MAGAZINE

PRODUCTION

The software I will be using in

the construction of my movie

magazine will be Adobe

Photoshop CS3.

Photoshop is a photo editing

program that will allow me to

edit various features including

the contrast and brightness. It

also allows me to add a wide

range of effects such as a lens

glare or grayscale.

Here are the two examples I analysed:

Total Film Empire

Here is the unedited image along side screenshots used on the front cover from my trailer.

Here is my completed film magazine

front cover.

•Barcode, website, Issue date and price all feature at the

head of the page. Website allows for intertextuality and

more content online, a convention seen in my research.

•Bold masthead above background image; magazine is

not as popular or as widespread as Empire or Total Film.

This is reflected in my decision to focus the magazine on

the UK solely.

•Headings used to detail content. ‘+’ plus sign included as

both a design feature and show additional content.

•Listing of content inside magazine. Term ‘starring’ from

lexical field of film.

•Exclamatory ‘World Exclusive’. Capital size letters draw

attention as does the exclamation. Suggests readers will

be the first to experience the content and this is the only

magazine to receive it.

•Bold font displays name of film. Bezel and Emboss effect

used on majority of text on page to make it bold, glossy

and pronounced. Similarly to the Total Film example, I

have used separate font colour for the end of the film title.

The red is striking and is a contrast whilst also meshing

with the overall alternating red and white colour scheme.

•Addition of film strip relates to the context of a film

magazine and also allowed me to add my screenshots

inside, therefore adding more than one image to the front

cover.

•Banner along foot of cover details additional content

without much detail.