Magazine Front Cover Plans and Edits

Whilst Emily was away, Tom and I created the base layout for our front cover of the film magazine on the computer. We used the paper layout that the group had originally created. 'Empire' and 'Stalked' are in a different font to the ones shown here, as the ones we are using are not fonts on my home computer.
We looked at different film magazines such as 'Empire' and 'Total Film' to see what the conventions are of a film magazine cover and how they are set out. We found that the main film has the main headline and the the title of the magazine fits the convention of the main film. We used this convention and made 'Stalked' and 'Empire' in the same type of font.
Film magazine covers also advertise the other appearances of films in the magazine by advertising them on the front cover. We decided to put a film review and an interview of a film star as the other main articles in out magazine. We also put top films that we released in cinemas the year before.

These features are used to make the audience want to buy the magazine and read the articles inside. By doing film reviews on upcoming films, advertises the film and attracts the audience to view it when it is released in cinemas.

This is the original picture we took for our front cover. We wanted the girl to look scared and as she had been crying. We achieved this by streaking Jade's make-up, making her face slightly black as if tears had caused the make up to run. By cupping her hands she looks vulnerable as she is keeping herself all huddled up. She is also kneeling and looking up and into the camera, which makes it seem that there is someone with power over her and she is coiling away from them. We realised after taking the picture that she had nail varnish on, but we decided to leave it as it shows her normal life and conveys that at this moment in time she is not in her normal habitat.

This is the final edited picture, we darkened the photo, which makes the effect that she is trapped and in an un-natural setting. This also brought out her shadow more and herself. As this is for our front cover, we placed 'Empire' behind her head, ready for when we place the picture onto the front cover layout.

Questionnaire Results

1: Do you regularly watch films?

Yes No

17/20 people said yes they regularly watch films.

2: When deciding to watch a film, what genre do you tend to choose? (choose all that apply)
Sci-fi Drama Horror Rom-Com Thriller Comedy Action


Comedy was chosen by the largest amount of people, which shows it to be a main choice for people. Although this question is not asking what genre is a person's favourite, it still conveys that more people like comedy over oer film genres.

3: Do film posters help you decide if you want to see a film?
Yes Sometimes No

9/20 people said that poster sometimes make them want to see a film, this is useful as we are creating two film posters to advertise our film and here hey are shown to help people to decide to see a film or not.









4:Does watching a film trailer help you decide whether you would like to see that film?
Yes Sometimes No
16/20 people said that viewing a trailer does help them decided if they would want to see the film or not. This is a good way to advertise a new film, but could also put people off viewing a film. Some people may have answered no, as films may be prequels/sequels to their favourite films meaning they may automatically go anyway.






5: Have you ever read a film magazine?
Yes No
11/20 participants say that they have read a film magazine, which shows that film magazines can be a useful way to advertise an upcoming film, as it may attract more people to view it.










6: When seeing a film magazine in a shop, what attracts you to find out more about the movie?This question gave us a wide range of results;

• Boldness of title
• Font of film title
• Picture of film
• Any actor's/actresses' names

7: Of the films you watch, what film certificate do they tend to be? (choose those that apply)
PG 12A 12 15 18

From this graph we can see that most participants chose to watch 15 certificate films. Most of the participants were of our age range, but some may have felt that they needed to rate their film higher, demand characteristics.

8:Do trailers reveal too much about the film's storyline?
Yes Sometimes No
A majority of people said often the trail res revel to much about the film, which may make the experience of seeing the film boring for them as they know what is happening next.














9: Do you ever feel mislead by trailers/ posters?
Yes Sometimes No

This graph shows how 12 participants felt that they have been mislead by posters and trailers, and believed that they were better than the film actually was.

10: Over the past year, what movies have disappointed you the most?

• Harry Potter


• Clover Field


• Paranormal Activity


• Sorority Row


• Unborn
  

Questionnaire

1: Do you regularly watch films?
Yes No

2: When deciding to watch a film, which genre do you tend to choose? (Choose those that apply)
Sci-Fi Horror Thriller Comedy Rom-Com Action
Drama

3: Do film posters help you decide if you would like to see the film?
Yes Sometimes No

4: Does watching a film trailer help you decide if you would like to see that film?
Yes Sometimes No

5: Have you ever read a film magazine?
Yes No

6: When seeing a film magazine in a shop, what attracts you to find our more about the movie?
7: Of the films you watch, what film certificate do they tend to be? (Choose those that apply)
PG 12A 12 15 18

8: Do trailers reveal too much about the film’s storyline?
Yes Sometimes No

9: Do you ever feel mislead by trailers/ posters?
Yes Sometimes No

10: Over the past year, what movies have disappointed you the most?

We have carried this out on males and females of ages 16-25 yrs old as this is our target audience and we are in the priocess of analysisng the results.

Problems with Planning

During our planning of our poster, teaser trailer and film magazine cover, we have encountered many problems.
The main problem we have had is deciding on costumes for the person to wear during the filming. The group was split, with some wanting her to wear a dress and some wanting to wear normal clothing. I felt that by wearing normal clothing, it did not give off the right effect we wanted, which is vulnerable. We finally decided the girl should wear a dress.
We had problems designing our film poster, as at first we wanted the picture to be taken at a bus stop, but later decided this would be too difficult as we would have to have the correct lighting and same surroundings, which may of changed if we had to re-visit the setting.
Planing our teaser trailer was hard, as it was felt that we had designed a trailer more than a teaser trailer. So we had to re-plan it to fit teaser trailer conventions, which we decided upon an 'interview' where the girl is describing the feelings of what has happened, without letting the audience know what has happened.
Often during our planning, some of the group was away, either for exams, etc, which casued a problem with the planning, as when they returned, they disagreed with the ideas that had been suggested, meaning we had to re-plan and come up with different ideas. Emily is away,which has caused a few delays in our work, as she was meant to be our main model, we chose someone else, but the set back, has caused us delays in filming etc.