When researching the conventions of magazine front covers, I looked at two different kinds of magazines - a mainstream magazine, and an independent magazine.
I did this to see if they shared the same conventions regardless of their target audience. I concluded that all magazine front covers did share the same general conventions such as a masthead that usually appears at the top of the magazine, and cover lines that make references to what will be inside the magazine, but what is done with those conventions usually depends on what style of magazine it is.
Therefore, this research showed me that I need to include these conventions on my magazine cover to make my cover look achievable.
I then looked into the styles of magazines to see which would be the most appropriate for my film to be advertised on.
I then chose that it was most appropriate for my film to be advertised on a independent magazine like Fangoria or Scream, as I wanted my horror/mystery genre to be a low independent film. Once I had decided this, I needed to look into the conventions of independent magazines in terms of font, layout, colour etc.
All this research into the conventions of magazines and the conventions, it helped me put together my magazine front cover.
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