Magazine creation

We have decided to call our magazine 'Premiere' as we believe it has strong connotations of the film industry. We chose the font 'pistoleer' because we particularly thought the point on the 'M' gave it a unique shape to make it more recognisable. We then introduced the picture of our model. We picked the blue background to emphasise the colour of her eyes. We placed the shadows around the edges to create a feeling of depth, similar to that on the December 2009 Empire magazine cover.
We added the tagline 'The UK's best selling film magazine' as well as a barcode and price information. These were to replicate the styles of existing magazines. After this we chose to introduce the film title to the magazine with the tagline"The claws are out". The film is the featured atrticle in the magazine and so we wanted to place as much emphasis on it as possible. To achieve this we decided to place an outer glow around the words, helping them to stand out against the model's clothing.
Following this, we decided to include a headline that reads "Massive preview special" to create excitement amongst the audience. The decision to include text was influenced by the Inception Empire cover. In addition to this, we created a white circle showing a sticker, as seen on many of the magazine covers we have researched. However, we were unsure about the design and placement. We tried a different colour scheme because we were not sure if the purple was completely appropriate as it would alienate the male audience.
Further research of film magazines showed us that the inclusion of many headlines along the outside is a common convention and so we decided to replicate this idea. We continued to experiment with colour schemes and composition with the intention of getting the design aesthetically right.
Shrinking the circular bubble enabled us to fit in more headlines. We chose our font sizes carefully to ensure the emphasis was placed on the correct titles. We returned to our original colour scheme because we felt that the magazine should be targeting the same audience as the film. Additionally, the purple tone in the background is not overtly feminine so it wouldn't immediately alienate a male audience. In the design on the right we chose to include a picture of our second actress. This was to emphasise 'the claws are out' and show the audience some of the film's narrative in a clear way. The actress' body language and clothing suggests darker tones and so we tried out a dark background to further emphasise this idea. However, this was unsuccesful.
We changed the colour back to the original purple tones. After this we moved the model on the right down to improve the composition. We then added the film reel across the bottom (created using Adobe Illustrator) with two of our own images. Because of the introduction of the film reel we needed to move the titles up slightly. We also changed the font in the 'ultimate review' bubble. This was influenced by the August 2010 Empire magazine cover.