Analysis magazine covers

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In my blog I am going to be analysing two different magazine covers.

For my first magazine cover I have chosen Empire. In this type of magazine cover you can see that the main focus is in the centre right of the page. It shows a picture of the character Harry Potter with cuts and bruises on his face, this shows the audience that in the next Harry Potter film Harry Potter will be fighting to his death once again.

The main title of this magazine cover is in large red bold writing the type face looks as if it is mirroring the empire state building itself.

In the bottom, left corner you can see I picture of the Wolverine which looks like a scene from the film. On the other corner there is a barcode. This shows you that the reception of this magazine cover is found in supermarkets.

There is text on either side of the main picture telling the audience about the different films that you could read about in the magazine. It also highlights and stars the main film, it also shows you what page you can find the film on. This gives the impact that this film is the magazines best feature and that this magazine will be showing more about Harry Potter than another film.

For my second magazine cover I have chosen Total film This type of magazine cover it is similar to the Empire magazine as the main focus on this magazine is the character Sherlock Holmes. I large writing it shows you the name of the main film that it is showing on this cover. It also shows you in smaller writing underneath the film title a tagline for the movie.

At the very top of the magazine cover it tells you that there are the 10 coolest movies that are being made right now. in the magazine cover Empire it also tells you that they have a massive preview special for the 14 new movie that you need to know about. These two magazine covers are very similar as they have all the same features apart from the title of the magazine cover.

The main title for this magazine cover is in bold capital letters that is placed behind the main picture, where as on the Empire cover the title is placed over the main picture.

This magazine cover have text on either side of its main picture which tells you about the extra, sneaky and the basters that you are able to find when looking inside this magazine.

DVD Sleeve

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When creating my DVD sleeve I used photoshop. Before making my DVD sleeve I needed to find out the measurements from a previous DVD sleeve so that I knew what size to make my template.

Once I measured a previous DVD sleeve I then created my background for my three faces. I did this by using my original picture from my movie poster that I found from Google. To create the background for  the back of my sleeve I used the Rectangular Marquee tool to select the area from the main picture so that I could duplicate the layer. I then rotated the second copy vertically.

Once I finished creating my background for my DVD sleeve I then searched for the different symbols that I needed to put onto my DVD sleeve. For example I needed to put the age certificate onto my sleeve. Before placing the certificate I needed to remove the white background so that it was clear. I did this by using the Magic wand tool, i selected the white background bit by bit to delete it. 

The third thing that I did when creating my DVD sleeve was place the title of my film onto the front and the spine of my sleeve. On the front of my DVD sleeve I have used the original positioning that I have used on my movie poster. When placing my title onto the spine of my sleeve I needed to change the writing to white so that the writing did not disappear within the background. I did this my using the paint brush and painting over it. I then rotated the text and scaled it to size so that I would lie within the spine.

Once I positioned the title of my film I then Placed my main character onto my sleeve. When editing my characters i used the Magic wand tool and selected the white background of my characters. Once I selected the part that I wanted to remove I then Inverted so that it would then remove the background and not the actual picture. Once I had used the Magic wand tool to delete the background I then used the rubber to smoothen the edges and to make sure that I haven't left and parts in the background. 

Once I had finished editing my characters and placed them onto my sleeve I then edited my blurb so that the size and the colour of my blurb didn't become lost in my background so that the audience is able to read it when they turn to the back of my sleeve. I also had to edit the writing of my blurb as I installed the blurb from my colleges learning box. 

Once I finished positioning everything I then wrote out the extra pieces for my DVD sleeve sleeve. I created different shaded boxes from my Special features, the Sound track and for Subtitles that you can get on my DVD. I also wrote out a small description about my film and used the font Futura. 

DVD sleeve proposal

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Proposal for Creative media Production Project.

The working title for my DVD sleeve is You can't run but you Kan hide. In my film there will be two main characters called Ben and Kate who are best friends since primary school. In the film you will find out that Ben has an obsessive crush on Kate. He creates a plan to make sure that Kate will never have a boyfriend ever again. On doing this he takes Kate to an old farm shed in the middle of no where. In my working title I have used the letter K instead of a C in the word can, this is used to create an effect to show how twisted Ben actually is. 

The genre of my DVD sleeve is going to be a stalker horror. The reason why I am going with this genre is because the genre is very creative and I was able to thinking about many different idea that I could do for my DVD sleeve.

My target audience for my DVD sleeve would be within the ages of 15-55. The type of sleeve that I am going to be creating will mostly appeal to people that will have a great thrill for being scared. When creating my DVD sleeve I will be reaching out for the younger audience than the older as they will be around the same ages of the main characters which will give them the effect that this could also happen to them, which will create a scarer effect. 

The storyline for my movie poster is going to be about two college students Ben and Kate. Ben and Kate are best friends and have known each other since they were in primary school. As they grow up Ben's crush for Kate becomes more and more obsessive which sends him out of control and insane. This causes him to become highly jealous of the different boys that will come Kate's way. As he becomes more jealous over these boys, he starts to plot ideas on how he could remove Kate so that he can have her all to him self. Ben takes Kate on a camping trim and ends up taking her to an old farm shed which is full of farm equipment and weapons. 

The style that I am going to used when creating my DVD sleeve will be dark, mysterious, foggy, gritty and which have a cold impact towards the audience. For the background of my DVD sleeve I am going to have an old farm shed that I am going to hight from the rest of my sleeve, to show the audience that this is my main setting and that there will be trouble found within these creepy walls. 

What I am going to be thinking about when creating my DVD sleeve in order to not upset social groups. I will be putting an age restriction of 15. This is so that i swill have no complaints from parents of children that will be under aged to watch such graphic pictures and will be too scared. So that I will not be copyrighting I am going to be taking the pictures myself and create the title myself on Illustration. 

Movie poster

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For my final piece I created a stalker horror movie poster called 'You can't run but you kan hide'. The first thing that I did when creating my movie poster was use illustrator to design the outline for my font for the title and the tag line for my poster. The type face that I started off with was 'Times new roman' when making my outline, then once  I had my format I then went onto 'Type' then chose 'Create outlines' When doing this I am about to stretch the surface of the font and curve it into the way that I think suites the name of my poster by clicking onto the blue points and pulling each one bit by bit. 

Then once I had my font ready to put on to my movie poster I then used photoshop to build everything together. The first step that I made was find a background for my movie poster. For my background I went onto Google images and looked up old farm shed. Once I found the right shed for my movie poster I then scaled it to the size of my canvas. 

The second thing that I did when creating my movie poster was taking and choose the right picture of my main character (Kate).  I unlocked the picture so that I was about to edit it, I did this by using the magic wand tool. Then I selected the parts of the picture that I did not want and deleted it bit my bit. Then once I had removed the background of my character I then scaled her to size of my movie poster so that she did not look too big or too small. I also had to place my character so that she looked as if she was running away from the shed.

What I had my background and my main character in place I then went onto the learning box of my college for my blurb. Once I uploaded my blurb to photoshop I then edited the writing to the characters that are playing in my film and edited the names of the director, editor and the film company. Once I finished editing the writing I had to chose the colour of my text so that it didn't become invisible on my background, i also needed to scale it to size so that It didn't look to big. 

DVD Sleeves analysis

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In my blog I am going to be analysing the different formats for DVD sleeves.

Every dvd sleeve has a purpose, audience , reception and a content. The purpose of the Harry Potter DVD sleeve would be for their target audience to be able to watch the film over and over again. For example if someone has read the books and have seen the film in the cinema they would be a big fan of the films so they might want to by the box set. This type of DVD sleeve is to be used for people who would like to know about about the film before buying their item, it is used as a marketing tool. The audience varies as this film hits every age group for both boys and girls. The age certificate for this DVD sleeve is a 12, it could also be a PG. The reception for this DVD sleeve is supermarkets, rental sores for example Blockbusters. You can can also see this DVD sleeve in holograms, flashes and toys. The contents for the Harry Potter DVD sleeve are movie poster, tag lines, film title, credits, film company, age certificate, blurb, scene pictures, narrative back drop, film captions and a description. 

This is the end DVD sleeve has a purpose, audience, reception and content. The purpose for this DVD sleeve is to package the dvd itself so That it if protected when it is in stores being used as a marketing tool. The target audience for this type of film would be for the ages from 15-35. This film reaches out to people who love comedy and a fantasy world, as it is about the world com,ing to it's end and demands coming above. The reception for this movie poster would be supermarket stores, rental stores and flashes. The content of this movie poster is on two of the faces of this sleeve you see a picture of all the main actors in this film. This movie sleeve also shows the main title 'This is the end' on all three of the faces. It shows the blurb of the film on the back of the sleeve, it also has a small description above the title of the film on the back cover. On the spine of the movie poster it has the logo of the film company and a small print of the DVD logo. At the top of the front cover of the movie sleeve it tells you who is acting in this film.

The film Angus thongs and perfect snogging's DVD sleeve has the purpose of defining the movie as a marketing tool so that their audience and people that have not been able to watch the film in the cinemas to be able to watch over and over again. The audience for this type of movie sleeve would be girls from the ages of 12-25. This film is a stereotypical girl film and the teenage troubles that girls go throw to fit and with look so that boys like them. The reception of this DVD sleeve would be in rental stores like Blockbuster. Also you would be able to film this DVD sleeve in supermarkets or in film magazines. The content of the DVD sleeve is the main picture on the front cover of the sleeve, it shows the main character in the middle of the picture with smaller pictures of her three best friends and the boy she likes on the opposite end with her cat Angus beside her. This movie sleeve as a tag line on the front page with the age certificate on the bottom left corner. In big writing it has the title of the film at the top of the from cover with a kissing print next to it. On the spine of the sleeve it shows the logo of the film company with a small picture underneath of the two main characters. In the centre of the spine it shows you the name of the film and the age certificate of 12 at the bottom. The back cover of the DVD sleeve has a bar code, age certificate, technical information, film company logo and the blurb. It also shows a picture of the main character holding a thong underneath the description of the film with scene shot on the right. In the centre of the page it shows you the special features of the film. 

The difference between DVD sleeves and movie posters are that DVD sleeves have three faces has a movie poster will only have one. On a movie poster it only shows the audience the main feature of the film such as the main picture which would be a link to the film or a picture of the main character of the film. It will also only show the title, blurb, age certificate, film company and tagline, in some movie posters it also shows the names of the main characters.It is also used as a marketing tool so that someone will go and watch the film in the cinemas. In a DVD sleeve it gives the audience more information about the film that you are about to watch. It shows you all of the same thing that a movie poster shows you but also shows you technical information about the film such as how long the film is. It also has a bar code of most DVD sleeves as you will usually find them in superstores and will have to buy it, where as a movie poster you would see them in cinemas for on build boards. 

DVD Sleeves

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