I have decided to make a horror film teaser trailer. The working title so far is "Your Time Is Up".

Here are the Storyboards.

Magazine Research

Here is a Magazine Cover from Empire Magazine. The Cover shows the main character's face under attack by a robot hand. This shows the science fiction theme of the film and the threat that is on the main character. The brown colours and rain hint at a pessimistic and distopian atmosphere. The cover has captions for other magazine features, all of which are related to the film. None of the other features intrude on the middle image, leaving that as the main focus of the magazine. This photo uses a widely known star, Christian Bale, and uses his face on the main cover. This is not something I will use on my magazine, as I do not use a star.



Magazine Research

This magazine looks exclusively at the horror genre. There is an obvious red colour scheme here, which we assosciate with blood or danger. The magazine title however is in yellow, which is on a different side of the colour wheel, so that we can easily see it. The colour yellow itself could also be seen as a disturbing colour and it also has connotations of cowardlyness or fear. unlike the previous magazine, the image on the cover is that of the films villain, rather that of the hero. This can be common with horror, as the main threat is established. There are some effects used, as we can see the bloody chainsaw overlapping the feature column and its pictures on the left. This gives the impression that the image is jumping out at the readers, which can unsettle them. I can replecate this feature for my own magazine. The man in the mask is not a star, but instead has the murderer wearing the mask. This is often used in low bbudget horrors, such as Friday the 13th or Halloween, where there is no famous actor, but instead a memorable killer. I will use this idea in my magazine cover.