Film Magazine Front Cover Draft

 

 

This is the first draft of my front cover which I have created using Photoshop. The masthead will be in a dripping style font to replicate the look of blood. The main image is of the model looking at the camera with a baseball bat to show the weapon that the killer uses. However I think that a knife may be a better weapon to use because it suggests a stronger emphasis on the slasher genre instead of the bat. The chiaroscuro effect of the lighting gives the killer a mysterious effect. He will also be placed on top of the mast head to show his dominance in the film. Along the bottom of the magazine there will be a series of images from different films to show other things that will be in the magazine. The headline will be large and show the name of the film to engage the audience. Other sell lines will be placed around the sides of the magazine to let readers know of other articles that will be featured in the magazine. There will be other conventions such as a barcode and price to show that this magazine is aimed at a mass market and will be sold in shops. The button engages the audience because it is bright and the '50' is bold to alert the readers that there is lots of interesting information to read in  the magazine that will engage them and eager to watch films and read reviews. The colour scheme will be simplistic to show clarity within the magazine and genre. I will use red, orange/yellow and white as these colours represent the genre well.