cut outs of magazine covers.

Here are some cut outs i have found from magazines that i'd want to incorporate into my magazine cover.

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film magazine cover questionnaire.

This is a questionnaire that is more specific to asking people what they would see on the front cover of a magazine promoting a thriller film. I will after posting this go and ask 20 people and then post the results.

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film magazine cover.

I have come up with some ideas that i would like to include on the front cover of my film magazine, to promote my film (well, the trailer), that i am making.
These include:

• free posters (one of which will be my actual film poster)
• interview with top director
• reviews of latest films
• top 10 films of all time (judged by readers)
• pictures of film festivals
• sneak preview of new film in the making
• lead actress ditches the dirt on new film (my film)

questionnaire for film trailer.

This questionnaire asks about what i should include in my trailer. I will ask 20 people and take their comments in to consideration when planning and constructing my trailer.

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I am going to ask people this questionnaire a little later on in my reasearch and planning, first i am going to plan and produce both my magazine cover, and my poster.

This is Total Film promoting Sherlock Holmes on the front cover. The background seems to be of an actual place, but it looks as though it is very foggy as you cannot see most of it, it just looks like a shady blue colour. The writing talking about the film is on the picture and is right in the centre of the cover. The colour of all the writing is either blue, white or black so they aren't very strong, bold colours. The main feature of this cover is the picture, that is what will get the attention of the readers.

This magazine cover is promoting the film X-Men. The image is bang in the centre of the cover, and it almost looks as if he is coming out of the page because the writing is almost behind the image. The magazine is obviously so well known that the picture is able to cover up part of the title.
The background colouring is really bold and grabs your attention, the colour could be considered quite creepy looking, so you know a bit about the film genre from this. The words 'X-Men' and 'Wolverine' are either in big font, or are positioned at the top of the magazine so you read it first. This is going to help promote the film.

This film trailer is for Hannibal, a man who eats his victims. In this film he is in hiding, and throughout the trailer you only see him for a few seconds each time, a lot of the time he is out of focus or hiding behind something. His true self is left a mystery, making the audience want to watch the film to properly see him. It starts with the female character (Clarisse) talking, and she basically explains that he is wanted by the FBI and has killed 14 people that they know of. Writing appears during this, it first says "his genius undeniable", then.."his evil unspeakable" then as Clarisse answers the phone to Hannibal, writing says "his name..Hannibal" right at the point where we hear his voice. There are then snippets of shots from the film and you see the gradual build up to trying to find him. More writing appears, this time in smaller font saying "how long can a man stay silent" we then see sped up images of action as the music intensifies, then writing says "before he returns". Then there is more action and the writing continues to say "to the thing he does best". With a final quick shot of Hannibal you see in writing the award winning Anthony Hopkins and award nominee Julianne Moore, it then says "in a Ridely Scott film" and finally you see the title again Hannibal. This means the name will stick in your head to make sure you go and watch it. Then right at the end is the date of release so you now know when to go watch it.