Empire front cover mock up: First try at Photoshop of Yr 13
In this lesson, I attempted creating a front cover of a magazine that my film would be featured on. Whilst creating it, I searched for a photograph that would be similar to the one I would like to use and could link to my narrative effectively. I chose Empire because I thought the colour scheme links nicely due to the picture I chose, however, I don't think Empire is going to be the magazine I will chose for a feature of my film on a front cover as I don't think it links very well with the genre of my film. For my final cover I will probably use one such as Sight & Sound and Little White Lies as they target a more niche audience, which will be fitting to my film.
The lesson after, I changed the main image as the one I previously had wasn't exactly what I was looking for. I then chose this one, because the position and the way the lady was captured through this photograph links very well with my narrative. So I think I could therefore, be looking to capture a photograph like this when filming or even in an separate photographic shoot dedicated just for the main photograph of both my poster and front cover magazine. I then tried to emulate one of Empire's already existing issue (on the bottom left) because the composition of the main image looked similar to the one I had originally chosen. I then experimented with getting the font identical to the one already used in order to make it look as realistic and professional looking as possible. The bar-code, issue date, price and the magazine's logo are all very important features which make a magazine eye catching and professional looking so I wanted to practise these more than anything else to get used to the compositional ideas and where everything should be within the margins in order for it to look like a professional and well established magazine.
This task was very helpful as I now know what I will need to work one when I need to create the final magazine front cover that my magazine will be featured on. As a whole, I'm quiet pleased of how it went although it isn't finished. As I mentioned before, I like the photograph I found on the internet and used, this is because it looks like it could be the protagonist from my film. So far, I now know that kind of photograph I will be using as the main image and a possibility between two front covers. I would like to try out my ideas and see which one I prefer most or which one works best.
In this lesson, I attempted creating a front cover of a magazine that my film would be featured on. Whilst creating it, I searched for a photograph that would be similar to the one I would like to use and could link to my narrative effectively. I chose Empire because I thought the colour scheme links nicely due to the picture I chose, however, I don't think Empire is going to be the magazine I will chose for a feature of my film on a front cover as I don't think it links very well with the genre of my film. For my final cover I will probably use one such as Sight & Sound and Little White Lies as they target a more niche audience, which will be fitting to my film. 
The lesson after, I changed the main image as the one I previously had wasn't exactly what I was looking for. I then chose this one, because the position and the way the lady was captured through this photograph links very well with my narrative. So I think I could therefore, be looking to capture a photograph like this when filming or even in an separate photographic shoot dedicated just for the main photograph of both my poster and front cover magazine. I then tried to emulate one of Empire's already existing issue (on the bottom left) because the composition of the main image looked similar to the one I had originally chosen. I then experimented with getting the font identical to the one already used in order to make it look as realistic and professional looking as possible. The bar-code, issue date, price and the magazine's logo are all very important features which make a magazine eye catching and professional looking so I wanted to practise these more than anything else to get used to the compositional ideas and where everything should be within the margins in order for it to look like a professional and well established magazine. 
This task was very helpful as I now know what I will need to work one when I need to create the final magazine front cover that my magazine will be featured on. As a whole, I'm quiet pleased of how it went although it isn't finished. As I mentioned before, I like the photograph I found on the internet and used, this is because it looks like it could be the protagonist from my film. So far, I now know that kind of photograph I will be using as the main image and a possibility between two front covers. I would like to try out my ideas and see which one I prefer most or which one works best. 
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