Magazine Cover, Planning and Production

The magazine was the final production piece we had to create. Having already taken the images when producing the film poster it became a matter of just picking the photograph we wanted to use. In the original storyboard we had planned on using a mid shot so we could incorporate the killers bloody shirt. By taking the image form a low angle we were able to draw more attention to the costume connoting the idea of slasher horror. When we had selected our image, a flat plan was created to give a rough idea on where everything would be placed. We also wanted to have a basic idea of the conventions we were going to use in our production work.

-Flat plan -

-Original Image-

Once we had chosen the final photograph we had to import it into adobe Photoshop to start editing. We played with the brightness of the image to give it a sinister look, then adjusted the colour making the red tones a lot more vivid. As a group we decided on the name film weekly , a simple yet clear name denoting what the magazine is about. We then looked at the typography of existing film magazines to help decided on our on font. Eventually we picked a font called aharoni adding a red drop shadow to create a 3D effect. We ended up putting our image over the top of the magazine name to show the films importance. Also by doing this it shows the magazine is a well known publication and that the content is a lot more important then the magazines name.

We added the films name 'Ward 13' to the bottom of the magazine keeping the same font as in the poster, this was to make sure our publicity campaign was consistent with each other. We then placed article names on each side of the image making the main headings white and descriptions red. This contrasts with the magazine title using the same colour scheme throughout. We then placed an emboss on the headings to make them stand out against the white shirt in the background. Because the articles relate to the horror genre we decided to make our magazine a 'Special horror edition' allowing us to focus purely on making out magazine a focused on the genre as possible.

To finish off we added a barcode, date, website and price (£3.00).

-Final Magazine-