My film magazine cover

My film magazine cover

The title of my magazine is "Your Film", this provides a clear idea that the magazine covers films. The use of the word "Your" also makes it seem more personal, as if it is addressing the viewer. "Your" is also on top of film and in a smaller font, this was to make it look more attractive, and the reason for it being smaller is to show the importance of the word "Film" (which is the genre of the magazine). The title is also located at the top of the cover, which is typically where they are located. When the rule of thirds is applied, it covers the top row which emphasises the importance of it. The gradient tool has also been applied to it, which adds a very pale blue colour - which is more evident closer to the top of the letters - which makes it look more intriguing than if it was purely white. 

There is a puff/incentive in the top right corner, promising a "free A3 poster". This encourages viewers to purchase the magazine in order to receive the promised gift. Underneath the masthead, the release date, issue number and price are listed. These are necessary pieces of information (especially price). Release date and issue number are primarily there for fans of the magazine so that they can keep track of which issues they have seen. The barcode is located in the bottom right hand corner of the page, this is because it is necessary for the magazine, but not necessary for the viewer. While it is in the bottom right corner, it doesn't affect the viewer (similar to release date and issue number for those who don't care).

The main image is of the main character from our film, it takes up a majority of the space. This is to show that the magazine will mainly focus on our film. It also synergises with the header bar "Special teen angst edition" as he is a teenager, and also the main cover line "Lonely life of a teenager" as he doesn't look too happy, whilst not looking sad either. This is a reflection of our film as it focuses on the struggles of teenage life rather than the stereotypical party life. He is also facing the front which makes it seem as though he is connecting with the viewer. In the background of the cover there is a building which is the school in which the film takes place, the opacity of it has been increased in order to make it look foggy, this uses pathetic fallacy (using weather and similar things to convey emotion) to create a sense of sadness and intrigue.

The left side of the page is mainly covered by various other coverlines in the form of names of various other teen angst films. The names of the films are in a white font, whereas any other information is in black. These contrast with each other and make it easy to tell what the name of the film is. The text alongside the names also fits with the names, for example: "Affliction" refers to pain and the text alongside it is ""An emotional story"". It is also in quotes which make it seem as though a reviewer has made the comment and therefore makes the magazine seem more professional. With "Gossip" the text reads "All the gossip on ..." which is intended to be somewhat funny which should appeal to the target audience of my magazine. "Busted" uses the word "Exclusive" which would encourage people to buy it as they will receive exclusive content that is unavailable anywhere else.

On the right side of the magazine, there is a series of pictures that are all arranged in the same order as the coverlines on the left side of the page (The first picture is affliction, etc.) and they have a border in the style of old film tapes, which clearly shows that the magazine covers film content. The pictures themselves feature characters from their film and a background relating to it.