Making of my Magazine Front Cover

I started off with a plain black background which i then added a grungy effect to which portrays the genre really well and it shows what the film advertised will be about.

I then added my title to it which again is in a cracked distorted text which repeats the effect of the background, also the red connoted blood and fear which relates to horror. I emphasised my font by adding a stroke and a drop shadow to make it look effective and bold.

 

I then added a sell line which was on top of a blood splatter to show the genre. I used the same font as my Mast Head to show continuity. The sell line says "Top 10 bloody brilliant films" this shows the genre again, suggesting blood.

 

I then added more cell lines in a different colour and also a skyline which matched this. This gave the front cover a bit of colour and variety which made it more interesting. Both of these relate to horror as the skyline says "top 10 scary films of all time" and the sell line is a lost of four horror films.

 

I added more sell lines on the left hand side of the magazine with a plus sign next to it which is red, this relates to the other red items on the page and makes it link together better. It also says "exclusive" which is a good word to use to make people want to buy the magazine. I have then used another main sell line which advertises the film. This has the name of the film being advertised, i have used a white font to make it stand out from the black background. I have talked about interviews which will attract people too because they will want to feel like they know exclusive things.

I then added to the previous by adding a free posters section to it, this has again been used in a white font so that it stands out. I layed it out at the bottom so that there is a constant flow of good information throughout the magazine cover and this keeps it interesting.

I then added a simple yet effective border which gives a scratchy effect which relates to horror and also links with the font i used for my film title.  I made it white so that it would go well with the col,ours and also keep everything looking organized.

I then took a photo of my models face, focusing on the eyes. 

I then edited this photo by cropping it to the correct size, making the face paler using the hue and saturation tool. I then made the eyes red by using the quick selection tool and then using again the hue and saturation tool to get the effect i wanted. 

I then dragged the image on to the magazine template i had made and put the transparency to 75% so that the grungey background was to be seen. This is the final product to my magazine cover.