Film Magazine Draft One

Film Magazine Draft No.1

To the left is the first draft of my magazine cover, in creating the magazine I was heavily inspired by Bauer Media's 'Empire' of which dominates the film magazine market. This gave me enough belief and motivation to attempt to replicate their codes and conventions (see blog entitled 'Magazine Cover Analysis')

Starting with the Masthead I wanted something original and a name that possibly hadn't been used in previous A2 work. 'Lense' has strong connotations with the camera lense making the name heavily linked with the magazine industry. Up to now there is no Main Image to balance it's eye-catching nature against, thus making the Masthead the most eye-catching feature of the page. I replicated 'Empire's use of making the Masthead take the whole width of the page making it very bold and eye-catching. The font I believe replicates the 1950's vintage lighting they used outside cinemas/movie theaters to promote films which made me feel the Masthead as a whole relates to the movie industry quite heavily. 

The header bar was based on a feature read in 'Empire' it's font again is one from the internet which I feel helps to the differentiate the header bar from the Masthead.

The Splash is obviously to promote the overall film package I constructed, it helps to promote the brand by giving it coverage in a distinguished film magazine. It holds the same font as that seen in the trailer and the font I wish to have on my film poster. It is designed to a large size to make the reader aware of the exclusive coverage the magazine has of the brand. underneath the Splash I have the footer and some text which assists the Splash. The layout of the footer was influenced by the latest edition of 'Empire'. The dots help to distinguish to the onlooker the different features in the issue. 

The pug (although yet not quite distinguished) I feel helps to promote the film brand again aswell as attracting more on-lookers who now feel they have a chance to win tickets, suggests more sales.

Finally the gradient in the back ground was influenced by my desire to have the Splash reaching out from the darkness, and this is something I also want in my second draft. The gradient I feel is also something that has been seen in real media texts, such as 'Empire' and 'Total Film'. 

On the left is the actual cover that I felt demanded replication. On my future drafts I plan to have a similar header bar, as I feel it looks far my professional and more conventional than the one my magazine has of present and I desire a eye-catching, 3-D looking picture that would rise from the darkness of the gradient.