As you can see, with the help of my research on film magazine covers, I have been able to incorporate some ideas into the making of my own magazine cover. Take for example the use of the bold heading. I decided to use the blood dripping font on my magazine cover to help give a hint of its genre. I also chose to use the colour white so that it stands out from the dark gloomy background. Overall, I used a colour scheme of white, red and black. I decided not to use bright colours such as yellow, blue and others as this would ruin the spooky horror effect.
From researching, I was able to learn that most magazines placed their text around a main image. This is exactly what I did. Doing this allowed my front cover to have a focal point. In this case my focal point was the hooded figure on the right hand side of my magazine. Placing my text on the left hand side ensured that it didnt get in the way of my image, but still attracted the readers attention with its black on white font.
I also tried attracting my targetted audience by including freebies, dvd's, posters and a competition. As well as this, I made sure that my magazine price was a shocking £2.20. This made it affordable and more likely to be bought by all classes. To make it clear of the price of this magazine, I included a "Half Price" note on the bottom right of my magazine. It was in a bold white font to help attract my audiences attention. With the production of my magazine cover, I have included features that most magazine covers use. I included a barcode, a simple layout, bold texts, an image, website, Heading, information, attractions and a cheap price. All these would hopefully complete my magazine cover and attract my targetted audience.
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