Magazine Cover Editing Process

For my magazine cover, I wanted to continue the dark effect, whilst also making it look like a magazine that you would see in a shop. I chose to make my magazine cover slightly less indicated at the horror genre, using a white background and red and black font. I tried to make my magazine cover look conventional of other magazines, whilst also making it look unique to my brand. 

First, I decided to work on the title and wider fonts for the magazine cover. This included adding a date, price and bar code, and placing them where I wanted them to be. I then chose to produce a rough layout of my final magazine to decide where I wanted to put pictures and words, making it easier to change this layout if I wanted. 

Next, I started to add content to the magazine cover and change the layout slightly. I added an effect onto some of the layout boxes, to produce a text box looking effect around the writing. As well as this, I added some colour and text to the cover. I chose to use red as an accent colour in order to tie the magazine together. The title, 'The Red Carpet' links to the red colour scheme to keep the cover looking cohesive.

The final things I did were to add some more images to the bottom of the cover, as well as adding more text in the boxes. This really brought the cover together and made it look more professional and realistic. By adding in other images, I was able to make the cover look full and engaging with other productions. The text used has also enabled me to look into other industries, as well as film, and make a professional looking magazine cover. I then decided to change the colour of the cover, as it created a more ominous effect and blended well with the image.

After changing the colour, I added in the text and changed the rough positions. I removed the boxes around the text, which made my cover look more professional and realistic. I kept the red and white colour scheme with the font. I made the central image slightly bigger and the secondary images smaller at the bottom. This gave more attention to the main image and title. I included a screenshot of the title from the trailer, and made this quite large in the middle of the cover to draw the audiences eye and enhance the way my film is promoted.