Filming Update 4

Research into horror genre magazine front covers

I have decided to look into a magazine which is for a specific genre, the genre I am basing my trailer on which is horror. I found a producer of horror magazines called 'Fangoria'. These magazine feature horror films specifically. Previously I have only looked at main stream magazines rather than genre specific magazines. These magazines are different as the main images and secondary images are all about horror. The colours used within the front cover are related to horrors, dark colours are used and red and orange as all these colours connote darkness, anger and danger, all things associated with horror films. All the sub headings include information about horror films to keep the theme. These sort of magazines are very specific to the genre therefore the audience range is more narrow and can be seen as niche. The layout of these two magazines, which are from the same producer, have the same layout. The barcode has been placed in the bottom right hand corner on both magazines and the sub headings only on the left hand side. This is different to main stream magazines as these have sub headings on both sides of the main image  instead of just the left hand side. These magazines are good as straight away, anyone who sees this magazine will know that this is related to the genre horror. 

Poster & Magazine front cover i've took inspiration from

On the left is the teaser poster for the film 'Deliver us From Evil'. I chose this poster to use as inspiration for my first draft of my poster and will be used as inspiration for my final poster too. I decided to use this poster as it had a similar layout to what I had in mind for my poster. This is a teaser poster and although I am creating a main poster I still used the same style for mine. As this is a teaser poster, the date is not included but on my poster the date is. I have added in a credit block and created a suitable title. The image on this poster is of two characters, one being the villain, who are in the film and my poster will include the villain in my film and possibly another character just like this photo. The main colours used in this poster are black, white and green and my poster follows a different colour scheme which is black, red and white.

On the left is the magazine front cover which I chose to take inspiration from. I chose to follow the same layout as this magazine as I felt it was effective and related to the type of layout I wanted to go for with my own magazine. The magazine on the left is a general film magazine whereas the magazine I have created is within the genre horror therefore contains different content but the overall look is similar between the magazine front covers. I have chosen to use the same film magazine producer for my magazine which is in the other magazine. There are aspects of the magazine front cover which I have followed such as where the title and mast head are placed and the barcode.

Research into three magazine front covers

Draft of first magazine front cover & poster

Mood Board of Magazine Front Covers

Magazine Front Cover & Poster

 In class, we started to look at existing people's work who have created both a magazine front cover and a poster. The magazine front cover was level 3 and the poster was level 4. We analysed both the poster and the magazine front cover and found the strengths and weaknesses. This magazine front cover was effective as the image stood out. The title of the magazine was in the right place although it could have been bigger. The side quotes were also very small and could of been made bigger. The car code was on the wrong side too. The main storyline was good though as it was large enough to see and grab the viewers attention but also fitted in with the theme and worked alongside the image. This magazine from cover was overall successful as they have followed the codes and conventions of a magazine from cover and have made theirs stand out and look appealing to the right target audience.

This was the poster that we analysed in class, and this got a level 4 as it was very good. The overall image which has been used is effective and works well with the theme of the poster and the title as it makes the audience aware that this is a horror film poster. The only problem with this poster is that although they have included the line 'coming soon', they have also included the credits which wouldn't be included on a teaser poster which would feature 'coming soon'. Therefore they have become slightly confused with what the right conventions are for a magazine front cover. The editing skills used for this poster are very good and one aspect of the poster that I particularly like is the words coming soon and how the effect used makes the word blend into the image.