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.