Comparison poster draft v poster final

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I was given a couple of things to edit to make my poster and magazine cover better and look more professional. Firstly In my mag cover I was suggested to use star power since using my name didn't seem like a proper magazine so I decided to change Alex Mizia to Ryan Reynolds, I used this celebrity since he has been in a recent movie Deadpool which gave him a lot of media attention this meaning that if he said something like that it would make the media and audience interested in our magazine.

 

 

On the poster I was told that the top titles seem to childish and cartoon like, I took this in to consideration and change them to more big bold fonts making them seem more professional. I was also advised to put the words "HIS MIND IS" closer together since its slightly difficult to realise that they are supposed to be one sentence. 

First draft of Poster + Magazine

these are my first attempts at my movie poster and magazine, I was given suggestions for what I should do to improve both of them.

On the magazine I was advised to use star power in my quote because this makes it more realistic and may appeal to my demographic. Most thrilling issue was seem to be too big and almost taking away the attention from the Title of the magazine so I was suggested to make it a little smaller and but it over the top of Absolute movie, this making it more like a real movie magazine.

 

When it comes to my poster I was suggested to edit the colour of the stars to something like red or maroon since it would suit the colour scheme however I didn't approve of this since the gold stars connote professionalism and superiority since awards are normally gold, silver or bronze. The Names at the top were seen to be to comical and hard to read to I decided to change those to a more big bold font.

The Boy

The boy is a recent horror/ Thriller film. The basic narrative of it is that a young woman takes a job
as a nanny, she later comes to know that the 'child' she is supposed to take care of turns out to be a doll of a little boy. The parents of the 'child'  replaced him with a doll to help them cope with the death of their child 20 years ago. Greta (the young woman) is given a list of rules that she has to follow when she is taking care of the 'child', she breaks those rules assuming nothing will happen. The fact she breaks the rules causes strange paranormal things to happen.

(I apologise for German version)

The trailer gives a clear view of the narrative because it goes through the rule braking and how she gets to meet the 'child'. There is a lot of low key lighting used to make the audience fell fear. The end part of the trailer features fast-pace editing this is done so that the trailer reaches a crescendo creating tension in the last  couple of seconds. Fading to black is used very often, this is a convention of horror/thriller movies, the reason for this is because the colour black connotes death and end. There is a focus pull on the doll sitting against the wall with Greta in the background, this shot is used to show the fact that they boy has moved, however it also connotes his importance in this movie because the camera is focused on him.



 

 

 

 

 

Music Research

I decided to look at lot of different thrillers and horrors since they were very known for using tense and upbeat music that makes the audience engage by making them feel fear and excitement.

The saw theme is very tense and jumpy almost giving you the feeling of getting in you bones this meaning that its achieving the objective of making the audience feel engaged. The synchronous beat makes the whole theme seem more tense. 

I was unable to find a clip on YouTube however there is a link here: http://movieweb.com/movie/sadako-vs-kayako/international-trailer/

Sadako Vs Kayako is a movie that is going to be released in 2016 in July. Its a horror movie that has a back in music that fits the trailer because its very fast but uses a low pitch with loud beats and cries in the background this making the audience feel uneasy and scared as the trailer goes on during a section of fast-pase cuts the music comes to a crescendo.

Other movie posters

I decided to look at some other movie posters to see their conventions and other aspects.

This poster of the movie rocky is a great example of a very effective movie poster. Firstly the main character in the centre of the poster is the main view point this being noticeable by the fact that he takes up about 2/5 of the poster and that he is right in the centre. The reason why his character is there is because the audience will be interested as to why how looks like a winner, by this I mean he is standing like a boxing winner at the end of a game when they put the competitors arms up. His pose also gives away some of the narrative since yet again he is standing like a boxing winner connotes that this movie will be about boxing

This is the movie poster for Black Rock. The font here is Red the reason for this is because it connotes danger and blood, this implies that this movie will be full of dangerous situations and blood. The image of a boat in the middle of a sea is used to imply loneliness and isolation this giving away some of the narrative which would seem to be about some people who get stranded on a boat on the sea.

 

This is the poster for Dorian Gray. The main image of the man with a split face implies that he is the main character, however the fact that his face is split and one side looks t almost be like crumpling paper connotes that he's either dead or cursed. 

Other mag covers

I decide to look at other mag covers for inspiration and to find main conventions of posters.

 



This is a cover for the magazine Empire, a well known American movie magazine. The colour red is used to catch the audience's eyes. Red also implies danger connoting that this magazine is full of dangerous information, this would be a selling technique because the audience would rebellious buying it. A convention of Posters is to always make sure that the Master head is at the top large and clearly visible which can be seen on this Empire cover.

The next magazine cover is for Total Film.  They use a image of Megan Fox as star power and eye candy since she's classified to be attractive this meaning that the male audience would be attracted to the magazine. Magazine front covers always over emphasises everything so that they catch the audience's attention,  this can be seen in both magazines for example Total film uses the phrase "OUR BIGGEST PREVIEW EVER!" and Empire uses "MASSIVE PREWVIEW SPECIAL" this is used as a way to grab the audience's attention and make sure that they are intrigued.

Poster's use various fonts and colours this is done so that they show variety and separation between articles. Its a very useful way to make it easier for the audience to use the magazine, this also can be another selling technique since its simplifies the advances usages of the magazine.