Making My Film Magazine Front Cover

I started off with the intention of making a film magazine that would attract the audiences attention whilst also advertising the genre of the film.

 

 

I decided to 'play around' and experiment with various fonts in order to find one that fitted it's purpose and looked good with the overall design of the page.

 

 I made various minor changes to the design of the page before adding in my feature article photograph, which helped me to make the final decisions on colour schemes and fonts as I was able to see what worked well together.

I used a slightly enhanced black and white effect to give the page a darker feel to it, whilst also making the colour scheme of red and white stand out and appear more vibrant.

After adding in my feature article photograph, I realised that the positioning of the protagonist was incorrect in relation to the rest of the page, as the face did not appear to be the main focus on the page. Due to taking a number of photos before choosing my final one, I was able to effectively edit in another photograph to incorporate into the top half of the page, therefore making the photograph more central in the middle of the page.

In order to add an effect on the cover line at the top of the page, I used the features of the software to add a layer on top of the text so that it had elements of a darker colour to fit the continuity of the overall genre of both my main film, and my two ancillary products.

When deciding what fonts to use I choose to use the same font for the title of my film, in order to maintain a link and sense of continuity between my products. This also would help the audience to identify the film amongst various products.

Much like I had done with the cover line, I added an effect to the masthead of my magazine front cover to enable it to have a slightly different, edgy effect that suited the genre and theme of my products, rather than using a plain font.