Ancillary text ideas ad research

One of our ancillary tasks is to produce a film magazine front cover featuring out film trailer. I have looked and researched film magazines to find out what they consist of and what you would typically find in them.

Sky

One film magazine i have looked at is the 'Skymovies' magazine which people who have sky and skymovies will recieve each month.

• There are different sections to the magazine
• Consists of the months premieres so which films are being shown for the first time within the month.
• Has news about new films that are being released
• Film reviews
• competitions
• Has different sections for different genre's eg: Comedy, Action/thriller, Family, Drama, Sci-Fi/ Horror, Classics, Modern greats and Indie.
• The front cover of the magazine is themed for the season/ time of year, the most recent 'Skymovies' magazine (christmas 2009) has a christmas theme.
• There is a dark backround with lighter writing on it, eg: dark blue background and light blue/white writing on it.
• This front coverhas the website on the front aswell 'www.skymovies.com
• Has the date and the issue number 
• has some infomation on thr front cover as to what is included in the magazine and has some big star names.
• The cast from madagasca on the front, they are well know so a lot of people will be able to relate to it.

Another magazine i have looked at is the sky magazine.

• This magazine consists of the same things that the skymovies magazine consists of.
• The front cover has the same colour pattern, its a black background with stars (due to the theme of christmas) with white writing over the top of it.
• 'sky' is in different writing, the font is large and bold, in a different colour to the rest of the writing.
• again its telling the reader what is inside the magazine, trying to attract the reader to read more of it.
• Also the person in the front cover is Daniel Craig, who is a well known actor which could also be attracting the reader to read more and watch the films that are being advertised inside the magazine.

Empire.

•  Again this film magazine features a character from a film and is most likely trying to promote the film.
• The writing on the 'Empire' film magazines is most of the time in the same font however it may be a different colour depending on what the film is actually featuring, this magazine is a prime example. There is a photo of 'Iron Man' on the front and he is obviously very powerful and strong therefore the text on the front cover of this magazine has been altered to make is stand out and make it fit in well with the theme of 'Iron Man'. The writing has a glow effect on it which also links in with the glow light which is in the middle of his body.
• The magazine front cover has things such as ' The ultimate review of 2009' which is bound to attract a reader.
• Likemost magazines, it has the date, and cost in the top left hand corner, which is typical for any magazine whether it is film or not.
• The front cover includes a tag line for the film 'Iron Man' whih is 'new suit. new enemies. same attitude'
• After that it also says 'THREE AMAZING EXCLUSIVES' which is also put in to attract a reader as the magazine front cover is telling the reader what else is in the magazine itself.
• The colours of the film front cover are dark and powerful which again will link in with the theme of  it 'Iron Man'

Poster

Codes and Conventions of these posters

• The colours-used are usually the main primary colours and black- red connotes blood and death, blue or yellow tint is a common convention of horror films so it is obviously transferred to a poster so an audience can indentify this with the film, yellow is used as its a striking juxtapostion to blue and black and creates versimilartude to low lighting such as lampsots which as well as being a common convention of most horror film also helps the audience to relate more as they can moe easily put themselves in those position ie 'closer to home the scaryer'
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  The text-usually serif text to connotes sharp and phalic objects such as murder weapons like the most common;knife, even going back to the most basic instinct of a predators sharp teeth.
  
• Central protagonist-sometimes used as central image but never clear, the image is always covered up in some way. The most common images used are single striking images or a significant scene from the film each of which is used to entise the audience further; to want to find out this significance and the plot of whats going to happen.
  
• The use of phalic objects is common in horror posters.
  
• The male gaze-is commonly used to help sell horror films by including females in the poster usually provocativley showing skin in some way.