Unit 14: Print Magazine cover and DPS

For this assignment I have been asked to develop materials for magazine production and to produce magazine layouts in the codes and conventions of a genre. This will be making a front cover and a double-page spread for a magazine of my choice, I will have to select the platform (either print or digital) and see if it will be suitable for the specific audience it is targeted for. The magazine that I have chosen to do a front cover and double-page spread for is a movie magazine, specifically because a lot more people are watching movies via streaming devices so I thought that it would be a good idea to make a magazine with articles talking about how movies have changed from 50 years ago and what direction they could take in the future.

The below images are both possible ways in which I could set out my magazine because they both feature a dominant image which nearly fills up the whole space and they both have articles talking about the movies and pictures used. They both also feature pull-out quotes talking about specific parts of the article,

I could use some ideas from this magazine, most notably the bright colour scheme and also the layout choice. I could also copy the way that the pull-out quote is used where it is placed next to the article title so that it stands out to the reader.









I could also take some ideas from this magazine article, for example I could use the layout of the article, because again it prominently features a dominant image but this time it's a still from Ted 2 and it also features a pull-out quote from a interview with one of the actors.

Another reason why I could base my magazine off of this one is because of the bright colour scheme, this will be eye-catching and easily noticeable so it would stand out










The legal issues that come about using other people's work is that they might want to keep control of it and not give it away because they possibly will lose creative rights. This will be a massive issue if I'm trying to use of their work, to avoid this problem from happening I will credit the creator.

I could possibly set out my front cover to look like this because it prominently features the main character from the movie looking in the direction of the camera in a action pose. This front cover also features a few sub images, in the bottom banner.

I could also use some ideas from this front cover, for example I could use the countdown list for the 25 best horror movies and put it in my article but do my own version of this list and lower it to a top 10.

I could also use the other list for the worst horror movies and put that into a top 10 too, and get ideas from the image where it takes up the majority of the cover.

This is the beginning stages of what my double-page spread article will look like. It features a article talking about how movies have changed and what this means for the future of movie making and viewing.

This is the updated version of my article. In this updated version of my previously mentioned double-page spread article this one features a background image to clearly show the audience/readers that it's a double-page spread article.

This is the beginning stages of what my front cover will look like, this will hopefully include a few images relating to the movie article and have a plug and a strapline on there too, to be properly advertised as a legit magazine.

This is the updated version of my magazine front cover, where it now features a full image, a main title headline, a strapline featuring other movies that will be reviewed and talked about for the main article.

This is fully finished version of the article for my magazine, it has all of the features that were in before with some new ones including the full list of my favourite movies and also a piece about how movies have changed in the way of them having cameos a lot of the time now but even a few years ago before the Marvel universe really took off they were uncommon.

Secondary Image considerations

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The above images were ones that i was considering using for my background image for my article but I chose to not use them instead because I would have to edit them more by taking out some parts of the image so that it would be totally clear but it would also make the text more difficult to read so I opted for the image that I chose because the writing for the article is clear.

Primary image

This is what the front cover image looked like originally when I took it a few months ago for another project. So I decided it would be good to use it here also because it's a really good picture and works quite well as a front cover image. The simple way that I changed the image was by using the magnetic lasso tool and cropping the image so that it could be used for work use.

How I prepared my images

When looking at a background for my article I chose to use a image that would be clear for the writing to be on so to get that across to an audience I enlarged the picture using the free-transform tool so that it would be stretched to fit the whole screen. The below images is what the background originally looked like.

Then after that I used free-transform again to change the size of the picture so that it wouldn't be too blurry, after doing this I then edited the picture seen above under the Primary Image so that it would be much better and more presentable for a front cover. The way that I edited it was by using the magnetic lasso tool so that I could crop the image and take out the background that was there when I took the picture originally. After cropping the picture I then used the free-transform tool yet again so that I could resize the picture so that it would fit into the space I wanted it to be so I could put some text around it.

Flat-Plan

This is the flat-plan for my magazine front cover and double page spread, so that there is a clear outline for the way that my magazine will be shown to a reader.

Evaluation of my magazine

When I was thinking of ideas for my magazine there were a few things that I had in mind for what it would look like and what would be on the front cover, I also had a few ideas about what would be on the double-page spread. The reason why I chose to name my magazine “Daily Movie Reviews” was because I thought that people would be intrigued by the title and would want to read on to see which movies would be getting reviewed and what my personal/honest opinion would be of them.

During the early production stages of making my magazine I had a few ideas for what way it would be set-out, but some of them didn’t make sense for the type of magazine I wanted to make so they were scrapped. However, one of the ideas that I went for was to have a picture background then have my article to be over that, so the reader could look at a static image as well as read the article

The reason for setting out my magazine the way that I did was so that it would be more appealing to a younger audience if they were to read through it. It was also important because readers wouldn’t want to be bored with a bland background because this will turn them away, so they wouldn’t want to read it. So, to counter this issue I put a colourful background behind my article so that it will be less distracting than it would be if it were just a blank screen.

When making my magazine I had a set audience in mind for who would want to read it and what kind of things that they would be interested in, therefore I gave a brief intro to how movies have changed and how a lot of movies nowadays heavily feature cameos. For example, Stan Lee very often features in Marvel movies in very minor roles often as a background character or has little dialogue. This is the kind of thing that I thought my audience would want to read about if they weren’t aware, speaking of my audience I think it will mostly be teenagers (13-19) that would be interested in this specific type of magazine and they might be interested in my movie list for my favourite movies of all time.

When looking back at the early stages and then now when my magazine front cover and double-page spread are finished there are a few things that I would’ve done differently and possibly better if I were to do this task again. The first of these would be to stick to a consistent idea all the way through instead of changing my mind every time when looking at my work because I had an idea the day before (when looking at my work after having an idea I thought it didn’t fit or wouldn’t work well).

The second and final thing that I would change is the fact that I took a while to get a good idea for what my article would be about and how long it would take to get it wrote and chose what images I would use for both my front cover and double-page spread. This the issue that took the longest to iron out and get right because I wanted a clear image for the background but also wanted to make sure the reader wouldn’t get too distracted by what the image was.

Unit 10: Creating a short movie

Attack in the Dark

During the beginning stages of coming up with ideas for my short movie, it was all about what would be suitable for a college movie project. So, for my short movie I went with a simple idea of a killer hunting down some college student for all of their wrong doings. The short starts of with the camera placed at the killer's feet, to start of the movie with a intriguing opening that will get the audience interested, and it will also show the audience that they will be watching a horror movie with this opening.

The next camera movement will be the camera slowly moving upwards towards the killer so that it shows the audience that the killer is ready to do some evil things in order to get what he wants most...vengeance.

*cut to black and name of movie appears*

*music plays over opening credits*

Two weeks earlier...
Opens back up on college students standing in the corridor smiling, laughing and talking.

*cuts to long shot of a "mysterious figure" standing still with their hood up* Students still laughing but the "figure" has "disappeared"

*cuts to black, killer gets closer with each cut to black*

*on the last cut to black, the killer tilts their head at the camera and smirks*

The ending and the beginning will be the same shot because I will try to show that my movie will be shot out of order wherein the start will also be the ending point so the middle section will be telling the audience what happens in between and what has happened.

This part will mostly be about what the killer has been up to and how he plans to "take out" the students, and will include his motivation for doing so. (This turns out to be vengeance, for all of their wrong-doings). The ending of the movie will be the same as the beginning because it will give the impression that the killer is always watching what people do and is sub-consciously judging them on their various actions.

Self-evaluation:

In the beginning of making my movie there were a few things that went as well as I could've hoped that they would, this included the plot and how the movie would be filmed. This would be very helpful because I need to know which parts of my movie would work well while also knowing which parts would need to be changed or cut out all together. For instance, the part where the killer stabs the camera-man has been removed because it doesn't fit well with the rest of the movie and overall my movie will be better off without it being in.

Another thing that was changed was the fact that the killer was originally going to be more threatening and sadistic but while filming it didn't really work that well and would've been a bit of  a waste. One thing that will be in my movie is the scene were the killer is seen walking towards a door to get to the students and stare at them before looking directly at the camera (This will be included because it's important to know what the students are up against and what the dangers are when they meet this killer).

In the latest portion of filming I wanted to try and get a sinister feel to make it a bit mysterious where the "killer" would walk through a door that would have the students talking and laughing. This would be where the "killer" shows up and stands between the students, looks at both of them then stare at the camera.

During today's portion of filming, I took the movie outside to see how well it would work and what the differences would be with doing so. There were quite a few differences, the first being how much more room there is so I could use a bigger space for my movie and it would make the audience think that it was set over a number of days. Another thing that was different was that now the killer has his victims cornered and where he wants them ready for their attacks.

Below is a screenshot showing the clips in a certain order ready to be edited together with other clips to make my movie.

This is showing the order that the clips are in and how they've been edited, also showing the title card for my movie.

This are screenshots of the clips that I recorded for my movie but I only used a few of them because I didn't want my movie to be too long and boring.

These screenshots are of the ending credits and of what the editing looked like a few days ago when it was a first go through but now that it's finished the updated version of this screenshot is further above.