Final Process of Magazine

This my final process of creating my magazine. As you can see, I have changed the puff description to "The Complete Craven!" and I have described what is included in the Craven collection from his oldest to his newest. I have made the tag "A Chilling Exclusive" a bit smaller as I felt it was taking up too much room and the tags are usually smaller anyway. I have included a pull as well in the form of a tombstone which goes with the theme of the magazine. There are also two other features that are included in the magazine in the bottom third and the barcode and website.

Process of Magazine- Two

Here, I have added a puff stating "A Complete Guide To Wes Craven" which would entice readers because Wes Craven is an established horror writer and director. I have added a top line entitled "The Horror Issue" which means the magazine is dedicated to horrors that have been released over many decades and their effect on the film industry. "A Chilling Exclusive" is the tag which again would entice consumers who want to see more of the much-anticipated film. The final thing I did was to put the date and price in the middle of the 'M' in Empire. This is featured in every Empire masthead. 

Process of Magazine- One

This is the first thing I have done. I have copied the Empire logo so my magazine looks more professional and I have used a photo that I have taken previously. I plan to surround the image with text using a colour scheme consisting of grey, white and red. I have partially covered the masthead because I know that Empire is an established magazine brand and a lot of the time Empire has its masthead covered. Here are a couple of examples:

Asylum Trailer

Influence for Poster Design

The influence for my poster came from a few different sources. The main inspiration, however, was the first Saw movie poster, which I analysed a few months ago. I really liked the effective simplicity of it and the gruesomeness which it embodied. As it is a horror poster, it should have something edgy and controversial on it. This poster had a severed foot on it. It suggests that this could happen in the film but does not give anything away. It also has a saw blade running across the top which makes an allusion to the name of the film itself. The cast doesn't run along the top of the poster, it is only in the billing block. This is what I've done in my poster.

Another influence of the psychological thriller film "The Eye." Again, this sticks with a simplistic style. However, it is not as gritty and grotesque as the Saw poster. It uses the same off-white background which seems slightly unnerving considering it is not pure white. This is because things seem uneasy and wrong so it doesn't put you in a state of relaxation like pure white does. 

My Poster

Poster Mock-Up