer glow effects. I think that it now looks a lot classier and stands out more. The left-hand side of the image (behind the tree) is much darker than the right and so helps the text to stand out. There is more 'going on' on the right-hand side of the image and so if much text had been placed on this side its prominance would have been lost. We also altered the fonts and style effects of the coverlines following the feedback we gathered. This definitely helped the cover to look more appealing. The one font that I think works really well is the 'STENCIL' font that has been used for the main coverline. I think that this really stands out amoungst the rest, which is important as that particular text is promoting the film. The main colours that we used were red, grey and white. The majority of the text was in either grey or white, with only what we considered to be the most important features in red. Also on the cover is a pug, price, barcode, date and magazine website address. All of these features are conventional of a magazine cover. I think that the pug really helps to balance the page.