Progression with the magazine

When we were researching for our magazine, we both looked at various other film based magazine. We looked at all the different positions that actors/models and then arranged for Harley to have test shots of what position was right for the magazine. We also had the thought of whether or not we wanted Harley in character from the trailer or as a model for the magazine image. We looked at magazine such as 'Film', 'Premire' and 'Empire' all of these magazines then helped us make our descision on what type of magazine cover we were going to have. Having discussed the advantages to having a character based cover, which were that the target audience would be attracted to the film itself and what it's about however, we then thought as a counter argument that having Harley looking quite attractive and bold as the front image would then attract people to see who and what her purpose was for the magazine and then entice the target audience to read and look at the magazine.

 We thought carefully about the place in which we took the image making sure that the lighting was bright enough for the image to stand out. Also because we choose a white background for the magazine cover itself we had to think about what Harley would be wearing and if it would look bold and eye catching. Therefore we chose for her to wear a black dress so there would be significant contrast in the colours on the magazine, this will then attract people to want to read it and want to see whats inside the magazine.

 When it comes to the disadvantages to our magazine, we didn't really come across major set backs, the only main set back throughout was really keeping up to date with all of work and research. We worked as a group to think about the colour scheme for our magazine and chose red and black because although the magazine is a March issue it's also a film magazine we chose a colour scheme to fit the conventions of our thriller.

We had our original image of Harley and then continued to edit the picture of Harley using the programme photo shop, this was something that we had to pick up quite quickly as we were using it for a significant purpose and it was the only picture editing programme. Once we had established how to use it we then cropped the original picture having a different coloured background, we then selected her and used the feathering tool to make sure that the sides of the image were smooth and didn’t look like we had just cut her out from a different programme. This tool helped the image look natural and it then helped fit the magazine perfectly. We choose a white background for the magazine as we thought it would be more effective and the image of Harley would then stand out a lot more making her the main character of the trailer and then the main objective for the magazine.

The finally we completed the end piece and the result i feel was quite good, we combined our ideas and made what we felt was an accomplishment of a challenge. We made sure that there weren't any gaps with writing and that the magazine consisted of colour and pictures to keep the audience focused on what we were trying to put across to the target audience. We named the magazine Prime after prime productions which is something that we include in our trailer.