Magazine front cover

I researched a number of film magazine front covers. For example I looked at 'Empire', 'SFX' and 'Total Film'. From researching these magazine front covers i noticed that alot of them include one main image with writing and sometimes a few smaller images. The title of the magazines is usually bold and easily noticed.

These are examples of my own magazine front cover...

The software that I used to create my magazine front cover was 'Macromedia Fireworks'. Using this software proved to be very useful because i have used this software many times before and therefore i already knew what the tools do and how to use them. For example, i used the 'magic wand ' tool; this tool allowed me to eliminate any background on certain pictures. When i created the magazine front cover with the 'Empire' logo at the top, i had to use the magic wand tool to delete the black background that was on the picture when i downloaded it.

The images that are on the bottom of my magazine front covers are all the same. I have included these images because they are of recent movies that are out now or that are coming out soon, such as, 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1'. I chose to use this film for my magazine front cover because it is a very popular film and it is also easily recognizable.

Another film that I included on the front cover of my magazine is the new 'Tron Legacy' movie. I included this because it will also be a very popular movie when it is released and will be recognizable.

One feature that i have included on my magazine is 'All time christmas films'. I have used this because it is the type of feature that film magazines would have on their front pages. I also created this feature because it is christmas time so fits with the time of year.