Draft 1 of completed film poster

Film Poster Title area complete

I have added most of the information at the bottom of my film poster all it needs adding now is the imagery and methods to be used to blend them into the poster more naturally. I have added the information of the crew who worked on the film at the bottom of the poster as I have found that this is a common convention with many film trailers. I have used mostly fictional names but have included the actors names and those of the director. I have also added a website and a date to the film trailer which is other common info found. The colours used for the text are mainly white or grayish colours which make it easy to read on the blue background.

Film Poster Background

This is the background I have created for my films poster. It was done using some of the material used to make the background of my film magazine, using different parts taken from a cloudy sky I have just changed the composition.

To make the image look smoother and less obvious of where different images of clouds have been cut together I have used the gradient tool over the top of the original image with a dark blue colour which looks good along with the clouds. I have then turned the opacity down on the gradient layer so the shapes and texture of the clouds show through in a darker colour.

Font Effects experiments

These are different effects done to the title using Photoshop. A combination of all three may actually work as I feel each of the effects has its own strengths but look a bit dull on their own. On the other hand all three effects together may look a bit overpowering. What is important is that the title of the magazine stands out and is bold which all 3 experiments achieve. As a stand alone I feel the bottom experiment with the bevel and emboss along with the glow effects looks best as the added brightness from the glow makes it stand out more on a page.

Also, depending on the colour of the background I may choose to use white text rather than red.

Font Experiments for Magazine

These are some early experiments with which font I will use on the cover of my film magazine. Most film magazines use large bold text on their cover so I have focused on similar looking text.

 I think the first or second option would look best however I will likely experiment with all of them to see how each looks on the final product.

Magazine Layout

Film Magazine Title Ideas

Here are some ideas for the title of my film magazine cover.

Blockbuster- A blockbuster refers to a movie which has huge financial success, generally £100 million or over in North America. It would be suitable for the title of a film magazine because it would suggest it is reporting on the biggest successful films showing or coming up at the time of the issue. On the other hand it may also suggest that the magazine won't review smaller films which would make its content very limited.

LCA- An abbreviation standing for 'Lights Camera Action' which relates obviously to what directors may say during filming. It seems a suitable title for the magazine because it is short and memorable. It also is said at the start of filming a scene which can relate to the title being at the start of a magazine which could represent each issue of the magazine being a new scene of a 'movie'

Uncut- Used when describing a version of a movie that has all of the original footage in it. This would be a suitable title for a magazine because the 'uncut footage' could be represented by the reviews and opinions expressed within the magazine which aren't always expressed in the reviews of the movie.However, this title doesn't look as interesting or powerful as the other ones and may seem a bit bland.

Rewind- A title which could represent people going back into the film to review it. This title may prove limiting and/or misleading because film magazines always voice opinions on upcoming films which wouldn't be shown in the 'Rewind' title.

Reel- A word for a strip of film. Suitable for a film magazine because reviews and people exploring films only explore small elements of what they know or key points to films. On the other hand, Reel is also the name of a cinema company which might mean it isn't suitable to use it.