Ancillary 2 - Film magazine front cover

Ancillary 2 - Film magazine front cover

For my second ancillary I chose to create a film magazine front cover,  chose to create this as it is a form of advertising and is also another way in which I can show the genre of my trailer other than the trailer itself. 

After I had created the main style of my poster, with the text, image and also other advertising such as the free poster I had to decide on the font of the magazine title. I was not pleased with this font as it gave the magazine a more sci-fi style, instead of a plain film magazine. I also noticed that the text on the main part of the magazine did not stand out as much as i would like, so I later changed the colour slightly and change other parts to make it stand out more against the background of the foliage.

In an attempt to make the title of the magazine stand out further I added a grey block behind the title in order for it to stand out more and so that it is clear and easily visible to the audience of the magazine. I also changed the font of the title so that it is easier to read and does not look as if it is related to a specific genre, unlike the previous font of text. 

To make my front cover more realistic and authentic I added a price in the bottom right-hand corner. I deleted the grey block behind the title as I thought that it took away too much of the image behind the titles, I also thought that it did not look right and looked out of place. I also deleted the grey block because when looking at examples of real texts, they did not have anything behind the title and the title would be on top of the background. To show the title of the trailer, I added the title and made it look as if it behind the protagonists head to give it a 3D style and make it seem more authentic.

To catch the audience's attention I altered the colour of the 'puff' so that it is brighter and more eye-caching and included the actual style of the title into the text on the right-hand side of the magazine to make it look authentic and to show implant the actual title of the film. 

I added a barcode to make the front cover realistic and official. By adding the barcode it means that if my magazine was a real media text it would be able to be sold commercially and nationally. Having a barcode means that it is quicker to find the price and being able to scan it means that it can be scanned on multiple devices. Barcodes are a simple and inexpensive way of putting a price on a product and keeping information on it.

I decided to change the font and style of the title of the magazine. I decided to do this because when looking at real examples I noticed that the text was stretched out which gave the text more impact