Flat Plan - Film Magazine Cover 1

Flat Plan

Film Magazine Cover 1

This image above is my first flat plan for a film magazine cover that will advertise to the audience about a new film that is coming out in the cinema.  I will like my magazine cover to link into my teaser trailer by giving the overall look a horror feel; as my teaser trailer is horror genre.  I would also like the audience to identify the magazine cover to my trailer, by the images, font and colours used; this is so my trailer will get recognized easier and so more people will go and watch the full film as they are reminded about it, thus will increase the profits of the film as it will be well known.

Film magazine cover 1 will show the image in the middle of the cover with text on either side of the image, either talking about the film itself or just having sell lines that will attract more readers to take notice of the overall magazine.  By having the main image in the middle it is more likely that the audience will see this image first and will be attracted to what the magazine is featuring. The main image will be a full body shot of the doll used in the teaser trailer, by using the main prop as the image people can link the picture with the film and so it will be easier for the audience to know what film is being featured. The angle of the image will be straight forward as this will make the audience feel a bit tension as the prop/ doll will be looking directly at the audience, thus creating the fear that is represented in the teaser trailer, by doing this the audience will be able to understand that this magazine cover shows a horror genre film; targeting the audience at a higher rate as they think about the poster in more depth. I will edit the image to have a grunge effect as this will make the overall image look creepy and old; thus linking into the idea of horror and fear.

On the top of the magazine cover I will have the masthead in the left corner as the audience read left to right and so will see the title of the magazine first, by doing this the audience will see what type of magazine it is and will be attracted to it. The masthead will link into the overall genre of the magazine and will be made to stand out from other magazine names, making this magazine more unique.  In the right corner I will have the tagline/slogan for the magazine; this will give a bit more detail into what the magazine has to offer to the audience, and so will attract the viewers to read and buy the magazine.

Near the bottom of the magazine cover, I will have the title of the film, this will be close to the image as they both link together; by doing this it will be easier to get more information from the featured film, also it will make the magazine cover look more professional.  Underneath this the featured films slogan will be written, this will be similar to a teaser/ cliff-hanger as it will try to grab the audience’s attention to go and see the film. On the very bottom of the magazine there will be more sell lines to make the magazine look worth buying as it has loads of information inside; again this will make the audience want to buy the magazine.

Just like my film poster, the overall colour scheme will be dull , dark and mysterious as that will represent the whole film, it will also give suggestions that this film will be horror as the audience will know these colours are seen as ‘unhappy’ and perhaps ‘evil’ tones. I will properly use the colours, black/grey, dark red, and dark blue, the black/grey will give the vibe of tension as it will contrast with brighter colours that express happiness and luck, these colours are more likely to show a sad and stressed time of someone’s life. The dark red could be seen and interpreted as the colour of blood or rust, which will link into the horror genre of my magazine cover, film poster and teaser trailer. The dark red could also be another way of grabbing the viewers attention as red is seen as bold and eye catching.  I would use the dark blue as it will contrast with the red but will also link into the message of sadness and fear as it can symbolise a misty or foggy future, and like what I said previously, the unknown can create fear.  These colours will hopefully make the magazine cover look professional and will attract the viewers attention to go and watch the teaser trailer and whole film.

I would partly use a continuous font scheme as this will make my magazine cover look more consistent and professional for the audience. It will make the magazine cover clearer to read and so the information about the film can be taken easily; thus letting the audience know more about the featured film.  I will use 3 different types of font, the masthead will be one font as this will symbolise the magazine and name of it, if this font is eye catching, bold and interesting more viewers are likely to go and buy the magazine.  The title of the film will be another font as this will express the important of the featured film, also by having another font the audience will know this is an important factor on the magazine cover; thus suggesting this is the featured article or film. Lastly, extra information and sub heading/ sell lines will be another font as this will make my magazine look more consistent and professional, it shows the audience that these are not as important as the masthead or main title, but they give extra information out; again making it easier for the viewers to understand the overall layout of the magazine cover. All font types will express tension and will either show a formal side that will be easy to understand, (for the extra information) or a custom side that will have its own twist on the letters, and will look interesting to read (titles). Hopefully this will make my magazine cover look more realistic and fun to read and look it.