Movie Magazine Research

Unlike the previous poster the one below is very simplistic and is more of a 'teaser'. However there is still a simplistic colour theme that is used with this cover and is also restricted to three colours; gold black and white. This is effective as it excites the viewer and creates desire to want to know more about and later view the movie. Because of this produced effect it is limited edition for subscribers only, adding exclusivity to both the film and the magazine.

Again the poster below from 'Total Film' is very simplistic. Brad Pitt is clearly the main feature of the magazine and so will obviously be the main character of the film that he is promoting. There is a clear colour theme with this poster too that gives a hot/desert appearance, along with the sunglasses that he is wearing. The text in the background is very subtle but adds effect to the poster while conveying informative information at the same time.

The cover below again from 'Total Film' promoting 'Man of Steel' is very similar to the coverage of the film by 'Empire'. There are very similar codes and conventions used, for example the colour scheme. However, as shown by this poster, the 'Total Film' covers tend to have more than one lead character featured as opposed to only one used for 'Empire'.

Ideas for my own magazine front cover

The positioning of the actors on the cover above has given me a few ideas for my own magazine front cover. I wish to have my main character, Ellie, in a similar sort of position to the woman on the right and then my villain similar to how Superman is standing. However, on my own cover I will;

-Have the villain with his back to the audience

-Have the villain glancing over his shoulder slightly

But I wish to keep similar:

-the inter-linking legs

-a similar sort of colour scheme

-characters overlapping the brand of the magazine

-simplistic yet, sophisticated look

-exclusive subscriber's edition

Change of Font

 I was unhappy with the previous font that I used for the title of my film, as after editing it appeared to be fuzzy and made the trailer look very low quality. Due to this factor I have decided to change the font that I will use to improve the quality of my trailer. I have decided to use the same font generating site that I used for my magazine coursework last year. The link to this website is given below.

http://www.1001fonts.com/search.html?search=blood&page=1&items=10

I think where I went wrong with my previous font was attempting to make it too complex. For this reason I have now gone for a more simplistic approach, using one block colour and a simple font. I feel as though, while it is more simplistic, it is more effective and has a higher impact.

After discovering this font on the font generating website I also thought that it might be a good idea to play around with the text that is used in-between scenes in the trailer to see if I could make that more effective too. To carry the theme through I decided to use the same text as the main title 'Vanish' (as shown above) as this too is more effective and as more impact than the previous font and text used, that could be seen as boring. In making these changes I have discovered that it can be much more effective and have a higher impact on the audience if it is kept simple and manufacturing kept to a minimum as this avoids complex confusion.

Title

The title for my movie trailer will be 'Vanish'. At the moment I am exploring different fonts and styles to use that will best apply to my movie trailer. I have been using the following website to help me cooltext.com So far I have looked at the following:

After doing some peer assessment I have decided that the middle version of the title is the most suitable. However I am going to try and get rid of the dripping blood, and space out the letters so that they can gradually come back together and then the blood can begin to drip afterwards for more impact.