Magazine Creation - Final Piece

The image above is our final magazine front cover which was created by another member in my group. The cover uses a great combination of colours, imagery and sub-text to create a very eye-catching front cover. This poster not only draws the audience’s attention but also gives them an insight as to the genre of our film due to the mise-en scene. Our main target for this cover was to make it look as professional as possible. ‘Empire’ was a magazine that really stood out to us as having consistent magazine covers that were very colourful and interesting.

Our magazine cover is primarily based around an image that I had gathered from some unused footage we had. This image sees myself (the main character) looking very cautious and focused. I am wearing a black suit and holding a gun which immediately informs the audience that this is a serious film that will include many forms of violence and criminality. I am also pointing the gun to the right which can symbolise that I am perhaps a ‘good-guy’ in the film, or have good intensions. In film, if a character is moving to the left it has been known to symbolise the character being bad. The red title of ‘Empire’ is bold and bright which instantly draws the audience attention. The red title can also combine with the serious appearance of our film which both gives a very dark demeanour. Our main film title ‘Deadline’ has been put in white to make it stand out from the fairly dark background. We have included a red boarder around the title to symbolise blood and death.  The sub-text on the magazine incudes the tagline which I personally came up with: ‘One Man, One Mission, One Chance’. This instantaneously creates a sense of anxiety for the audience and emphasizes the main image in the magazine as being this one man. Another piece of sub-text included on our magazine front cover is the titles of other films which a common part of magazine covers and I had found this out from the magazine research. We have also combined these film titles with images from the films which make the overall magazine cover look a lot more interesting.