Magazine Evaluation

For my magazine review i decided to use Empire as my influence because Empire is a magazine that is available for free at most cinema's, i believe this appeals to my target audience because my target audience is mainly students and they stereotypically don't have a lot of money. I have also decided to use empire because of the more comical way that it analysis films, i believe this is the reason my target audience will be attracted to read this magazine and this double page spread. 

I have through photoshop created a magazine page that is similar to that featured within Empire, in order to make it look more official i have added in images of empire magazine featured articles to make it look like it is part of a larger magazine and not just a single page.

I have also included screen shots from the film and an "behind the scenes" shot of the cast while we were filming that is shown within the magazine, i have done this because when researching Empire Magazine i found a wide range of reviews that included humerus pictures of the cast.  

Magazine Feedback

To find out whether the double page spread is effective or not, I have decided to create a questionnaire consisting of three questions, for members of the public to answer. This information will determine whether changes to the double page spread will have to be made. This questionnaire takes into consideration the conventions of the spread, as well as its level of portrayal of the films itself.

Does the double page spread help to advertise the film to its maximum potential?

What stands out for you on the double page spread?

If you were to change anything on the spread, what would it be and why?

Do you think that the double page spread addresses the film well?

Would you be able to tell what genre the film is, just by briefly looking?
The results for this suggested that since I have added images from the film and made the title more prominent and added in an example of the film poster, overall people were very happy with it although a few people did say they would prefer it to be more colourful but stated that the colour scheme and the images that I have used clearly suggest what genre the film Is and what it is about.

Magazine Review

This was my original version of the Magazine review but after feedback I have adapted it to make it more about my film and what it is about and weather people should see it or not rather than the magazine that it is featured in. this has resulted me in changing some of the written work that I have added in using Photoshop, I then Photoshoped in the title of the film and added an example of the film poster.

Final Film Poster

This is my final film poster, the idea of this poster is for it to combined traditional methods of creating a Horror-Zombie movie poster with newer methods.  

When creating this film poster the main idea was to study the older zombie posters when the genre first started, these hand drawn posters had something more that the modern day do it all on Photoshop ones did, it added more character and really made them stand out, so I began to paint my lead character Charlie as a zombie, in a way this does give away the ending but I like the fact that it does, it makes it link better to the film. After completing the painting I decided that it needed something more, so I then took a photo which was my inspiration for having appear like a polaroid. I then have added the title an blood splatters which made it look better but in order to make it appear more official I have added the production values and the website and social networking links and obviously the ratings. After this I got feedback and I have then added quotes from well known Magazines and Newspapers and they have also make it look more professional.

Poster Designs

This is one of my first attempts at a teaser poster, this image shows all the main characters of are film outside one of the locations. This poster hints at what are film is about the blood splatters connote a sense of danger and violence that will be evident within the film, this is re iterated by the weapons that are also featured within the film. The type font of the title of the film is that which is typically associated with horror films especially zombie horror films.
The layout of the characters shows us that the two end characters who are close together are in a relationship, the fact the female character is in front of the rest of the characters shows that she is the main character, on the end the two male characters are shown especially the one of the far end who is seen to be very independent as he steps away from the rest of the group. 

This is another design idea, this concept came about from researching older Horror film posters that were hand drawn, this is a rough sketch of what i hope to develop into a final film poster but i aim to combine older techniques of hand drawn film posters with Photoshop which is what film posters are created with now. 
   

This poster is what i hope to develop into my final film poster i have painted a female zombie who is supposed to represent the lead character charlie, in a way this gives away the ending, i want the movie poster to be simple in order for it to be more effective.