Magazine Cover

For the moment, this is my finished magazine cover. I like the pose of the actress as it looks as if she is coming out of the page towards the reader. I have stuck to the three colour rule, using only different shades of those colours. Changing the photo to black and white makes it look like a screen shot from the film, which is what Empire film magazine did on their covers. I have also included teasers about the main article and other articles within the magazine. To catch the audiences eye further, i included competition teasers. I think the red glow behind the title on the black background brings the magazine toegther and makes it stand out. I also like the way the actresses hand is lit up in the fore ground with the gun in her hand symbolising it is an important theme in the film.

After a review from my teacher and class mates, i need to make a few adjustments to the final cover. The main comment was that the character looks flat and so i need to add a shadow to make her stand out from the page, and also the text needs to blend in more, which i could do with adding the same text behind in another colour to create a shadow. These are the adjustments i will make and then i will show it again for another review. I also realised that i need to spell the word Trilby correctly, as I did not see this mistake when i looked at. Which is also why a second opinion is helpful.