Final Magazine Cover

I constructed this cover using photo shop, the same programme I used to construct my film poster, to include layers, helping to follow the conventions of a magazine cover by creating a scene from the film.

The only real image I used was the silhouette of my protagonist, Hayley. I used a clear background to help when it came to photo shop to cut her out of the image and create a false background.

 I would have preferred to use some lighting to make her stand out and use the reflection which would have come off the background but it was limited due to the flash on the digital camera and lack of natural lighting.

 After using Audience feedback on various backgrounds, I decided to go with a textured back ground with images from the trailer which were used on the stalker wall, to create a wall of memories to be in Hayley's eye line. Altering the scale, rotation and skew, I managed to create a wall of images. I would have preferred a different background to make the cover seem more realistic and vibrant to stand out amongst the other competition on the market but there was a limited selection to create the surreal surroundings I wanted. This also used cross media, using images from the primary task in one of the ancillary tasks.

From Research, I found that the audience responded to my final cover rather than the mock cover I created. I wanted to incorporate their opinion in every element of construction so I could get a preferred denotation from the intended target audience. These elements included; layout, font (above) images used, titles and price.