Final Design for Magazine Front Cover

This is my final design for the magazine front cover. With the help of various photoshop tutorials I was able to make this magazine front cover a cut above the rest. I firstly used a 'pull focus' trick where only the axe is in focus and the rest of the picture is slightly blurred. This means that the readers eyes are drawn towards the axe which is the most important part of the picture because it is the killer's weapon.

The second photoshop tutorial I used was to create fake rain. This clever trick fools the reader into thinking the killer is standing in the heavy rain. I wanted to add the weather factor in because it makes the picture more menacing because people know that when it rains in film it normally means something bad is about to happen and this is the message I wish to portray.

The final photoshop tutorial I used was to create a realistic puff. The puff stands out because of its vibrant colours and shades used. Even the words inside the puff have been adjusted so that they sit in the puff creating a 3D effect.

I also downloaded some free fonts from urbanfonts.com, these fonts were carefully selected to enhance the fear factor in the film poster and magazine cover. These fonts will now instantly tell the reader what genre of film it is just by the type of font used. It is messy with parts of the words missing indicating a horror film.

The main sell line 'Why scream if nobody can hear you?' has been slightly angled to give the impression of a demented side to the killer's mind. The font used is the same as the masthead relating to the horror genre.