Film Magazine Planning

After looking at a few front covers of my chosen magazine, Little White Lies, I have come up with a roughly sketched plan for my front cover.

Film Magazine Research

When looking into what movie magazine to use to feature my own film in my ancillary products, I tried to steer away from mainstream film magazines such as Total Film magazine, and Empire magazine. I wanted to find a magazine which featured more independent films. I came across Sight and Sound magazine which focuses a lot of the directors of films, however it wasn't what I was looking for. Then I came across the magazine Little White Lies. Little White Lies is an independent film magazine, that also features illustration, and photography that is related to cinema. As the footage featured in my film is quite artistically thought about, I thought that this magazine would be suitable to use within my ancillary products.

Generally the layout of the front cover is generally the same, the only thing that changes with each new issue is the image and the text and font featured. The image featured on the front cover is possibly the most important part of the page. This image is always an illustration of the main character of the feature film, and this image portrays to possible readers what type of magazine Little White Lies is.

Here is a close look at the front cover of the This Is England edition of Little White Lies. (Click on the image to enlarge)

Here is a powerpoint presentation looking at another of Little White Lies magazine front covers.

Little White Lies Front Cover Analysis

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STEEL TONGS!!

I have come across the font called "steel tongs" which is used within film posters for the credit blocks. I have downloaded and I am considering using it within my own film poster which is currently being produced.

Making a start on my film poster...

Whilst filming, there was a particular shot that inspired my plans for my poster, so I took a photo of this to remind me. This turned out to be quite a good quality shot so I drew up a rough plan of what I wanted my film poster to look like.

I started editing it today, and after finding a font I like and that I think is suitable for my particular genre, I have been able to add a bit of text also.

Here is my first go...

I cropped the image so that there is a white strip along the top and the bottom, giving a bit of individuality compared to other film posters. I then added a black and white layer, tampered with brightness and contrast, and then added a blur. I then removed the blur slightly around the silhouette of the main character so that your focus is drawn to that part of the image. I then added the title of my film to the part of the image I want to put it, to see how it looks.

I am very happy with how this is looking so far as I have achieved the look I was aiming for.

Change in font

After producing a few titles in the font I chose, (see earlier post) I have decided to look for another font to use and I'm not completely happy with it. I found that the font I was using, Ubahn, was overly simple. I still want to use a simple font, but I would like it to be recognisable to those watching the trailer.

I have a found a few more fonts, including;

This font called "Fragment Core" is still simple, but has more of a recognisable edge to it. However it is still not the kind of font I'm looking for...

I then finally came across a font called 'Cicle'...

I have chosen this font as the one I will use for my intertitles and most probably my ancillary products as well so that I have a running similarity through out all of the products.

I like this font as it is simple, however has a certain individual edge to it. Another reason why I chose this font, is that there are three

different types creating a variety within the font...

NEW target audience

Now that the genre of my film change has taken a drastic turn from originally planned, the audience demographic has changed alongside it.

Due to the storyline being about the youth of today, it may attract a younger urban audience, particular teenagers. This is due to the fact that the film deals with issues that are found amongst the younger generation of modern times.

However, I believe the main will not be of a typical age. It will attract people that go to see films for the producer, rather than going to watch action packed hollywood films.

Editing has begun

I have started editing my footage together using Final Cut Express, which I haven't had much experience with in the past. Progress is slowly but surely coming, and I have managed to edited some of my main footage for the trailer with filters and different transitions.