1. Text!

2. Here I will discuss about the text-based content and sizes for all of my products
For my film magazine cover, I have distributed the text into a variety of sizes to the cover looks
more professional and less 'one-levelled'. The sizing of the masthead 'Cinematic' which is size 72,
I have used as the masthead is typically the largest part of font featured on the cover. Further inkeeping with codes and conventions of professional print products, I have created the main sellline (my film's name 'Psyche') as the second-largest text on the page. This therefore shows to the
reader that these two pieces of information should be the most memorable and important. For
other sell-lines, I have included content that relates to the genre of the magazine which is solely
for films, e.g. 'Director of the month: David Fincher, a day in the life' and have distributed them
between size 24 and size 18 font, further separating the possibly more interesting sell-lines from
the others. For the other text on my front cover, which is my issue/price information and my
skyline, I have used much smaller fonts around 15 to 18 size to maintain a professional-look for
the magazine. You can see this similar style has been replicated on this example cover of Empire
magazine, also a film print-based product.
For my film poster, I have tried to balance the ratio between text and images so I have only
included an introductory line which states, 'A film by Holly Emmerson' (me), the film name
'Psyche', the slogan of 'Can you really escape?', the release date of November 1st and the
appropriate credit information at the very bottom. All of these features I have researched and
appear to be found on most official film posters so hopefully my own product will look and feel as
professional as them. The largest text on the poster will be the film name so it appears big and
bold against the other text on the page in the hope it will become more memorable to any viewers.
The second largest text on the page is the slogan which is a question I have aimed at the reader
so it appears to be speaking directly to them and asking them alone the question. Two similar
sized fonts are the less important information of the release date and my name with the credit
information as typically the smallest font. All the text on the poster has been placed in the centre
so it appears all to be equally important even though the text size is different.
For my final product, my film trailer, I have used a limited amount of text which has just been used
for intertitles; whether they be part of company logos or to help with the use of narrative alongside
the use of visual footage. For the narrative intertitles, I have used four in total, that say;
"Everything appears normal until it doesn't.", "But what if the abnormality is you?", "She can
escape." and "Or can she?". I feel that by using the questions, it allows for the audience to involve
themselves in the trailer more and makes them think and question the events happening in the
trailer more also. For the other intertitles, I have used a release date, the film name, film's director
(myself) and the two main featuring actresses too. I have incorporated all these features into my
trailer as when constantly analyzing and comparing my product to a professional one, I have
found that these are extremely common in the latter.