Film Poster And Magazine Font Cover Mock Ups

Before we are able to create our film poster and magazine cover we have to create mock ups so that this allows us to gather an idea of what we want our finished product to look like, and also by doing this we are plan ahead by avoiding as many problems as we can.

we decided to put a background on our film poster which is unconventional. we decided to do this so that the poster wasn't too plain, although plain backgrounds are often used we wanted to use a background that you would look at and think about as it is unconventional. the idea of our poster was to include a parody, so that the poster links in well with our film. these characters are the main characters and are imitating Jack And Rose from titanic, which is the scene where jack draws a picture of rose naked. but instead the male character Buddy is drawing a cartoon character instead. We also decided to put the title in red as it emphasises the romance in the film.

for our magazine cover we decided not to use a real magazine name and to instead create our own. we decided to call ours Movie Reel. We chose this as we wanted to create a name that had the added comedy which it had in the film. the colour scheme that was chosen was red white and blue to symbolise the american theme of red white and blue. the centeral image we chose to use was the two main characters in a romantic hold. to symbolise the romance in our film. as well as our film we included our other groups film titles so that our magazine looks realistic as film magazines often advertise other films.

Film Magazine Research

As part of our coursework we need to create a film magazine front cover. As part of the research for the film magazine we looked at film magazines such as "Total Film" and "Empire" as these are two of the most popular film magazines today, also the layout of these magazine front covers are interesting and attract a lot of attention for the films.

Total film magazine uses the conventional elements to create a layout which is relevent to the new film releases coming out. this film magazine cover shows this by having the magazine title like the different sets in the film inception. As well as this the background is also the same as part of the film in inception. by having Leonardo Decapro in the middle of the film magazine it also attracts the reader to the new film that is being released.

Empire is one of the biggest film magazines that is around, the large image of megan fox also makes the magazine cover stand out as the image is large and contrasts with the simple background. The magazine title is also big and bold so it is easy to establish what the magazine is called. This film magazine also has the conventional layout where it reveals the information about new films that are being released. Also for our film magazine we decided to use the colour scheme of red blue and white for our film magazine as we believe it represents the romcom element of our film.

Distributer

When finishing our research for our coursework, we knew we needed to choose a distributer, as we wanted to create an american film production, it would need to be an american film distributer. when researching other films that had the same spoof comedy elements we wanted in our films such as "juno" or "napoleon dynamite" we decided to look at these films distributers.
this then led us to the distributer Fox Searchlight pictures, this distributer has also distributed films such as "little miss sunshine" and "happy feet". we then decided that this would be our distributer as we want our film to experience the same amount of fame as films this distributer has given them.
when deciding whether to have an american distributer or a british one it became apparent that the decision to have an american distributer was because of the typical american storyline as well as the genre of spoof films and romcoms, we thought that if these types of films were american productions it is more appropriate for us to have an american distributer. As well as this it is a lot harder for a british film to break into the market so it would need american funding.

Target Audience And Age Rating

The chosen age rating for our film is 15, as a group we decided this would be our age rating as we are able to use adult humour with out offending younger audience members, by having an age rating of 15 we are able to reach a broad audience by not making our film for a specific niche audience.

The target audience that has been chosen for our group is between 15-35, by having this age rating we are able to make the spoof comedy element attract to this age range. Also we feel that this age range will appreciate the film more then any other. We have not selected a preferred gender for our film as we feel that our film will be suitable for both genders as the spoof comedy element will appeal to the male gender and the romantic side will appeal to the female gender. As well as this by making our film an american production we are aiming to attract american and a british audience so that it will appeal to both as the american characters but british romcom format allows us to do this. we looked at films to inspire us for our film and the films we liked were bridget jones and juno. these films also have an age certificate of 15.