Evaluation - Film poster, magazine cover, DVD sleeve

This is my film magazine cover and it was created in Photoshop. First I looked at other magazine covers like Empire and Total Film. First off I found a background on google, then I went to DaFont to find a font for the title of my magazine. 

I used the photo that I used on the cover of my DVD sleeve and movie poster. 
The thing I like best about my magazine cover is the titles of all films at the bottom, I liked choosing all the different fonts that would be easy to read.
The thing I don't like about my magazine cover is the probably the background. Even though it has a gradient effect already on it, it looks like a backdrop for a window display in a shop. 
I think that the thing apart from the background being improved would be the colour of some of text, as some of it is a little bit hard to read and it conflicts with what is behind it.

This is my DVD sleeve, and it is an adaption of my film poster. Except that the credits bar is on the back of the cover instead of being on the front as it was on the poster. I looked at other DVD sleeves that were similar genre of my film, like DVDs for Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. 
I looked for a font that would be easy to read on the blurb of the DVD sleeve, but I used the same font that I used on the movie poster for the title on the front of the DVD sleeve.
The one thing that I don't like about this poster is the writing at the top on the front cover, I think it just looks too plain and kind of ruins it in a way. I think it needs to be the same font as the title of the film, and also the same colour as I think that it is too bright.
The one thing that I do like about this the 'Special Features' box on the back cover, I like the font of Special Features and also the font of the writing in the box, as I think it looks good and mixes in with the over feel of the sleeve itself.

This is the film poster. The colouring of the person on this has a green colouring to it as on the poster and the magazine cover it has almost a purple colouring. As this was supposed to be a teaser poster I haven't included much on it, which is typical of a teaser poster. With that being said I don't think that this is a good poster at all. The person looks green which is a bad start, and also the title doesn't really grab you as I think that it needs, to be bigger, bolder and brighter so it would capture the audiences attention more. 
The one thing that I do like about this is the background and what the background looks like with the filter that I have applied over the top. 

Survey for magazine cover

SURVEY

DVD Sleeve -

This is the photo for my background of my dvd sleeve. After I uploaded into photoshop, I got the dimensions of a DVD sleeve then fitted the photo to the size of the DVD sleeve.

Magazine covers

These are two covers for Empire magazine when Man of Steel was released this year. The first one with all the writing on was the version that was released in shops and the one with just Superman on is the cover that was released to people who subscribe to the magazine, so its almost like a limited edition.

The first cover is alot descriptive about what is featured in the magazine, such as articles on Iron Man 3, The Lone Ranger, The Wolverine, Thor - The Dark World and Kick-Ass 2. But you can tell that the main article of the magazine is Man of Steel as that is the text that stands out most on the page. Also it has a metal looking effect on the text which matches with the 'Steel' of the title.

Movie Poster

This is the photo that I took for my movie poster. It wasn't all that difficult to remove the background as I thought it might have been.

DVD sleeve - analysis

The DVD sleeve for Lord of the Rings The Two Towers. The DVD sleeve itself is an adaptation of the film poster.
The colours of the poster seem to run the same throughout, they match with the colours on the back of the DVD sleeve and nothing looks out of place. The colours are very muted throughout the sleeve , there aren't really bright colours, but it comes across as eye catching when you look at it.
The blurb of the back of the DVD sleeve gives a description of who the film is made by and what awards the film has been nominated for and what it has won and also who its directed by, Peter Jackson. And then it goes on to list who is starring in the film, and also who is starring in the film written in the credits bar at the bottom on the sleeve.

This is the movie poster and the DVD sleeve for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, as you can see the DVD sleeve is an adaptation of the movie poster. The colours throughout this are very earthy as the film itself is dark and with the tagline on the movie poster being "something evil has returned to Hogwarts" its mixes and shows that something evil/scary is going to be in the film. Also in the movie poster Dobby the Elf is a lot more hidden than he is the DVD sleeve and it looks as if he is the 'something evil'. The colour of the font against the background makes it really stand out and makes it looks very eye-catching for the audience. The blurb on the back of the DVD sleeve gives a description of what the film is and who is in the film and what the audience are expected to see. It then goes on to list who is in the film and what languages you can watch the film in.

DVD sleeves

Audience

Children
Adults
Teenagers

Its has to make people who didn't seen the film at the cinemas buy the DVD.
DVDs are usually cheaper than going to the cinema.
For people who don't like going to the cinema.

Reception

Where it will be sold - in supermarkets.
Video stores, rental stores - Blockbuster.

Content

Reviews and ratings - 'DailyMail *****'
More information and space than a movie poster.
Narrative/adapted film poster.
flashes - 'extra content included'. 
Leaflets on the inside advertising memorabilia/props/toys.
Actors name and people in the film on the cover of the DVD.
BBFC age certificate.
3D covers on the cover of the DVD.
Blurb on the back - more information than on a poster - a short synopsis.
Holographic limited edition sleeves
Tagline.
Barcode.