Film Magazine Title Ideas

1. Action! 2
2. Acting Up 5
3. The Reel 2
4. Wrap Magazine 1
5. Guild 0
6. FWM (Film Watcher's Magazine) 0
7. The Lights 0

Out of these 7 Ideas I asked 10 different people which title they liked the best. Next to the name of the magazine is the number of votes they got. There was no real planning as to which people I asked.

Overall, the most popular choice was option 2, "Acting Up" which will now be the name of my film magazine.

Colours Code (Main and Ancillery Tasks)

Red is a colour that represents danger, as well as blood, fire and war. The colour red normally influences people to make drastic decisions. Also, Red is a very emotionally intense color. In advertising, red is often used to evoke erotic feelings (red lips, red nails, red-light districts, etc). Red is widely used to indicate danger (high voltage signs, traffic lights).

Black is a mysterious colour associated with fear and the unknown (black holes). Black denotes strength and authority; it is considered to be a very formal, elegant, and prestigious color (black tie, black Mercedes).

Blue is the colour of the sky and sea. Blue is strongly associated with tranquility and calmness. Blue is used to suggest precision when promoting high-tech products. Blue is also a very masculine colour.


Green is the colour of nature. Green has strong emotional correspondence with safety. Dark green is also commonly associated with money. Green has great healing power. Green suggests stability and endurance.

Purple is associated with royalty, wisdom, dignity, independence, creativity, mystery, and magic. As purple is an attractive colour, it would be a good colour to appeal to a younger audience.


Orange represents enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, attraction, success, encouragement, and stimulation. As a citrus colour, orange is associated with healthy food and stimulates appetite. Orange is the color of Autumn and harvest.


White means safety, purity, and cleanliness. White can represent a successful beginning. In heraldry, white depicts faith and purity.

Yellow is the colour of sunshine. Yellow is often associated with food. In heraldry, yellow indicates honor and loyalty. Yellow is used to evoke pleasant, cheerful feelings.



When looking at the different colours and their meanings and symbolism, i have chosen to incorporate the colours red and black mainly in my tasks for things like font and drawn pictures. This is because red represent the colour of blood and horror, which relates to the genre of my film, and black represents mystery and the unknown. Also relating to my genre.

Fonts

The font I will use will be on all of the media texts I create to keep a sense of continuity and keep the texts related.

These are some of the fonts I have looked at...

This font would relate with the "slasher" feel of my film, as it is a film about a murderer, but the two crosses in the "o"s give it to much of an urban and graffiti feel, which doesn't relate with my film trailer.

This font fits perfectly with what I am trying to get out of my film trailer. The font seemingly looks like blood splatters which relates greatly with my trailer.

This font is also good. The font suggests creepiness and fear, but to some degree also suggests fantasy, which doesn't have any aspect in my film at all.

This font would be considered to Gothic for the theme of my film trailer, so I will not use this one.

This font looks like it is camouflaged, which when related to the setting of my trailer, would fit perfectly.

This font doesn't really relate to my film trailer at all, apart from the fact that it looks like it has been scratched suggesting desperation.

This font has to much of a futuristic feel to it, so this font will not be used.

Overall, I have decided to use font two on this list, and will be placed in my actual trailer and on both my film poster and film magazine front cover.

Movie Magazine Frontcover Example 2

This is a popular film magazine named "Total Film" Featuring the main protagonist from the first half of the 7th Harry Potter film. The film backs up its popularity by putting on the front page "The World's Best Movie Reviews" showing that the magazine must be well known to be able to clame that title. Around the magazine front cover we see bolts of lightning, which relates to the film on the front cover. The bolts of lightning suggest darkness, which the film indeed does portray. Furthermore, the background is read which is the colour of blood and danger, another 2 things which the film does portray.The modle is stood in an aggressive stance which helps indicate that he is one of the main protagonists the the audiance.

Movie Magazine Front Cover 1

This is the frontcover of the popular film magazine Empire featuring the antagonist The Joker from the 2008 film The Dark Knight. We know that this is a popular film magazine due to the fact that the image is overlapping with the title of the magazine, showing that the magazine is so well known that the full title of the magazine isn't even needed. The main headline is written as if the letters have been cut out of a newspaper or magazine, which relates with The Joker as that is how he sends messages in the film. Furthermore, the caption which says "He's a cold blooded, mass murdering clown!" The magazine relates will the clown idea by using bright colours such as green and purple, which contrasts with the black background, despite darkness being a convention of the film.

The magazine also follows other common conventions of a magazine, for example smaller headlines to show what is in the magazine, the barcoad, the date and the price.

Movie Poster Example 3

This is a poster for the horror film 28 Days Later, which is about an virus epidemic which sweeps through England. The poster indicated that the film is about a virus due to the virus sign behind the title of the film. This symbol is known worldwide, which is a clear indication of the films contents. The background of the poster is purely red, and since red is the colour of blood and danger, it helps show to the audience that the film is going to contain graphic scenes. Furthermore, the background of the image shows Big Ben, which is an icon of the city of London, suggesting that one of the film's locations is London. Also, in the image it shows a lone man walking, suggesting the isolation that the man must be feeling throughout the film. Furthermore, the image looks scratched, which suggests a graphite like look. This shows that the film's mood isn't going to be a good mood. The title of the film is written in white font, which contrasts with the film, as the colour white represents godliness and peace, something which the film does not portray. Furthermore, the films slogan "The Days Are Numbered" relates back to the name of the film, and suggests that the end of the world is near.

Movie Poster Example 2

This is a poster for the phycalogical horror film The Grudge. As it is a horror poster, lots of dark images are expected in horror film posters, and this film follows this convention. The main focus of the poster in a extream close up on the eye of the main antagonist in the film. The fact that her hair is in front of her adds mystery, leaving plenty to be unknown when someone goes and sees the film. The title of the film is written in red font. Red is the colour of blood and danger, suggesting that the film contains just that. The slogon "It never forgives. It never forgets" also helps add mystery. This is because the poster refares to the antagonist as "it" suggesting that no one knows what "it" is, despite "it" having a female apperance. Related to this, the poster shows a female antagonist which goes against the convention that the antagonist is normally a male.

Movie Poster Example 1

This is the official poster for the film Transformers. The main focus of the poster is the image, depicting the antagonist Megatron and the three protagonists, Optimus Prime,  Sam Witwicky and Mikaela Banes. This is backed up with the slogan "Their war, our world". This is portrayed visually by the beams of light encasing the two humans, suggesting that they are trapping in a war that they shouldn't be involved in. This light also shows the divide between good and bad, the protagonist on one side, the antagonist on the other. Furthermore in the background of the picture one of the main locations on the film is shown, which is New York. The image also suggests that there is an emotional bond between two of the characters, enticing the audience to go see the film to see if they stay together. The font of the film title is created to look mechanical, sticking to the theme of giant fighting robots. The poster also sticks with basic conventions of film trailer posters, giving credit to the people and organisations which helped create the film.