Film Magazine Cover Mock Up

This is my 1st mock up of our magazine cover, it takes inspiration from mainstream

published magazines like Empire and Total Film. But I tried to include some different

and interesting qualities to it, making it more individual. As we are not specifically

aiming for an mainstream audience and I think this twist to the typical and over used

appearance of front covers to glossy's would draw in an independent film audience.

As I think this niche audience looks for media products that defy and challenge the

mainstream media conventions. I created this twist by keeping a strict colour scheme

of monotone and orange like colours, I also used a very strong and arty image which

I think is extremely bold and full of character. I also used this image as from our market research it showed that the most memorable cover had a strong close up portrait, so

I tried to replicate this in this mock up. I used the title Total as this word is

generally associated with film but its mainly used to just indicate where the title

would go. I created this cover as if it was based around our film, using large text to indicate

its the 'Awoken Issue' the stand in name of the film we create our trailer around. This also

isn't my image I simply used it to indicate the sort of image I want to create for our actual

magazine cover.