Potential Magazine Layouts

Coupled with the film poster and short film, the magazine review is also one of the important areas which our group has to produce. For the magazine review, by analysing different magazines from some such as Empire and Total Film, our group came up with several areas that our magazine could potentially go in terms of layout and how it will be structured when we finally do it. Below are just some of the layouts that our group came up with which we could potentially use later when creating the final product.

Layout 1

1. Section Title- Here at the top of the page is where the readers will be able to know what section of the magazine they are on, in the case of our groups magazine, ScreenWatch. A possible logo of a star or a cinema screen could possibly be used which has the connotations of being related to a movie star or film and will be the logo for the sections of the magazine. 
2. Image- A shot of the film will be shown here with the image caption found at the top. Possible image our group could include is the shock face of Mark when he sees himself when he has just woke up. 
3. Breakout Box (1 and 2)- Possible information could include some extra information about the cast or about the film itself, such as the actor appearing in the previous film or the directors producing the same work as the thriller film from last year. The second box would be a list of suggestive films to go and see if the genre type is for you. 
4. Headline- A possible headline would be 'Ghost Of a Student's Future' which will be featured in a red colour, bold and have a large font size which sets it apart from the rest of the text with a Sans-Serif font also being used. 
5. Breakout Paragraph- Here will be featured a large font size of a quote from the magazine review which will be in the serif font as it is the main text.
6. Column/Main Text- Here will contain all the relevant information needed for the magazine review there will be only one short column used. However, the potential problem with this is there might not be enough room to fit what we would need.  
7. Graphics- Underneath the actual review would be the graphics of stars which give a rating out of five on how well the movie has performed.
8. Image (2)- The second image would feature another clip of the film with a possible quote talking about the performance of the actor or scene or another quote featured from the magazine review. 
9. Call to Action and Issue Information- Here the standard website for the magazine and the issue information (Issue 543, November 25th, 2013) would be featured. 

This is one layout that our group could possibly use. Conversely, there is also a potential problem of having little space for the actual review of the magazine and for other information. However, as our audience is aimed at teenagers, there is more of a chance of that audience type not wanting to read a lot of information at once but have it simplified. This guidance came from the magazine 'Total Film'.

Layout 2

This is the second layout that our magazine layout could potentially be. In the breakout boxes unlike that of the previous magazine would be more information that has more relevance to the film. The breakout box (2) would feature information such as the director, producers and actors involved in the film. The other boxes would also feature a sample of a short interview with the director and how they came up with the idea to produce the film. However, our group decided not to use this type of magazine layout for one reason: there would be too much information for the audience mode that we are aiming at. As we are aiming for teenagers and not potentially adults and we are not aiming to give a full review of the film this layout was dismissed, due to containing irrelevant information that our target audience would probably not want. From the layout it is clear to see also that there is more information being used rather than images which also sets a more mature, older audience, who are more interested in the actual full information of the film and not a summary of it. 

Layout 3

This is the final layout that our group could potentially use when creating the actual magazine review. Compared to the previous layout which featured a more mature layout containing more information. This layout is a mixture of information and other details about the film itself. The first layout kept the call to action and the issue information all together whilst in this layout they are more spaced out which as a whole can make the information easier to read instead of having it all clustered together. In this layout as well compared to the other layouts there is featured a 'strapline' which can also grab the readers attention, as with all of the others all of the headings will be have a font in Sans-Serif format. The graphics again will feature the logo next to the magazine with the breakout box containing further information about the film.

By looking at all three magaizne layouts our group will choose the first layout due to it being clearer to read and get all the relevant information, whilst also not being too long that it might not bore some of the readers. There are also breakout boxes which might have relevant information which would be of interest to the readers.