Magazine cover ideas

Names for movie: I have started to plan for my magazine cover by thinking about possible names. I first came up with ‘Love Film’ however this is already a company and I did not want to copyright the name. I then thought of ‘Premiere’ however again this name has already been used for a film magazine. Throughout the names I thought of most of them have already been used or they just weren’t appropriate for a film magazine. I then thought of ‘Media Works’ which I thought was a good name and it had not been used before, I also  think that this title combined with a good font is going to stick into my audiences mind.

Colour scheme: After researching existing film magazines I now know the importance colour plays as different colour schemes reflect different genres, for instance yellow signifies happiness which would be a comedy whereas red signifies blood which would be a horror. I have also taken into account my primary research which shows me that my key demographic would want grey, red and black as the main colours. I will also be adding white into my publication as it would contrast well my background and is used often in film magazines as a common font colour. My primary research also advised me to keep the colour scheme the same as my poster and therefore I have already analysed and researched in depth about what the colours represent and can use them straight away.

Coverline ideas: ‘Holly Middleton makes her return’, as Holly is the main character in my horror film ‘Withheld’, my key demographic would be interested in this line as they would want to know about where and what she has been doing before.  

‘Top ten tips from Matt Damon’, as Matt Damon is a famous, successful and widely known actor, this line would appeal to a wide range of people and therefore attract them to see what he thinks are the best tips. Furthermore as my target audience are young adults, some of them may be interested in drama and acting and therefore this would interest them as they would want to see tips from a successful actor.

‘Top 10 film reviews of the week’, this would make the audience curious as they would want to see what films have been given what ratings.

‘Massive preview special’, this encourages the audience to read the magazine as everyone loves to see a preview of something before it is released.

‘Withheld the most anticipated film of the year’, this tagline along with my main image will promote my film, for people who have not seen my movie it will alert them and encourage them to go see it through the use of stealth advertising. For my movie’s fans it will encourage them to buy the magazine to know more about the film. This is going to be my main tagline and therefore I will be making the word ‘Withheld’ bold and in an eroded styled font to stand out. This is a common convention in many of the film magazines I have researched and will appeal to my target audience.

Skyline ideas: ‘the only film guide you’ll ever need’, I think this would be an effective skyline to have as it will help my film magazine to keep up with its competitors as it directly tells the audience this is the ONLY guide they will need. Furthermore the use of ‘you’ll’ instead of ‘you will’ will also help to draw In my audience as Its in slang which is what young adults generally use and are accustomed to seeing.