Photograph for my film magazine

 

This is the photograph which I have chosen to use for the front cover of my film magazine. It challenges the conventions of a film magazine front cover in many ways, for example the unconventional framing. I have however done this for a reason, as I want my film to look different to any of the other ones ever featured in the magazine, and I feel my changing the ‘norm’ of what the audience are used to seeing this will catch their eye and make them interested in my product. I have chosen to edit the photograph to make it look scarier by making the shadows darker on Photoshop. I have also added a red gradient map onto the image and used the ‘darken’ layer blend to make a slight but effective change. The final edit I made to the image was to add a ‘dust and scratches’ layer over the top which allowed for a spooky looking image (linking well to my other products). I realised that the title may become more difficult to see because of the darkening of the photograph so I have chosen to include a variety of title colours and styles to see which will work best for my final product.