Print Brief Research

Research
 BFI Film Festival programme front cover. How many of the 12 key conventions of magazine covers can you see? In what way does this print product differ from a traditional magazine cover? How have the designers made this programme visually interesting?

Title of publication 
this programme does contain some key conventions of a magazine cover like the title of publication which is the BFI logo that is in the top third of the cover like it would be in a magazine cover. The font and design of the BFI logo is the same throughout other type of medias like their websites to allow readers to recognise the organisation.

Slogan 
A slogan is usually seen in a magazine as a short catchy statement used to 'sum-up' the magazine. It can be argued that the front text on this programme is the slogan for this programme as it describes what the programme is about and stands out to consumers.

Central image
there is not really a central image on the programme. the text is where the image is usually however there does seem to be a image beneath the text which is unrecognisable in this picture. It does seem to be a pair of eyes but I am unsure.

"Flash" This BFI programme doesn't offer any sell lines apart from the main text/slogan and the dates.

Colour scheme 
there is hardly any colour besides the red, purples and whites within the main text. which centrals the eyes to that text and then the text around it like the BFI logo and dates of the festival.

Language 
there is hardly any text on the programme but the text that is there is blunt and straight to the point, with no unnecessary information.
 

3) Find at least 5 arts centre or cinema programmes/brochures aimed at a similar target audience to your project (arthouse cinema). For each one, pick out one design idea that you could use in your own print work

I think the colour scheme of the blue and black text creates a professional feel and look to the brochure so I'll use the same colour scheme in my own print work for the same feel.

The dramatic main image creates an intense feel. I'd liked to recreate that with my own main image.

I like the editing of the images on this brochure, I think it fits the art house genre well. I'd like to experiment with the editing of my images similarly to this. 

Although we are supposed to take ideas from the brochures I think for this one I think I'm going to learn not to put so much information onto the page as to me it looks a bit too messy for my own idea of my brochure.






















4) Find at least 5 contents pages from arts programmes or magazines. How are contents pages designed? How do they use a combination of text and images to create an effective design?

     
Both of these contents page both come from the same place and you can tell by colour scheme and fonts. the red colour is used to highlight the main subjects of the page. you can't see it well but I'm guessing the red text is the film titles and the black is a short description of those films. although it may be a simple design it is an effective one as its easy to read and understand and also its a consistent design.

I think this contents page is really original and creative. it uses the images from the contents within the brochure to create a face and I think its a really interesting design. you could say that it takes away from the text but i think it actually draws readers in with the design and makes them want to read what the contents actually are.

 I think the way the designer used the text as part of the design really allows an interesting look of the contents page. it is still quite a simple design but i think that fits the beauty themes and the images on the page.