Film Magazine

As part of our marketing and promotion campai

gn, we were asked to create a front cover for a film magazine, promoting our ne

w movie. As a group we decided on which of our still images were most powerful. We chose a mid

close up of our killer, wearing his trademark mask, complying with the convention

s of the slasher movie genre. The image we chose was a still, taken whilst filming our teaser trailer rather than a

n image taken on a photo shoot to add to its authenti

city. We believed that our final image should not only

reflect the theme of the m

agazine, but also the genre of the movie.

-Final Magazine Cover-

-Original Flat Plan-

-First Draft-

-Inspiration-

We researched EMPIRE magazine, as inspiration for our own magazine. We liked the use of the bold title and the dominance of the image. Unlike the poster, we wanted to show more of our killer and decided to include most of his body.

FANGORIA magazine is specially dedicated to the horror genre. Again, the image of Jason dominates the entire page, a convention that was repeated throughout our research. As to stay true to the conventions within horror, we tried our best to make our image dominate our front cover.