Magazine conventions of front cover magazine

1. Masthead: The name of the magazine (usually they appear at the top quater). They are in a colour that stands out against the background. Also largest font on the page.
2. Banners- they are blocks of colour either triangular/circular/rectangular upon which cover lines or images are placed- banners help those cover lines stand out because the colour of the banner ussually contrasts with the colour of the background.
3. Barcode-
4. Price
5. Date/Issue number
6. Website
7. Slogan
8. Coverlines- text that informs the reader of some of the features inside the magazine. These may take the form of names of stars, names of directors, names of films, all of which are being used as part of a film's marketing campaign.
9. Dominant central image of either a character or an actor or director.
10. Main cover line that references the image that dominates the magazine.
11. Other smaller images of films that are featured within the magazine.

Empire Magazine:

MATTSHEAD 

BANNER

BARCODE 

PRICE, DATE, ISSUE NUMBER 

COVERLINES- informs the reader what else this magazine has featuring

SLOGAN

DOMINANT CENTRAL IMAGE OF ACTOR- Robert Downing Jr






Get eggs, milk and gluten free biscuits for Jesse

Location photos and examples of filming

Shot List Final - URGENTLY GET THIS DONE QUICKLY!!!!

Extreme Longshot of Tube going over bridge.

Establishing shot of Brent Cross Station.

Longshot of Eitan walking out of the station.

Repeat as above, this time Tilt up to "Brent Cross Station" sign. as Eitan disappears (try a few times)
long shot of Eitan walking towards camera. Zoom in to Eitan



Get some more angles at station - mostly conventional ones- DONE



LS (High Angle from Alex's classroom) - Eitan walks down street into college

Two tracking shots, MS, from in front and behind, Eitan walking from bridge to near college

MS - Eitan walking into college door as he goes through doorway, camera TILTS up to college sign

MS (from in between common room and Room 1) - Eitan walks towards camera, tracking

MCU Two Shot

Over the shoulder shot and Loose framing.

MCU - Teacher groaning/reacting to Eitan


Medium Shot of Eitan walking towards a group of people

various shots of students outside (Two shots, MCUs, MS etc.)

two shot and close up of facial reactions of the students, confused and jaws drop

MS/MCU - Eitan walks into frame excited, wearing bandana "alright! let's play some football!"

MS/MCU/Two shots reactions of teammates

Slightly High angle of ball in penalty spot.

GET ALTERNATIVE CUs of ball


 side angle and longshot of Eitan booting the ball.

 longshot and MS of goalie staring at the ball going over the bar

Medium Close Up of Goalie still looking up towards the cross bar with confused face, then looks straight ahead with more confusion

Eitan screams and celebrates. MS Eitan runs off side of screen

Tracking shot - in front of Eitan as he walks, chanting "USA! USA!"

loose framing of footballers. Medium close up, looking confused and angry

TWO SHOT as above

MS/MCU referee with head in hands

MS following opponent dribbling ball. Stops and takes a think where to pass.

Medium longshot of Eitan appearing from out of no where and dives for the legs

MS as above

MCU - footballer's legs and ball, Eitan appears in framce and pushes him off to side

MS - camera on ground, footballer's head comes into frame, followed by Eitan on top of him

Medium close up, Referee sends off Eitan,

MS, SLIGHTLY HIGH ANGLE SHOT footballer and Eitan, on top of each other, stop and simultaneously look off to side in exact same direction, reacting to ref

Close up of Eitan knocking on door, back turned.

Extreme close up of knocker

MS of host opening door

MS host opening door from behind host, camera facing Eitan

CU host's face reacting to someone about Eitan

MS Eitan raises cans in his hands up and shouts "Partayyy!"

CU Eitan shouting "party"

MS Host reacts negatively, then closes door

CU host's reaction from front, as above

MS, as above, from just behind host

MCU and CU Eitan's disappointment

Medium close up of host closing door. Over the shoulder shot for Eitan's position.

 Longshot of Eitan finding his way through the back door

Medium shot of two girls sitting in bench.

MS of Eitan appearing and sitting in between the girls with his arms stretched out. They get up and leave

 Longshot of Eitan running down the pavement (golders green high street)

MCU of friend and Eitan in conversation.

Longshot of classroom

Low angle close up of Eitan staring in despair across the room

Medium longshot of door opening. Girl appears

CU of Eitan staring as he is in love.
fast Pan to back of the class room. Medium close up of bully (possibly Mo) frowning and shaking his head in disbelief.

Eitan walking contrazoom and medium shot. Bully appears out of nowhere and grabs him by the collar

two shot close up and Bully has Eitan against the wall.

CU of Mo angry

medium shot of friend and girl telling bully to back away

 MC, two shot and low angle of Eitan pushing Mo away

 CU of Mo looking slightly amazed he resisted.



Two shot bully and girl talking

CU and MCU bully talking girl reacting

 Hand comes in, pushes bully out of frame in response to scream.

MCU and CU of camera near floor, bullies head comes into shot followed by Eitan 

POV bully turning head round into camera and threatening Eitan

POV Eitan's panicked reaction 

Girl CU and MCU reacting positively to Eitan

Longshot of back door
side view and Medium longshot of Eitan getting chased by Patch.

FIRST SHOT- get a location of London (mainly Central London). Maybe Big Ben. 

• Scene 1- Oscar Brody is seen walking through Euston station with bags. Shows himself to be very optimistic about his new future. SHOT of a medium closeup of the suitcases and it tilts up to his face. He drops the suitcases to the floor and then the camera angle switches to his face, where we can see he is lost and confused. "Are you from London?" "Do you know my friend Danny in Hendon?" "Excuse me" people ignoring him.

SECOND SHOT: walking into a college with his suitcases and everyone looking up. "Howdy folks" Their surprise is neutral. 

One closeup of not reacting to them. C U close up. Him smiling and waving.

EXAMPLE:

LS (High Angle from Alex's classroom) - Eitan walks down street into college

MS (from in between common room and Room 1) - Eitan walks towards camera, tracking


THIRD SHOT:

• Office Scene
• Medium Shot of Brody and Teacher in an interview 
• Medium Close up to establish facial expressions and closer view on the person who will say his line 

FOURTH SHOT: Football Scene (Hendon Park) 

• Penalty- CU and MCU of the ball being kicked 
• Foul- starts with MCU on opponent dribbling the ball. 
• Eitan then charges with MCU and MS out of frame. 
• Back to the opponent Eitan charges into frame, pushing him over
• Next shot on the ground, opponent falls down onto the ground into frame with Eitan on top of him. 
• The shot where Eitan is in Medium Close Up both fallen down 

FIFTH SHOT- House Party Scene (My House)

• CU knocking in front door  
• ECU as above
• OS of host opening the door. Eitan standing there. 
• MS through the door way. Door opens 
• Next scene brings us straight to the back door where there is a long shot. He is seen trying to find a way to get into the back door.
   
• Possible montage shots- 
• Once the door opens, the camera angle imdedialy changes to side angle. It stays like that even when Patch the dog runs out to chase him. He will be running away from the camera. 

6th Shot: 

• MS two girls sitting in a bench. 
• Eitan comes in and sits in the middle putting his arms around them without saying anything
• They immediately get up and walk off

7th shot: 

• Two shot bully and girl talking 
• CU and MCU bully talking girl reacting
•  Hand comes in, pushes bully out of frame in response to scream.
• MCU and CU of camera near floor, bullies head comes into shot followed by Eitan 
• POV bully turning head round into camera and threatening Eitan 
• POV Eitan's panicked reaction 
• Girl CU and MCU reacting positively to Eitan

Poster Questionare

Before getting down to sketch my poster for my course work, it is important to take into account over what the audience would expect to see in a teenage comedy poster.


1. In any typical film poster regardless to genre, what do you normally expect to see?

• Film stars
• Film title 
• Credits and billing 
• Director's name

2. Does having social media links to the poster promote the views 

• Yes 
• No 
• Don't know

3. Within a teenage genre, do you expect to have a mixed gender in the front cover? 

• Yes 
• No 
• Don't know

4. Do you expect to have a colourful film title or just a single colour?

• Yes 
• No 
• Don't know

5. Would posters be more eye catching by text or image? 

• Image
• Both 
• Not sure