magazine and poster research
As we will be making our own poster and magazine cover relating to our teaser trailer, we conducted some important research on the different styles and layouts of famous film magazines and posters. This is a key part of our research as it enables us to design our own iconic image based on examples of real film posters and magazines. We will also be comparing poster and magazine covers of the same films as they usually link together, which is something we have to think about when designing our own.
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Types Of magazine coversThere are several different types of magazine covers used to advertise a film. Each of these cover designs create a different impact on the reader, they are also important when purchasing a magazine as the cover needs to be interesting enough to lure the reader in. The picture on the front of the magazine is usually the most important part of the cover, especially on film magazines. However, sometimes the writing and advertising on the front of the magazine is made the central focus.
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Real magazine analysis
Not only is it important that we research the different types of magazine, we also have to analyse real magazine front covers. This is necessary because we have to analyse the successful layout of specific film magazines, such as Empire. This information will help when we make our own magazine cover as it will allow us to make sure we have all the essentials a magazine cover needs. It will also help us design a successful layout for our magazine cover, taking inspiration from existing magazines.
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Poster Analysis
Posters are also a crucial part of advertising a film, as well as the magazine cover and trailer. The poster uses iconic images relating to the film that people can connect with and get a basic understanding of the theme. The poster is also a great way of distributing a film as it can be found on walls, billboards or even buses throughout the world. As we are creating a horror poster we can use our research to help create an iconic image relating to our film that can also connote the theme of horror.
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Poster sub-genre analysis
When researching horror posters we found that their has been a remarkable development as the years have progressed. Therefore we decided to analyse the contrast between then and now in some of the main horror sub-genre's. This will be useful when deciding what style of poster we want to use when creating our own. (NL)
Poster and magazine COMPARISON analysis
Posters and magazine covers are important advertising techniques on their own, however it is usually important for them to relate to each other in some way. Within this section we will be analysing the similarities and differences between a poster and movie cover for the same film. The main character is typically on the poster and magazine cover, although as film making is developing they are starting to use more artistic ways of displaying the film on a poster.
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