Photo Manipulation

•We decided to turn the eye black to enhance the demon look of our villain • This would work well with the SFX makeup on the left hand side of her face.• We then darkened the whole image , making the sfx makeup much darker and the plain side lighter •Which linked to Strauss’s theory of binary opposition

•We used another image of blue eyes , and to enhance the look of the eye, we added veins to the white of the eyes to make it look believable

•We made the blue a lot darker to make it stand out more•The pattern within the iris will show through the image placed within the eye

•We decided to make the pupils smaller to make them look dilated relating to Sydney’s character• The large pupil would distract the audience from the image

Masthead and Font Decisions

•When looking into ‘Empire’ magazine the original masthead is red •The masthead colour for empire usually changes depending on the featured film and what works best• We decided to try the red and find colours from the image and found a grey

•We added ‘2016’s most anticipated movies’ to intrigue my readers.•Having the ‘epic issue’ will make the reader want to find out more this was a convention that ‘EMPIRE’ uses•We tried blue to see how it would look against the background, this did not look good•We put a red shape behind text so it is more readable and clear•We added the name of our film towards the bottom of the page and also the tagline

•We changed the opacity of the image to increase the intensity of the image•We tried to change all the text white on top of the red shape this made it more readable •However the white on the red didn't look right so we decided to resort back to the red, black and white text•We changed the levels of the image again as it looked a bit too dark •We also enlarged the image so the eye took up more of the magazine cover

•We tested and tried the colour of the masthead to see what would give our magazine cover a better appearance against the background

• The white text made the overall layout look flat

•We added a royalty free forest pattern to the image of the eye In black and white•We used a forest scene within our trailer so we incorporated that within our magazine cover •The forest image was covering the eye, So we cut out the eye and left the forest pattern on the top of cover.

•The main image was placed behind the masthead as it looked better •Using drop shadow and bevel and emboss to make it look 3D

•We used the suicide squad issue of empire as the main guideline/influence• This would make our issue look more believable as if it was an existing product•We changed the layout of the featured films as it looked cluttered

Adding text

We added tag lines and anchors to attract our audience

•The red ‘EMPIRE’ stands out against the background. •The same font was used from the existing magazines.•The trailer also has the same font and style as the poster and magazine to link them together

•The tagline font was a sans serif font as it was a convention for horror films, to give it a creepy a look • The font used for the exclusive is in the usual font for empire, which gives the modern look of the magazine cover •The dried blood connotes the genre of the film on empire

Front Cover Features

•The contrasting colours of the lights and shadow creates the chilling image •There is a strong angle of gaze between the image and the audience, and also suggests the dominance within women•The use of Mrs Chapel within Sydney’s eyes shows the perception which links to our narrative•The image being directly in the centre follows the empire convention •The text being placed on the top and bottom to cover less of the image, this also declutters the magazine cover •The skyline includes exclusives which is another convention of empire •We changed the tone of red within the empire, by matching it to the bloody parts of the wound which worked with the image and layout well and stands out

•We chose this image as it showed clearly both sides of the villain, due to the use of dark and light shadows which stands out and connotes the genre of our film •The exclusive film s mentioned fit the age rating of our target audience •We followed the conventions of empire and put the date of the issue between the ‘M’•We ensured the name of our film was bugger than the text around it •The font and pattern is used on the poster which links the two •The font style also promotes our trailer as the same text is used•The text with a dark red outline on it makes it stand out on the page •After the “Plus” we used a well known celebrity that is a character within the film as she is known with our target audience which would attract the audience •This film is set to be released later within the year again attracting the target audience •The film is also in the mix of current film news