Developing my magazine part 4

The next crucial element of my magazine i have decided to include is the anchoring text for my headline, which serves to give the reader more information than just the name of the film. The anchoring text here sticks to the same house style i have consistently been using, and i highlighted the word "biggest" in capital letters in order to make it bold and eye catching and the word itself gives the reader a impression of what the scale and production value the movie has. I also decided to include a quote from the production, and i did this because it immediately lets the reader infer that there is a interview inside where the quote is pulled from.

Developing my Magazine part 3

Next on the development of my magazine, i decided to add another key convention, being the headline of the magazine, in this case the movie's title "Tenebris". This is done using the same font that i have used on both my movie trailer and poster, and maintains the consistent house style of both the colours and fonts used.

Developing my magazine part 2

The next thing i have done is add the Empire masthead, which is a key convention of my magazine, and it is placed at the area where my style model, Empire itself, always places its masthead. This is important for the magazine to look like a authentic magazine that Empire would publish. I chose Empire over Total film and other movie magazines due to its size, as in my opinion it is the biggest UK based magazine.

Developing my magazine part 1

The first thing i did was decide on my photo i was going to be using for my magazine. i eventually decided on this one as the photo is medium close up, and this follows my style models of the Empire magazine. The filter i decided to use has enhanced the photo in contrasting the slasher with the brick wall behind him, as the original photo had very little to make the villain stand out. Here, the jacket and features of the mask serve to stand out more, and the brick wall has this effectively grey background, which further acts to make the villain stand out on the cover.

Changing my font style for the title

After a review of my trailer, i decided that i must replace my old font for the movie's title with a new one, something that was not only more stylised, but has a border to stand out on my movie magazine and poster. I decided to use a font generating website rather than the default fonts, as this creates a more stylised and recognisable look. The new font retains the same colour as the previous font, as the red font is a symbolic image of blood, danger and violence, and that is appropriate in a slasher film were it is expected to have all of those symbolic meanings.

Changing my production company logo

When reviewing my trailer, i noticed how the logo i was using was unsuitable for the horror trailer i was looking to create. Firstly, it was too light hearted a name in "turtle shell" and i think that a more serious name was appropriate, therefore i changed the production company to "Olympian Productions", which is a name that i believe sounds more like a real life production company. I also used Keynote in order to create a intro for my production company in my trailer. This is a improvement over the last one as all i used was a simple still image of the company, whereas this time i added effects to both the logo and accompanying text.

Movie Magazine Ideas:

For my magazine i was deciding between two different magazines for a primary style model, being Empire and Total Film respectively. I ended up eventually choosing Empire, due to my familiarity with that magazine brand and the overall layout of the conventions on the front cover. The magazine will have a house style of red and black, as these colours are symbolic codes for danger, darkness and blood. The main image will be of the villain of my film, as it is the most marketable and recognisable part of the movie, and like horror icons like Jason Vorhees and Freddy Kreuger, will come to be symbolic of the film.