Preliminary Task: Contents Page FINAL

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Preliminary Task: Front cover FINAL

Done on photoshop

Preliminary task: Front cover & contents page mock ups

Preliminary task: Conventions diagram

Preliminary task: Cover texual analysis

Denotation
· The first thing we see when we look at the magazine cover is a man in a suite.
· He is clearly staring directly at us.
· He has his hands in his pockets.
· He’s standing with a white background.
Connotation
· When we look at the man, the first thing we notice is that he is in a suite, we don’t know why but we get the point that he clearly wants to look formal.
· From the way he is staring directly at us gives us the idea that he is very serious and that he means business. This is strong non-verbal communication, without us even know who he is and what he wants we can already sense that he’s got a story behind him.
· Although he looks very serious, one thing that makes him seem less threatening is that he has his hands in his pockets. This seems to make him appear slightly less serious and makes him look quite laid back.
· From where he is placed on the front of the cover we know that he is the main story of this magazine, but what the makers of it have done which is really clever is put him on a white background. This makes him stand out so much more then he would if he was against a wall or something. Dressing him in a black suite as well defiantly makes him stand out; the makers want you to notice him.

Mise-En Scene
Costume – Looking at the mans costume like I said before he looks very formal. He’s wearing what seems to be an expensive suite. Something out of the blue is that he is wearing trainers with it, but they look good.
Props – In my selected photo there are no props at all. There is only a man, nothing else.
Setting – The setting in the picture is actually quite basic, all you can see on the front cover is a white background. You can’t work out where it is or anything like that.
Lighting – The lighting in the picture is actually quite basic. There is no bright lights or anything, the lightest part of the cover is his face and that’s not even that bright.
NVC – The cover has a lot of non-verbal communication. For starters from the way the man is standing we can tell he’s quite serious and that there may be a story to why he is standing that way. Also from the way that he is starring at the audience makes him seem even more serious then what he actually is.

Introduction: Movie Poster Textual Analysis

Denotation

• He has a whip in one hand and his fists are clenched.
  



• The markings at the bottom of the poster.



• He wears his clothes loose and undone.
  



• He's also standing in the dark and is at the bottom of the stairs.

Connotation

• The skull behind him must clearly relate to the title.



• The colours seem to make him look like he's somewhere hot or is going to be near heat.



• His clothes make him look old fashioned. He wears them like a hero/main character would.



• From where he is standing at the bottom of the stairs in the dark it looks like he is about to start a adventure or he has either just finished one.



• He clearly seems quite confident with himself from the way he is standing with his arms out and his fists are clenched which may suggest he's aggressive or just ready to fight.

Introduction: Re-Creation of a movie magazine front cover

This was the first time i have ever used photoshop properly. At first i was struggling but then i have a little play with all the tools and took in mind what Mr.Haylock said to use so i tried it out and then i noticed that it wasn't that hard, after a while i got the hang of it and boom i was done. The main tools i used was 'eye dropper tool' and 'Text' but i also used 'Layer style' for that was a big part of correcting the parts that were out of focus and when the layers were a bit wrong. Another tool that came in handy was the 'selection tool'. This was easy for clicking on what i needed to work on very quickly.

The first image is the picture i was given first. The second one is what i created myself, you can clearly see the difference. It's not a work off art but i feel pleased considering its my first turn.

A good thing i learnt here was how the not so important stories around the edge don't get in the way off the main story and image. This is what all big magazines do.