This is my first layout idea for my magazine cover. I like this one the most because it uses a similar layout to existing products. The magazine cover below shows an existing product with a similar layout to this one. I think this layout shows the information well allowing enough space for the main image and headline, as well as cover stories. The only thing this layout does not have is secondary images.
This layout is similar to the first but has the film title higher up where it will catch the attention of the readers more easily. Having it in the middle means that it will be one of the first things that the audience sees, which is good as the aim of the magazine cover is to advertise my film. Although good, this layout does also not leave room for any secondary images, which may be an issue.
Finally this layout is similar to the second one but this time allowing room for secondary images. Although these take up the space of two cover stories, these images can have writing on them leading into other stories, so they can have the same info as cover stories, but with an image. I have also added a footer on this draft as I felt like this could be a good thing to add just to add some extra information about what is included in the magazine.
For my ancillary text I have to create a poster which will be distributed along with my trailer to advertise the film. I started drafting some basic ideas on paint where I could draw my ideas freehand and come up with some basic outline ideas for my poster layout and design. I started by drafting where the title, picture and other main elements of the poster would go.
As my film is about the antagonist coming back from the dead, one of the ideas that I had was having a graveyard as the setting for the background with one grave sticking out in the foreground with the film title engraved into it and a quote from the trailer. Or I may put just the quote engraved on the headstone and have the title just above it.
This is the 4th draft of my film trailer and in this draft I have corrected some key issues from my 3rd draft. Firstly I have finally sorted the issue with the voice over! It can now be heard equally from the left and right. I have also re-filmed the news reader scene on green screen sop that now it looks like a proper news report. I edited some of the sound and changed some shot lengths in order to try and make it flow better, however there is still a gap in the middle between sequences which needs to be fixed.
Filming the green screen
I filmed the newsreader scene on green screen to make it more realistic and so I could add a background. However, I did not notice until I had already filmed that the camera hand been set to SD instead of HD, meaning that the resolution of this clip was lower than all of the other clips. Unfortunately my actress was not available to re-film so I just had to do my best with what I had filmed. This did result in a green glow around my actress that I could not get rid of, but I don't think that it is that noticeable, especially as the clip is not that long.
Once I got rid of the green background I added in my own background which I had made in PhotoShop. I decided on a pink background as it is a subtle colour so it does not distract the audience from the character, however it is not as plain as white. I also added a basic news channel logo.
After this I added the moving banner seen at the bottom of the screen.
I saved the text as an image then used the motion tool to make it move across the bottom of the screen. I went into effect controls and clicked the clock next to the word "position". This then added in some key frames and I simply adjusted the position on the X axis until it travelled at an appropriate speed so that it could be read clearly.
I then finished off the clip by adding an image of a no entry sign, re-enforcing the message of the closed off underpass. Fixing audio issues
In order to fix my audio problems I came to the conclusion that as my audio was panned to the left, If I opened up a new audio channel and selected "mono" then it would play the audio equally through both the left and right. This is because mono (meaning one) only receives one signal and plays it back in both the left and right side equally. The issue before is that it was in stereo meaning that it was playing different things in the left and right side, and the audio was not playing equally.
In my next draft I will add the rest of my titles at the end of the trailer and fix the gap in the middle by using sound so that the sections of the trailer flow from one to another without any gaps or breaks. I may also add a clip of my main character packing a bag so that it makes more sense that in the second part of the trailer she is running away, making a bridge between the underpass scene and the second half of the trailer.
All films are distributed by a company separate from the production company. This company is usually a major company, even if the production company is independent. This is because major distribution companies have the power to distribute their films globally. For my distribution company logo I decided to take inspiration from the major production company "Universal". As seen in my research most horror films have a black background for their titles, and there fore the logo is in white to fit in with a black and white theme. So I have taken inspiration from the Universal logo and created my own black and white company logo. Having these colours will make it easy to invert so that it will stand out from a black background. I decided on the name "World Wide Movies" as this shows that the company is specific to the distribution of films. I decided that it should be world wide as a successful distribution company should be able to show their films globally in order to reach a mass audience.
