Flat Plans

Movie Magazine Flat Plan

This is a rough outline of what i would like my film magazine to look like. I am calling my magazine 'FILM +' i took ideas for my film magazine from a few other film magazines which were, Empire Magazine, Total Film and Entertainment Weekly. I have used the simplicity and boldness of the Mastheads. The world 'Film' for my magazine i mainly took from Total film because i believe that it is just simple and straight to the point, which my target audience would like.
The name of my magazine 'Film+' i feel is very good for my audience as it suggests that the magazine contains a lot more information on the films hence the '+'.

From researching other film magazines to help me with the production of my product i am aware of different types of colours that would work well with my magazine front cover and also especially on my Mast head. I have noticed that most of the mastheads used on these magazines are bold and high level of clarity about them, the colours are simple but yet very eye catching. The letters are in bold and large. A lot the the time the letters in the mast head are in uppercase letters which i think would be a great idea for my magazine, just to help my audience be more interested in my magazine.


When i come to designing my front cover i may change the colours i have planned to have my masthead to be black, so it therefor stands out more to my audience and fits the horror genre of my film very well. The colours i will be using over all will be black, grey and red, enabling me sticking to the three colour palette rule, which will portray my magazine to look more professional and sleek alongside my magazine looking more organised. I plan to use the colour grey for the background of my magazine, as i wish to indicate a grey scale approach, and make my magazine have a more sinister approach. The colour white in my magazine will allow some features which may have a higher level of importance too stand out a lot easier in comparison to others.

The magazines that i have researched all seem to show the protagonist on the front cover where as in my magazine i wish to show the antagonist  the photos shown in the magazines appear to  be mid shots and i feel that these have been used purposely for the audience to be able to relate to the audience, also by the usage of the midshot i am able to see the props clearly also. 

Movie Poster Flat Plan

For my movie poster my main image is going to be a door with my antagonist of my film stood in a door way. This image signifies my film because the antagonist is haunting a house, and it shows to the audience that something disturbing is happening.

Although there is no colour in my rough cut design i know the colours that i intend to use in my poster when i design it on PhotoShop, i wish to use the three colour rule as i am using in my magazine front cover which are red, grey and black, these colours allow me to stay related with my genre. I need to still take the photo for the background of my photo, it will be a long shot so that my antagonist can be fully seen, making her appear to be more creepy/scary. My antagonist will be in the same costume which she has been shown in  in my Magazine and my trailer, which will be a ripped dress.

This poster is from the film Insidious, this film has been one of the main focus points of my film campaign. In this poster they portray the antagonist centrally a like my own poster. The poster also seems to show the same colours in which i want to include in my poster which are red, grey and black. The poster has a dull colour scheme as the back ground is black which i wish for my poster to be like. The dark colours give the idea of  the black being overpowering or maybe even make the poster seem like it relates to darkness or a eviler side than what we experience in our everyday life.