Drafting and planning/similar products

Here I have show how different magazines I have looked at has helped me create my magazine front cover. As mentioned in previous blog posts, http://lewisglennonmediaa2.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/target-audience.html, my main influence for the cover was the American Gangster front cover which is shown by the way I have laid out the cover lines, as well as given the characters a little description of themselves for the audience to get an insight into the film. I also copied there use of the pug by offering two free posters and placing the posters above the pug, to help me grab my audience eye as they might not be interested in my film, but may be interested in the films that feature on the poster. Also my cover was a replica of the American Gangster cover because I had two characters on the front rather than one, which is a rare thing to happen on movie magazine covers.

The way I got Poezzi to pose was based off of the Sherlock Holmes cover which I also looked at,http://lewisglennonmediaa2.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/similar-products.html. I liked the way how Holmes was holding the gun as well as giving direct address to the audience to show them that the film will feature action and his life may be in danger but he is ready for it, and I replicated this by having Poezzi look at the camera, hold up his gun and also wearing his suit to show how calm he is about Castro's threat. This is also reflected by his ice cold serious expression as it gives away no emotion.

Meanwhile I based Castro's look loosely off on the Inception cover, by having him look away at the camera thus implying to the audience that he is focusing on the bigger picture and as he is holding the gun it is clear that picture is Poezzi. I also copied a general convention of Empire magazine by having a title above the masthead to give the audience an idea of what the main film article is about. I highlighted this by putting the arrow from the Inception line 'The Dark Knight Returns' to mine which is 'Gang Wars' as both this lines will get the audience wondering what the film is about and make them want to read about it thus pulling them in.

Finally I stole the bottom cover line off of the Bourne legacy cover as it allowed me to fill up some free space as well as add in some more cover lines to attract the audience. I liked how it used white colouring and a line to separate the cover lines so used this approach for mine which came out very effectively!