Magazine Cover Drafts

This is one of the first drafts for my magazine front cover, which consists of the layout of typical conventions that most magazines use. For example the positioning of the puffs, plugs and masthead.

 

 This was my second draft that still features all the typical conventions, however I have included space for three other feature photographs to boost the image of the magazine and make it look more appealing and packed with information.

Editing the Hallucination Scene

 Whilst editing a scene in my trailer that consists of the main protagonist Rosie experiencing symptoms of schizophrenia I started experimenting with the features on Adobe Premiere to make it look as though the hallucination was slightly more opaque than the protagonist.

 

This proved to be a difficult task as whenever I used the settings to make the opacity weaker, it effected both clips not just the one I wanted. It therefore took me some time to try and get it to work, which resulted in trying to find a new way of making this effect work well.

I then found that I was able to add a transition to the shot of the friend so that she would appear to change between being visible and non visible. This allowed me to show the protagonists view and demonstrating the symptoms of schizophrenia that she starts to experience.

Editing Process

When beginning to edit my trailer I discovered there were various effects that I could use to enhance and improve my shots.

Step 1

 

I started off without any special effects and found that the lighting on the figure in this shot was too dark due to the light of the window beside her.


Step 2

To solve this issue I used the effect 'Shadow/Highlight' to make the figure appear lighter, and also applied the effect 'Auto Contrast' to ensure I had not changed the colour too much.

Step 3

After making the decision that this shot was still too dark, I decided to take away the 'Auto Contrast' effect therefore resulting in the figure looking much lighter against the window than the original copy did.