Movie Magazine Industry Research

Movie Magazine Cover Analysis

Here I analysed the two covers of the Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1 and Transformers: Age of Extinction, published by Empire Magazine. Empire was the only magazine to do a featured cover on both two films, as the other famous magazine total film did not. This indicates that the magazine company Empire is more outgoing and featuring bigger blockbuster films, and most likely has more readers as the film and production companies have chosen this magazine to feature their films that are about to be released.

Hunger Games:

Transformers:

Movie Magazine Montage- Total Film

Here I created a collage again to compare all the magazine covers, but this time from the magazine film company Total Film. Total film have various different types of movies, unlike empire which try to stick to the one genre, They do tend to have a couple of main genres, but they do show variety in their choices. They include action, horror, science fiction, mystery etc.

Movie Magazine Montage- Empire

Here I made a collage of a various range of magazine covers from the movie magazine Empire. We can see various similarities and differences. Empire like to change it up every so often, but they stick to the main colour of red. We can also see that Empire is drawn towards action and science fiction movies, which must be their target audience, people who are interested in this.

Movie Poster Creation Process

                                          
I researched how to make a movie poster and came across this image. I found it very useful and it is a very easy guide to follow. From researching other posters, I can see various similarities with this poster and I am guessing that they also used this guide. When I am making my own movie poster I will come back and use this image as a guideline for help when I am creating the poster as a little help will make the process a lot easier. Most movie studios would use the software Photoshop or InDesign to create their poster. They are very easy to use and it can help you make amazing changes to your images. Most people believe the hardest part of making a film is actually recording the film and finding actors and actresses to fill the roles and who suit them perfectly. But the graphic part of the process is also extremely hard, as it is the first thing people see along with the trailer. Many people these days see the posters first, so they have to represent the film perfectly, as they are what entice the audience to come see the film.

Hunger Games Movie Posters

Movie Poster Analysis- Transformers 4

Created with Padlet                                                           

Here I used the online software Padlet, of which I had already used in my coursework last year so I had a good grip of how to use it. Here I analysed a movie poster. I broke it down into different pieces, which will help me when it comes to the creation of my movie poster.