3. The bar code and the date of the issue illustrate that this film is up and coming and is something that is to look out for, as the film comes out in the spring We wanted to go with a traditional layout and a typical magazine convention, we thought this would be best in order to make our magazine cover look professional and realistic, we didn’t want to go against the typical ‘sight and sound’ convention as the image suited the typical ‘sight and sound’ convention. The title shows that this is a modern ‘sight and sound’ front cover as the title is different to most of the ‘sight and sound’ magazine covers. We went for the modern front cover as it went will our colour scheme, which was red and black. The image is simple and goes well with the ‘sight and sound’ conventions. At first we wanted the image in colour but once placed on the magazine, the image didn’t go with the ‘sight and sound’ magazine Normally ‘sight and sound’ don’t usually use puffs on the front cover, but we wanted to use one as this guides the reader to something new that the magazine is providing.
4. We decided to make the image black and white to show mystery and it also gives the audience a sense thrill, the background was purposely done, to connote bad vs. Good. The cover lines are what attracts the reader to the magazine and gives them an idea of what will be featuring inside the magazine, the banner is also another conventional thing that is done by the magazine to show that there is something new and exciting. The title, bar code and date are always placed in the same position this represents the magazine showing its consistent, which makes the reader feel comfortable and familiar The image of Jamie connotes power as it is a low angle shot of Jamie looking into the camera. The weapon that he is holding is a typical thriller weapon this connotes action and maybe death.
5. Empire was our first choice for our front cover, we thought that this type of Magazine would fit our trailer well. This is where we got our front cover image, of Jamie, from. This has simple elements of our front cover, we used red writing on the cover lines and the image is also a mid-shot which is similar to what we done the prop is a typical weapon that is used in most action films, which we also opted for as it went with our film. The background shows where the film will, at one point, be located at and we wanted to use this idea in our front cover however we did not blur out the background
6. The modern cover is used in this issue and the layout e.g. Title, date and barcode show that this cover is modern This cover is we how we wanted to layout our magazine cover, as it is a conventional ‘sight and sound’ cover since it is simple. This ‘sight and sound’ cover is where we got the idea of how we should layout our front cover. With Jamie on the left hand side of the magazine and then the cover lines would be placed on the right The colour of the cover lines is also the same colour which we opted for, although in this issue it only uses red, white and black, but we also went for the yellow as this kept in the sight and sound colour scheme. ‘ Sight and sound’ don’t always place pugs or banners on the front cover of their magazine but as we are shown here one is used which is unusual. But that is why we wanted to us a pug on our front cover as it meant that our magazine would stand out. The imagine is similar to that of ours as it is a mid shot, and the women is stand on the right just as Jamie is.
7. This main photograph has been used to connote his separation , which leads to the narrative of the trailer. Also by keeping this image on its own and centre suggest that he is the main character to the audience. We experimented with the text tool on Paint Shop Pro by copying the ‘Retribution’ several times, so this covered the page, this worked very well and as a group we decided to use this as our background to the poster. The film was rated a 15 as this showed mild violence and a small amount offensive language. The image was in black and white as this creates a sense of mystery and makes it look simplistic. We tried the photograph in colour , but therefore the colourings in the images clashed with the background and the title colour. We used a gun as this is a conventional prop to the thriller genre. Also this was a significant prop throughout our trailer, so therefore we wanted to include this within the poster A billing block was used because we created a movie poster and this is a main convention in produced posters.
8. Instead of taking a photograph of Jamie running, we got a motionless image because when taking the image of him running it came out blurred and did not show clear detail. This image connotes that he is looking at someone, and maybe after them. This is similar to our image, as Jamie looks as if he looking at someone, also the gun in their hands helps to connote this. When putting our poster together we tried this style of layout, of the main character running and someone watching him from behind, therefore this did not come together as we expected so we had o change the layout of images. When putting our poster together we tried this style of layout, of the main character running and someone watching him from behind, therefore this did not come together as we expected so we had o change the layout of images.
9. We lined our main characters name at the top, similar to this this poster. This clearly tells the viewer who is starring in the film, similar to a majority of produced posters. After changing the idea of the layout from ‘The American’ , we came across this Taken poster, and believe this style would fit very well with the alone image of Jamie. We took this idea of the positioning of the film title from this poster because they have a similar layout of the image, so we knew that having the title here would not loose a lot of detail and cover too much of the image up.
