construction of magazine poster

Here shows the first snapshot of my magazine front cover, already it can be shown that i have added a background picture of the actor looking over his shoulder at the audience, it is also shown that he is wearing the same dressing gown as he is in the teaser trailer to show continuity, so the audience can tell that they're all from the same film. Also this shows that i have added a barcode as this is a typical convention of a magazine front cover, not much editing and progress has been made yet as I am still unsure of the layout of my front cover. However i have included a magazine title being 'FILM COUNTY' this title will be clear in showing the audience that is it infact a movie magazine, showing it must be promoting a new film.

This screenshot shows a considerable amount of progress on the front cover as you can see i have added 5 golden stars and quoted it by the times to denote to the audience that it has been 'rated' by a well known newspaper which would draw the audience into the front cover leading them to be intrigued and interested. I also found this to be a very typical convention of magazine front covers when in the stage of my research and planning. This research and planning helped me when setting out the layout of my front cover and it showed my typical conventions which make the front cover look real and professional and the annotation of the front cover allowed me to see which aspects drew the audience in, for example this allowed me to know how and where to place the movie to allow the readers to get drawn by it, this is why i placed it within the centre of the magazine going along and over the top of the main actor.

In this screenshot the progress i have made can be seen by the text above the title 'INSIDEOFRUS' which reads 'FROM THE MAKERS OF SCARY MOVIE' 'DIMENSION FILM PRESENTS..' which would draw the audience in by allowing the readers to have some information on the film as scary is a well known movie which is also a spoof so they would be able to guess this film would follow the same genre. At the bottom it states 'EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH DANIEL RADCLIFFE' which would be used to further draw the audience in, also it helps as a typical convention to make the magazine look like a typical sterotyped magazine cover. In the top right hand corner there is also text which reads '10 reasons why this was voted best mag of 2013' this just adds extra text and information to allow the reader to get drawn it and to allow my front cover to look professional and typical.

After my the first draft of my magazine front cover i asked for audience feedback to see if i needed to make any changes. I decided to show the magazine to people who would be part of my specific target audience as i believed this would help me most, with this in mind i set up a group within my sixthform block to be able to get idea's
From one girl named Isabel Mandry i received the feedback that 'so far it looks good and you can tell that it is a movie magazine because of the title and newspaper quotes,  however i believe it would look better if there was more text and information present on the magazine front cover'
I also received further feedback from a boy named James who commented on the size of the barcode and how he believed it would look better if it was made considerable smaller.

This then shows a progress screenshot of me editing my magazine, as you can see i have taken audience feedback into account and made the barcode considerably smaller which i must agree looks more professional, also i have added much more text to the magazine to give it more depth and texture, this allows more conventions to be shown.

As you can see here, this is the final piece that i have produced. Many more quotes have been added such as 'scarily funny' by mel brooks and more information within the movie. I took my audience feedback into account and this is what i have produced.