Research Mag Film Front Cover- The Dark Knight

This film magazine front cover also sticks to the codes and conventions of the typical magazine front cover, using one main big masterhead (magazine title) saying Empire, a date of the issue line, a main cover line (main topic with in the magazine to grab attention of people), model credit (use of a famous person), a main image, cover lines (other things that the magazine speaks about).

The main picture over laps but also goes underneath the masterhead, this looks interesting as the background to the picture is in the background of the text and the person is more up front standing in front of the text/ masterhead.This looks really effective, even though people cant see the full masterhead they know it says ‘Empire’ as it is a well known magazine brand company.

The colours used look good as they are bright and look more interesting, they standout more and capture peoples attention better. The purple coat and the green writing etc looks good as they are like opposites and looks good all as one.

It has a date line at the top of the film magazine cover just over the top of the picture and over the top of the masterhead title. It also has a main cover line saying ‘The Dark Knight’ this tells the audience what the main thing to see is in the magazine. It also has other text saying the cover lines; this also tells the audience what to look forward to in the magazine.

From looking at this magazine I have been able to think more bout the main cover line and other cover lines, they have to be interesting and eye capturing to make people want to buy the magazine etc. I also like the layering of the main picture behind and in front of the text.

Research Film Mag Front Cover- Harry Potter

The film magazine front cover sticks to the codes and conventions of the typical magazine front cover, using one main big masterhead (magazine title), a date of the issue line, a main cover line (main topic with in the magazine to grab attention of people), model credit (use of a famous person), a main image, cover lines (other things that the magazine speaks about).

This film magazine front cover uses a nice colour scheme, making the picture really stand out. The colours used bounce of each and stand out making the text and picture look clear. The whites in the fonts go well with the pale face and white shirt of Harry Potter and the yellows bring out the main parts of the text which they want to tell there audience as it is more vibrant. The blue and sign links well with the blue mist and the bluey grey face of Voldemort.

The Picture of Voldemort has been edited well into to the background behind Harry Potter this looks good as it makes him look further away, more mysterious and shows he is the Villain out of the two.

The Main picture with Voldemort over lays the main title/masterhead; this looks good and makes it look more interesting. It also shows that the magazine must be well know anyway, even if they did cover up half the text in the main title people would still be able to known which magazine it is.

The cover lines tell the audience what to look forward to in the magazine and they make sure they write about interesting things that could grab there attention. Like a heroes and villains section etc.

From looking at this magazine front cover I have been able to understand layout and colour scheme for the typical magazine.

HOW I MADE THE POSTER

The Poster was made on an Apple Mac Computer, It was edited using the program Photoshop. The photos used were my own and taken on a digital camera, please watch the full video above to understand fully how I made the video.

THE FINAL POSTER

Below is my final product of the poster which I made and edited from feedback. I followed the codes and conventions and took my own photos and made everthing on the poster myself. Please click on the image below to enlarge and get a better look.

Also from other feedback I was told that the gradient in the background took away from the main image and didnt look as good, so had to be changed back.

I also tried adding a gradient to the background to get rid of more of the black. From feedback I was told that my new coloured text wasnt as good as the other text as it didnt match up to the blood coloured face on the poster.

I decided that the main title font on the poster didnt satndout enough so I changed the effect and colours for the title to see what it looked like and to get feedback on it. I also enlarged the main image to get rid of more of the black background.

To get rid of these problems I changed the staturation/hue levels of the image and the brightness levels for the image, this made it look less like soup. I also changed the font of the date realease line to make it stand out more. I also made the actors names stand out more by adding a red stroke line around the edge of the font. I also made the eye standout more by cutting around the edge of the eye in the image and seperated from the picture using the lasso tool and then changed the staturation/hue levels and brightness levels to make it look better.

From feedback from friends, family, random people and teachers, I was told that the image aboves main picture looked strange as the blood on the persons face in the image looked more like soup than blood, this I had to change. I was also told that the background behind the image had to much black showing. I was also told that the date release line was to easy to see. Both of these things had to be changed.

NEAR FINISHED POSTER

This is my final poster, I made it using Photoshop on an Apple Macbook laptop. I also took the photo used using my Casio digital camera , edited and made it look good quality and fit in on the poster using various techniques. I made the text using Photoshop and using different techniques and then layed it all out to look like a good film poster for my film trailer. When people look at the poster they will be able to tell that the film genre isnt very nice and is most likely a horror or thriller film genre, this is done because of the blood on the persons face. The poster includes actors names, a slogan, the date the film shall be realeased and other information.

PRE-POSTER

This poster shows my layout and text design, but is not final, I shall be taken some of my own photographs using a Casio Digitial Camera and not just using a frame shot from the film as it looks bad quality and could look a lot better, I shall make it look like the drawing or similiar to the drawing on my poster plan post previously.

POSTER PLAN