Reel Magazine In Depth.

When creating "Reel" magazine it was important to follow research and conventions. To attain the information we needed we set about studying existing film magazines, and creating a questionnaire. The results of which can be found on the blog.

We began by selecting an appropriate name, we decided on "Reel" as it boosts strong film connotations and is a play on words with the word "real"

By placing the mast head in the top left, we place it in the terminal area. The mast had itself is designed to attract viewers, the bold red block that surrounds the name "Reel" draws the eye and therefore entices the audience into wanting to read the magazine. The pure and innocent white of the "Reel" name is a good juxtaposition against the angry and loud red. Placing the mast head in this position is a similar technique to "Sigh And Sound Magazine" We followed conventions by placing the pricing and date close to the masthead.

After the viewer has read the masthead their eye travels across the top of the main image following the "Line of The Eye" convention to the articles section. Here however we broke conventions, on our research magazines we often see the articles placed on the left hand side of the page as it is the dominant side, and therefore gets the most attention, this is particularly viewable in "Empire"

We broke conventions here as it was necessary to make the magazine work well as a whole cover, placing the articles in the left, although conventional would have made the cover look cluttered as they would have collided with our image. It was important to consider aesthetics when creating the magazine, so the page would not be confusing and the viewer would be more convinced to read it. The colours of the articles are however conventional, we see on many magazines yellow being used to highlight article header. The white colour of the articles themselves stands out against the black background and works really well.

As the line of the eye continues down across the page heading over the face of the main focus of the magazine (This is backed up by the main story) The main character from "Red Room" occupies the POA and is lit in high key lighting. This was done so to make use of the main point of the magazine which will draw the audience in above all else. The high key lighting on the characters face stands out against the low key lighting in the rest of the image. And the avoids the gaze of the audience, as dyers theory states, he is masculine and does not want to be objectified, again this is conventional.

As the line of the eye continues into the left hand corner the audience sees another article employing the same technique as before yellow heading, white article. This time we chose to employ the use of the "exclusive interview" line, this is seen in many magazines and articles around the world, it is shown as a sign of prestige as the magazine can get an "Exclusive" interview, this prestige will help attract and audience and coupled with the excitement readers will get at the idea of reading an interview they can read nowhere else, its a potent sales formula.

The readers eye is now on the main article of the page the "Red Room" story, and its sub heading "Piper Has No Escape" It is conventional to place the main story heading here, as its the last thing the audience views, and therefore the thing they most remember. The fonts and colours we used, all kept continuity between our other products including the poster and film.

To create the Magazine we used Microsoft Publisher, and captured our main image, using an Olympus HD Camera.