Magazine Cover

Final Magazine Cover

Originally I used Adobe Fireworks to make my cover but I i didn't feel as if it gave off the most realistic effect so I changed to Photoshop. I took a picture of one of my actors with a green background to help me cut him out more simply. As it is quite a dark film, I wanted to include a grey, moody background to emphasise the genre. I cut my actor out of the green background and used a background I found online at http://wallruru.com/grey-background-41-30936-backgrounds.html.
I decided to name the magazine 'YouView' as it's original, catchy and works well for a film magazine name.
I took the picture as him as the actor, not as his character to allow it to look more 'hollywood' to show the actor away from the film. There appears to be a similar style with the magazine covers that I analysed and they appear to all have the main actor(s) on the front with the magazine logo at the top.
I found a barcode from the internet to put on the magazine to add to the realism of the cover.
I merged the grey background with a forrest background by placing them on top of eachother and changing the opacity to give a more transparent effect. I finally added some critic review quotes and a price as these are typical features of a magazine cover and I want to make it look as professional as I can.