Magazine Research Schedule

Kerrang Contents Page follows certain design conventions to appeal to the heavy rock fan. Comment on the language, images, font and language used to appeal to the target audience.

Task A Deconstruct a front cover. Label the conventions and explain how they are used to match the genre and suit the target audience. Deconstruct a double-page spread. Deconstruct a contents page. Task B Consider the colour palette being used by the magazine and comment on what impact this will have on the target audience. How will this change your design decision when creating your own magazine. Task C Consider the fonts being used. Comment on their design and how they reflect anything about the magazine’s style. Again, how will this change your design decisions.

Evaluation Questions

Your evaluation needs to be as detailed as possible and have no more than 14 slides.

Write about the specific design choices you made.

• Why did you use the colours you used?
• Why did you place the text where it is? Discuss the title, credits, review information etc.
• Why did you place the image where it is?

What choices did you have with regard to the background?

How can we (the audience) tell this poster is for a teen action/fantasy film?

What are the strengths and weaknesses of your work?

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Year 10 Schedule

Tuesday 21st
Begin creating the photoshop version of your film poster

Homework: Take photos for your poster or organise your props and bring them into college to take your photo tomorrow. Remember to think carefully about how you frame your image for effect.

Wednesday 22nd
Use photoshop to manipulate your image and begin creating your final poster.

Thursday 23rd
Continue completing your final poster.

Friday 24th
Finish your final film poster.

Ideas, ideas, ideas.

Getting creative with production

Design a film poster for an original film idea. Your film has to be an action/fantasy film to appeal to a teenage target audience.

Poster conventions

What do I need to include on my film poster?

•An eye-catching image or images – often related to characters and the stars in the film or the setting of the film

•The title of the film – carefully constructed in terms of font, colour, size and placement. The title has to suggest the film genre

•A tagline for the film – catchy slogan offering a clue to the genre and main content of the film

•The names of key people connected to the film

•Endorsements from other media productions

•Details of any nominations of awards

•The production blurb – information in tiny print that lists the production and distribution companies

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