Break down of our magazine front cover

Photo for magazine front cover

Originally  we were going to use a photo where it included all of the girls because we wanted that to be our running theme throughout each of our products. After we started creating the front cover we were acing trouble fitting all of the girls on the page and when we tried to fit it the photos either looked too long or too wide, so we have the decision to cut the girls who were on the edge in the photograph. This was a decision we had to make to improve the overall look of the front cover and it had things a lot easier for us adding the tittles and text around the edges. The reason why we cut the two girls who were on the edges was because one of the girls had a slight smile which would have distracted from the whole front cover and it would subvert the genre horror. Also the girls that we kept in the photo were the main girls that were featured more in the trailer.

Originally photo that was going to be used 

The photo we decided to use 

Twisted film trailer

How we created the grave effect in our film poster?

The inspiration for our film poster we got from the very successful American series call Pretty Little liars.

We liked the idea of the girls looking into the grave because it has a clear link with our trailer and what happened in the past of what the girls had done. The grave symbolises that they have buried someone but doesn't give too much away revealing who they have buried, and also it also shows that they have also buried the secret and because the grave is open it shows that the secret is going to be dug up. 

Creating the effect of the girls looking into the grave we used a rectangle box where we cut a hole where the lens of the camera would fit and it will reveal the sides of the box giving it the effect that it is a grave. 

The day we took the photos for our poster and magazine cover it was quite windy, so it made the box move around a lot and bend which made it harder to capture the perfect photo which was clear. I think this idea links to our trailer and narrative very strongly because we have running themes that link everything together and they help the audience understand the story behind the trailer. 

Film poster

Magazine Poster

Final version of our film poster

I think our film poster is very strong and links in very well with our trailer. The idea behind the poster was that we wanted the girls to be looking into a grave and it links to the trailer because they had done something very bad in the past where it involved them killing someone and then burying them and the secret. We were able to show this by putting the camera in a box and just showing the sides of the box. The original photo didn't have that much of the sides in it so I cut that part out and reflected it  and placed it where it was needed. The name of the trailer is 'Twisted' matches the personalities of each of the girls because what they had done in the past makes them twisted and nasty because they had just killed their best friends boyfriend, but they decided to keep it a secret between them.

The tag line 'The truth will never stay buried' is short and sweet. It matches well with the story line throughout the trailer, and it also has a lot of meaning as well, because the truth can only be hidden for a short amount of time until it is revealed. When the truth is revealed later on the consequences seem to be worser and the issue is bigger.
The credits I changed one by one adding each of the names of the actors, directors and all the people who helped throughout.