Robbie Dale

My Magazine Cover – A2 Pre - Feedback

This is my magazine cover,

which advertises my film,

Reapers. While I was creating

it, I kept in mind the codes and

conventions of a real film

magazine and followed them.

When I analysed two Empire

magazine covers I noticed the amount

of information on display. This

information was shown through two

formats; pictures or text. By

conforming to Empire magazine’s

format, I included key information

about my magazine’s contents using

these two methods.

Although this issue of my magazine

focuses on my film Reapers, I decided

to promote other movies to attract my

target audience. If the magazine

focused on only one film, readers may

not feel as compelled to buy it.

I decided that my main image

should follow the stylistic design

my Film Poster took and so carried

over the danse macabre design to

show a sense of continuity.

Modern film magazines usually

have one main image on the front

cover as a focal point, which would

grab the audience’s attention. I

added a secondary image to fill

some of the negative space left,

allowing me to create a stronger

headline for my Reapers magazine.

I stuck to convention with a plain

background, as in the type of genre

I am focusing on, magazines tend

to use plain backgrounds to

prevent the attention of the reader

wandering. Most thrillers focus on

the storyline and character

development.

Layout was another way in which I followed the codes and conventions of film magazines. I didn't think designing a layout drastically different from Empire would be sensible as its basic layout can be seen in most other film magazines.

The “plus” section is common practice on film magazines and the position of the figure is conventional; over the image but not taking away any of the effect it has on the reader.

My magazine cover contains a small

strip along the bottom to highlight the text within. This idea has been used by other magazine and I think adds not only a sense of professionalism but also gives the magazine cover that extra bit of colour to prevent it from seeming dull.