Film Magazine Planning

Here are some examples of existing film magazines:

The common conventions of these magazines are:

• Large masthead, which is usually quite simple and bold to make it eye-catching.
• The main image is normally a large image of the main actor or protagonist of the film featuring in the magazine, the image generally is a portrait of the actors head and shoulders, with them looking straight to camera.
• There's a consistent colour scheme that compliments the main image and links to the film featured, it can be altered to fit with it.
• The headline is mainly centred in the middle of the page towards the bottom and is one of the largest fonts.
• The strapline is either above or below the headline, and gives a bit more information about the main article or film.
• The coverline explains a bit more about the film, and kind of expands on what the strapline says.
• The banner that is normally at the bottom of the page lists what else is featured in the magazine.

Here are some examples of existing mastheads:

They are bold and simple to help make them stand out, and easily identified. Their names are quite short and catchy, and are related to the film industry to help show what the magazine is about.

Here are some possible mastheads for my magazine:

I've tried made them all quite simple so they won't detract attention from the main image, but interesting enough so they will be memorable to the reader. They all have very little colour on them so they could be altered to fit with the colour theme of the front cover of the magazine so it will fit with the main image and theme of the film which will be featured. Also I have tried to make the name of the magazine related to films in some way, to emphasize that it's a magazine about films.  

I got some feedback from people who may read the magazine, about with masthead they thought was the most successful:

Here are some layout sketches to show how the magazine might look: