Screen grabs of editing magazine

Here is the construction of my film magazine which is trying to sell my film trailer Remembrance day to the audience. Before I started to create my magazine LCA I looked at other film magazines such as Empire so I could learn about common conventions and how a film magazine is laid out. After this I created flat plans so I had some idea of what I wanted my finish product to look like. However now looking at my flat plans compaired to my magazine they have some differences for example the name of the magazine the number of characters on the front cover. Underneath here is how I constructed the film magazine.

 

 I started my magazine on an international paper document which is basically a Photoshop document the size of A4. I coloured the page black as it connotes horror to the audience which is what my horror trailer is about.

 Next I cut out the image of a character Kieran from the background and added him to the black page. I then added some effects so that he stood out from the black page. I had the character look upset so that the audience may feel sorry for him and want to read about the film.

 Then I added a simple bar code which sticks to the common conventions of a magazine. I also added the date issue and the price onto the bar code giving the buyer  more information about the magazine.

 The main feature of a film magazine or any magazine is the masthead telling the audience what the magazine is called and about. My magazine is called LCA as it was a film magazine I decided to make my masthead around that so I made the letters out of camera and film equipment. For the L I have a sound brrom, the C is part of a camera and A is a film snap board. The light behind the image also makes it stand out towards the audience. The masthead sticking to common conventions has to be 1/8 of the page thus why the masthead is this big.

 Next I added some smoke and fire to the background as it connotes to the audience even further that this is a horror film magazine promoting a film movie.

 After that effect I decided to tell the audience what else is inside the film magazine trying to persuade them even further to buy this film magazine. By adding a sticker and offering the audience something free or something they can win makes them want it even more which I found through my surveys before creating this magazine.

Here I have added the text promting the film Remembrance day. It is the same text I had on my poster so the audeince can regonise it easy. I have also added a quote remember the dead as it could give information away on the front cover to the auidnece making them want to read even more.

Then I added text down the side promoting different films to the audience so they can see that there are different things inside the magazine if Remembrance day isn't their thing. I have also added a backing to the sticker so that it stands out more on the page from the black background.

After that I added more text underneath Remembrance day trying to sell the film more. I used simple text so that it was easy to read for the audience. This sells the magazine more to the audience feeding them simple information about the magazine.

My next step was adding more colour to the magazine so I decided to add an exclusive in red and black which still connotes horror towards the audience but makes it again stand out towards the audience.

My final step was adding the common convention of a strap line at the top of the page. This started at the bottom of the page but didn't really work as well as it does at the top of the page. Movies best year yet is written on this strap line which tells the audience in this first magazine that it is a film magazine. Many of the text images, stickers have had effects done to them making them bolder and stand out.