Final Image's For Our Poster/Magazine

• After uploading the previous images of ideas for our magazine and film poster, My group and I werent to keen on the pictures we had taken, we didn't think that any of them would work well to represent the genre of our film. Sarh then came up with a good idea of using a print screen image from our film trailer. Below I have picked out the two images that we have chosen to use for our film magazine and poster. We thought these two images will work well in representing our genre, and would stand out to the audience. 

 

•  The image above is the image we have chosen to use for our film poster. We chose this image as it shows to the audience, the location of the film, genre and actress. We have chosen to edit this image into black and white to give off a more eerie vibe to the audience and we think this will work well. We are thinking of having black writing at the top of the poster  where the poster is lighter so you would be able to see the writing, with the name of our film 'Love Hurts' and an intertitle in which we have used at some point during our trailer 'Never trust a stranger...'. We will also use red writing for the characters in our film, which will stand out against the black and white background, to represent danger and blood.
  

•  The above image is the image we have chosen to use for our magazine front cover. We chose this image as it represents our genre, shows the audience who is going to be playing the stalker, and a preview look at the image which will be in our trailer. This image of David, shows that he is looking in on something or someone, which therefore should give an eerie vibe to the audience. This image will stand out on our front cover of our magazine. The image will have a lot of writing around it to make the magazine cover look 'busy'.
  

Magazine/Poster - Font Ideas

I have made some prototypes of what we could possibly use for our font for our film poster.

•  Below I have chosen a white background with black writing, which symbolises the genre of our film, horror. We chose these colours so they will attract in the attention of the audience/reader. I have chosen an italic font that will give an edgy feel to the audience, and is very easy to read. I have made the capital letters for 'L' and 'H' extra big to  give an idea to the audience what our film may be about. I have also added 'Never trust a stranger...' underneath 'Love Hurts' to also represent what our film is about. This is an intertitle whereby we added this into our film trailer, we thought this could work well on the front of our film poster.

• Above I have added another idea that we have come up with. This would be placed at the bottom of the poster. It is in a similar font to the font I have chosen above, which also represents the genre of our film which helps build continuity and recognizability. This time I have used a black/grey background with white writing, which I think works well.  I have kept the writing in capital letters and in italic writing 'COMING SOON', we thought this might work well at the bottom of the poster, to represent that the film will be coming soon, therefore it does not give away which day or month, leaving the audience intrigued. The dark background really accentuates the 'COMING SOON'. What we thought would work well, is if we used information about the film in small writing which you can hardly see underneath the 'COMING SOON' title, to make our poster look more realistic, the writing is also kept the same in white to stand out against the dark background.

• Above is the 'EMPIRE' logo which we will use for our film magazine. I will erase the black background behind the red writing to make it look more effective. I am glad that my group and I chose to go with EMPIRE, as I think the red writing will fit in well with the dark background that we are going to use.
 

Poster/Magazine - Image Ideas

Today in our media lesson, myself and Sarah decided that we would go and take a few pictures of myself and David, who played the stalker in our film trailer, we did this to see whether we could get an idea as to what we liked and could use for either our magazine cover or film poster.

We took the photos in two different locations, one lot of photos infront of a white blank wall and the other set of photos located in the common room (6th form room). All of the photos consisited of Emma and David who are the main characters in our trailer. We took a number of different shots, which has given us a variety of choice of which we can choose from for our poster and magazine front cover. The final two images that my group and I decide on, we will edit them both so they look effective for our final products.

Magazine images

The above images are possible images that we may use for our front cover of our film magazine. We have chosen these selected images due to the way the two characters are portrayed in the image. David (stalker) is made to look dominant and over powering in the image, whereby Emma (vulnerable character) is looking up towards David showing fear. I think these images will be good to use for our film magazine as they portray our film trailer and the genre .

 Poster images

My group and I have chosen to use these specific images similarly to how the other images above are portrayed. All three images are of Emma and David, showing David trying to hold onto Emma, which suggests the audience might try to make barriers between David and themselves, this again hints the genre and character that we are trying to portray. I find this shot is indeed scary, but it also gives some of the narrative of the film to the audience, showing that David is going to be the over powering, dominated character, and Emma being the vulnerable character. At the moment the images look pretty dark however, I will edit all the images to see which ones work better. The final two images that my group and I choose for our front cover of our magazine and also our film poster, we will make sure that they are both eye catching and really intriguing to the audience to draw them in.

Empire Magazine - Conventions and aspects to consider

Below I have highlighted in yellow all of the conventions and aspects to consider when creating the front cover of a film magazine. These aspects will be used on the front cover of my own film magazine.

Main article

 

The main article is shown by stating the films title in a large font in the top left hand corner. The main image of the magazine cover should reflect the main article, for example showing the mean character in the film, so this will all reflect our film.

Barcode

 

Use of a barcode gives an authentic look to the magazine.

 

Price, Month & Year

 

Usually in a very small font in the middle of the Empire's 'M' the date of the magazine release e.g. July 2012, the date in pounds and dollars

 

 

Quote From The Film

By using a quote from the film, it draws in the reader to want to watch the film

Extra features

Other articles which will be of interest for the reader e.g. other films being released soon.

Empire Magazine - Cover Analysis

Empire magazine cover analysis on Prezi

The Uninvited - Poster

- Above I have looked at 'The Uninvited' poster. I really like this poster

- I find it so engaging with the audience, by how the whole poster is layed out, the use of black and white colouring and the main image of the person looking through the window which shows they are fearless and the eerie nature of the character, the peering in really does appear frightening

- The fact that the body language is encroaching on the audience in a threatening manner but we cannot see (what we assume is a her) face and therefore not her emotion which is scary to the audience.

- I really like the woods in the background which again as I have looked at before give the impression of isolation from society. Also portraying a typical location which is usually used during point of a horror film

- Another thing that I really find in increasing the genre and hype about the film, is the font type. The scrawling handwritten text looks child like and a classic horror font, which I feel works really well with the image and therefore adds to the tension and overall feel of the film.

- By putting the audience in the situation, you really get a sense for what the film is about and therefore this makes the audience want to go and see the rest of the film.

The Blaire Witch Project - Poster

- Above I have looked at the Blaire Witch Project poster.

- I really like where the poster is composed. The factual information is presented in the middle, which makes the poster seem as a factual information poster instead of a film advertisement which I think really draws in the audience.

- I also like the way that two main elements of the poster are faded into one image with the woods fading into what we assume is the main character a helpless crying young woman, I think this image is really terrifying because it is so realistic.

- Due to the film being in black and white, the poster is also in black and white which looks good and fits into the typical conventions of the horror genre.