Friday, 3 February 2012

Further edits

I have recently re-created our magazine cover and put further edits in place to ensure that it is of an exceptionally high standard. The Empire logo, is exactly the same as it would be on anyother magazine cover. We have also placed the date and price in the above v of the M, just like how they do on the actually magazine itself. Thus making it as professional as possible. I have placed a tag line above the logo - THE ULTIMATE MOVIE & DVD REVIEW GUIDE - this is a significant part of the magazine as it is on more or less every single magazine cover but also that it tells the audience what the magazine is about, you wouldn't have the image we have say on the cover of a disney princess magazine it just wouldn't work. Another change was that i took out the exclusive with redwood stars, as it looked rubbish when the film was mentioned twice, it is clear enough as it is that they are mentioned throughout the magazine. Another minor change was the tag line underneither the Redwood logo - i changed it from
'do you believe in children's stories' to Do you believe everything you hear?
this seems to react better with the audience than do you believe in children's stories, as they'd think it's just another 'Blair Witch Project' film. Which in these days is getting repeated way to much.
I have also looked at many different Empire magazines to see what was included on them magazines and what could also feature on mine and Stephs magazine cover, what makes them as successful as they are.

What this magazine cover features:

- Empire logo
- Website
- Date and price
- The Ultimate Movie and DVD Review Guide
- Barcode
- Main image
- What the film is
- Tag lines / slogans
- Film tape featuring what other films are being mentioned within the magazine




What our magazine cover features:

- Empire logo
- Date and price
- The Ultimate Movie and DVD Review Guide
- Website
- Barcode
- Main image
- Title of the film
- Tag lines / Slogans
- Other films mentioned through out the magazine
- Film strip with images of horror films on.

This magazine still needs a lot of work as i need to fill in the gaps between
The Exorcist 40 years later
and
Best of 2012 so far
as there is a blank space between both of them, that really needs filling otherwise it will not look professional.

1 comment:

  1. This is really good - a very detailed comparison and well justified. My suggestions to improve are that you could do with a third story in between "Exorcist" and "Best of 2012" and you could do with something at the bottom of the cover (look at the Empire cover, which has a footer). Apart from that, nearly there.

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