Magazine cover flat plan

I created a rough flat plan from my skectch using the Sucker Punch edition of Empire as a guide on the magazines style and layout, using this example in particular due to its similarities of our group dynamic, defensive armed stances plus young and dark themes.

Empire examples of group shots

These when proposing our idea to media teachers they felt group shots on magazine covers were unconventional so we went onto do further research in order to find some examples to show our ideas fit real Empire conventions and gain inspiration as to exactly how group shots could be displayed.

Planning group cover photo

We decided since our trailer and film is based around a group of main characters our magazine cover should reflect this. This shows our final girl doesn't stand alone in her fight but also bears the question 'who will survive?' 

I have drawn this sketch as a portrayal of my groups ideas and a plan for when we take the photo

Empire examples of armed actors

Here are examples of real Empire magazine covers which also feature actors armed and in defensive stances. This research can help inspire the image type of cover image we are looking for.

 

Planning magazine cover photo

We were aiming for an image that showed our actor in a defensive or scared pose as this suggests she is scared for or fighting for her life.
 

Empire magazine

My group and I have chosen Empire as the film magazine our horror trailer will feature on the cover of, Empire is a well established and popular magazine giving cover pages to some of the best  and latest films.  Having done some initial research into the magazine's covers, I think this will be perfect for our horror as they feature some of the biggest blockbusters in creative and attractive ways unique to the film.

Original magazine cover image

Originally we had planned to use an image of our antagonist; the Taker on our magazine cover however after researching film magazine covers featuring horrors (particularly empire) we came to the conclusion that it was unconventional to feature a horror villain, when looking back at our early research into horror films we recalled that it was vital for the antagonist to remain hidden and mysterious. Featuring and interviewing the actor would mean giving away an important factor in our narrative.

Now we are considering using our main characters for the exclusive featuring on our magazine cover.