Poster & Magazine Mock-ups

First of all on this poster is the main image that takes up the whole page. This image will really set the tone of the poster giving it the characteristics of what a horror movie poster will look like. It should be dark, atmospheric and giving an overall sinister feel to the poster. Rule of thirds will be an important factor here otherwise it may ruin the aesthetic look of the poster. 

The Title of the poster is where the film name will be - which is 'The Woods'. This will be in a striking bold font which is very noticeable when the audience looks at this. Other test here would have to be smaller so that the whole poster doesn't look clunky and over-filled. Below this will be the tagline - which is still undecided - which will draw people into the poster and wonder what it is all about. A rhetorical question would be very good here as it will make the person looking at the poster think more about the film and what it is about.

After this would be the Billing board. Here all of the main personnel involved in the film would be shown here in a small, condensed font. It will also be included here as it is an integral part of not only horror movie posters, but all film posters in general. A white font would be used here as it will most likely be against a dark background image.

Another important feature would be the date of release. This will be the second largest text on the poster - because of it being the second-most important. The font here will be different to the actual title to separate it from the rest of the features and make it stand out.

The last feature of my poster would be the studio logos. These production company logos will be massively important as they give the film credibility and reliability from a trustworthy source, especially if it is from a big production house.

The main important feature of my magazine is the main image. Here would be a shot of the main cast in some sort of pose to make it look like a professional magazine. This would have less conventions of a horror movie because of the way the image is styled (such as the poses, lighting and staged effects.). The magazine title will either be the logo for an existing movie magazine (Such as TotalFilm) or a new one will be created using various conventions similar to these titles to create a professional feel for the magazine.

The contents of the magazine (such as various page numbers) will be shown down the left side column of the magazine. This will tell the reader the other contents and features of the magazine (such as other film releases, announcements and competitions.)

The centered text below the main image will be the same one used in the poster to create synergy between these different medias. This will be in a medium size font with a different style to the different texts to make it stand out more to the reader.

Finally, puffs and pugs would be used to showcase different features of the magazine on the front page such as various competitions, previews and news about up and coming films, or even articles within the magazine.This would entice the reader to pick up the magazine as they are given small snippets of information to make them want to read more.