Magazine Cover Design

This is the design for my magazine cover. I created my own magazine title rather than use a pre-existing one as I thought that this would add authenticity to my magazine and would be more creative. I am going to use a full body shot of the main character in the middle of the cover with a background of trees behind her to show the setting. The title and tagline will be in the middle of the page in big eye-catching writing to try to generate more interest in our film. I will also include information about other popular films as this is one of the conventions of a magazine cover as it encourages people to buy the magazine.

Conventions of a Magazine Cover

Conventions of the magazine front cover

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My Final Poster

This is my final poster. I think that it represents our trailer quite well because it has the trees in the background which show the woods setting and it also incorporates the pentagram which is the main motif throughout out trailer/film. Although I was originally going to make a portrait poster, I decided that it looked better landscape as it seemed cramped, especially with the fairly long tagline which stretched over two lines. Overall I am pleased with the way it looks and the way it advertises our film.

How I Made My Poster

How I Made My Poster

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My Final Billing Block

This is the final billing block I used on my poster. Using the example I got off of the internet, I typed up all of the information on word and changed the font size on the names to make them bigger. I then copied the picture onto Paint Shop Pro and reversed the colours so that the background was black and the writing was white before removing the background and copying the image onto my poster.

What to include in a Billing Block

 I got this billing block off of Google to use as inspiration and a guideline for my own billing block that I would use on my poster. I noticed that all of the names were in a larger font so I tried to recreate this in my billing block. I also used this list as a guideline of what I needed to include in my billing block:

·         Production Company – HCS Horror Inc.

·         Actors – Samantha Kent, Hannah George and Charlotte Southam

·         Music Composer – Hannah George

·         Casting by – S.G. and Co.

·         Costume Design – HCS Horror Inc.

·         Editing – Charlotte Southam

·         Director of Photography – Hannah George

·         Props Co-ordinator – S.G. and Co.

·         Written by – Charlotte Southam

·         Produced by – HCS Horror Inc.

·         Co-directed by – Charlotte Southam and Hannah George

In our group we wanted to split up all of the titles equally as we had both worked on everything together so we worked out that I did most of the editing whilst Hannah did the music. However, we didn't want to just have our names repeated for everything so we came up with another company name - S.G. and Co. (the initials of our last names) to add a bit of diversity to our billing blocks.

Fonts

I experimented with different fonts and text sizes for the title and the tagline to go on my poster as I find one that looked both elegant and slightly creepy. I also wanted one that was clear and easy to read so that someone glancing at the poster would be able to read the title.