Magazine front cover RMA

This is a front cover from Total Film of a movie called shutter island whch is a well known horror film with stars such as Leonardo DiCaprio. The image shows "Teddy Daniels" who is Leonardo DiCaprio's character in the movie it shows him infront on the brand on magazine but behind the movie title, this adds a element of depth to the front cover. To identify it as a horror film the title is in blood red and the foggy ghosty effect at the bottom of the page works well with the looming darkness at the top of the page. From this it is important to properly identify by the background which genre the film is.

For example this is another magazing cover from Total film and this time it has Skyfall as its feature film. This helps explain how the background and text help suggest genre to the audience. With the gold title dark grey background and James bond in a suit with a gun it instantly tells you it is a thriller. However due to this being a sequel james bond film the type of film is so well known by fans that the background can be a grey background to draw attention to the character.

RMA's (Poster)

This has the similar layout of what i hope to achieve from my poster from Mrs D's post i need to focus on the lighting and image more which is what this poster has. The lighting is from the top down which cleverly lights up the face.

Pictures for poster

Colours and design ideas/ RMA Inspiration

For my poster and magazine cover i want the image to really stand out and be iconic for the Shadow movie, for example screams iconic image is the white ghost mask and when people see this they tend to talk about the movie which is what i want to create with my advertisement package.











For the colours i think darker colours would best suit the image that i am hoping to have as they will best compliment the dark and dingy feel of the poster and help tell the audience that this is in the horror genre of films.

For the layouts i went back to my trailers that i looked at and looked at the posters which helped advertise their films.

 This is the You're Next poster and i really like how the image is the entire poster i think using this idea for my poster will help create that iconography of The Shadow that i am hoping to achieve. What i also like about this is the text as it is different to the standard text on the Paranormal activity poster however things like the release date being quite small in that writing is hard to read so differentiating the font is key for my poster as i want it to be informative as well as eye catching.






This is the Paranormal Activity 4 poster and this has a smaller image but more use of text which i really like, The use of text to make a slogan or phrase helps people who may not have seen the first paranormal activities get an idea of what they are and although my final poster may not have 2 Phrases the use of one is key. You're Next also has this use of a slogan with "Did you remember to lock your door?" This is a good phrase as if the audience were looking at the poster that is asking them a question it will make them think.

Poster Layout Ancillery task

Magazine layout ancillery task