Front Cover Ideas:
For my A2 project I have to also create a front cover for a magazine, it is a cover for a film magazine, and it will advertise my film. I have come up with several different ideas which I feel relate to my film trailer, and advertise my film trailer.

Idea 1: My first idea for a front cover was to have the woman from my trailer alone on the cover, and it would be a medium shot of her, I would also have her in a wedding dress to reflect the scene of the trailer when he asks her to marry him. It would be a white wedding dress, and I did initially think of having make up running down her face, and black make up all on her cheeks, but then I thought that would give away the story of the trailer and I am hoping to retain some enigma in my trailer, which is a convention of trailers. I then changed my mind and decided not to have her make up down her face, as it would be to obvious, and she would just have normal make up, but would be holding a red rose, which is from a scene on the trailer, when she picks up the rose from the pillow. As I am doing a romcom trailer I want the front cover to reflect the genre of the trailer, so I am going to have cover lines reflecting the genre, and consisting of romcom films, actors who represent the genre of romcom, and some interviews with romcom actors such as Hugh Grant, as he is associated with the genre of romcoms. The other conventions of a film cover such as the title, main cover line, smaller images these will also represent the genre of romcoms to reflect my trailer.

Idea 2: The second idea involves both the man and the woman from the trailer on the front cover, and I think I am going to use the idea of them both on the trailer as it appeals to both men and women, and therefore widens my audience range. I would have them both stood facing each other, and again like my first idea it would be a medium shot of them together. As they're stood face to face I would have him staring at her and holding on to her, almost like he won't let go of her, and I would have her staring straight to camera, with a sad, puzzled face, which would instantly make the readers warm to her, which is what I want as I want the audience to warm to her, and for them to be quite judgemental on him. I would also position her so it looks like she is trying to move away from him, and distance herself from him, so it conveys to the audience that something has happened to make her like this, and I want it to intrigue the audience and make them want to watch the film, and the image also reflects the story of the trailer as something happens in the trailer to make her distant from him, and the image reflects this, and it also retains enigma as it doesn't give away what happened, and it also doesn't give away whether they stay together or split up. For their clothes I am just going to have them in quite normal clothes, but I am going to have him in a red t shirt, representing how he is dangerous to her and their relationship, and it is a convention of film as red is associated with danger.

Idea 3: This idea is similar to idea 2 in that it has the man and woman on the front cover, and it is also a medium shot of the couple. The woman will be facing towards camera and staring straight in the camera, and she will also be holding the rose, which will also be on the film poster, and will be a theme connecting the trailer, poster and cover together, and he will also be facing towards camera behind her, and he will be hugging her and looking at her, and like idea 2 he will be wearing a red shirt, which signifies danger, and how he is dangerous to her. Her pose will also be similar to idea 2 in that she will seem very distant, and almost like she is trying to get away from him, and this image will also retain enigma as it doesn't give away if they're have split up or are still together, which in turn keeps the audience interested in the film.

Cover lines: As my trailer is a romcom I want cover lines that will reflect the genre of the trailer, and will appeal to my target audience of women from around the ages of 18-35. I have come up with some ideas for my front cover such as; an exclusive interview with Jennifer Anniston about her career and love life, and also interviews with Gerard Butler and Hugh Grant, and as these actors are associated with romcoms they're appropriate for the front cover, and also top ten romcoms of the decade, Katherine Heigl discusses new film, and also Patrick Dempsey discusses new film, and these actors are again associated with romcoms, therefore making them suitable.

Masthead/names: I have come up with a few names, that reflect that the magazine is a film magazine;

• Cut
• FilmStop
• FilmTime
• NewFilm
• MotionFilm