Potential Magazine Cover Fonts

Using sites such as Fontyukle, Fontmeme and Dafont I will be looking at a number of fonts I could use for my magazine cover.  I have decided a smaller more independent magazine would be appropriate rather than a mainstream Hollywood, therefore the font should be thin and rounded to help represent that sort of genres will appear in the magazine.

Here below are existing fonts on magazine covers:

Poster and Teaser Trailer Fonts

After looking at a number of different fonts, from similar genres to film noir, such as thriller, crime and mystery.  This will help make my poster and teaser trailer appear more authentic.

Potential Poster and Teaser Trailer Fonts

To find the appropriate font to use for my poster and teaser trailer, I have looked at various font websites.

 Here below are links to a few of the websites I found useful:

Dafont

Fontyukle

Fontmeme

Poster and Teaser Trailer Fonts

Film posters and teaser trailers often have fonts that reflect their genre. Posters and teaser trailer more often than not use the same font to connect the two, showing audiences they belong to the same film.  To get an idea of what fonts are used in Film Noir, I have a looked at various different posters within the genre. So that when it comes to creating my own poster and teaser trailer I can use the appropriate font.

Here below are fonts used in Film Noir posters.

Questionnaire For My Teaser Trailer

I have created a questionnaire, asking my target audience what they would expect to find in a Film Noir teaser trailer. The information I gather from the results of my questionnaire will help when it comes to creating my own teaser trailer, as I can include the conventions a target audience would expect to see. Which will help my teaser trailer appear more authentic.

1. What kind of music would you expect to hear in a film noir teaser trailer?
- Slow and sad
- Upbeat and happy
- Scary and tense
- Exhilarating and thrilling

2. Would you expect to see taglines in a teaser trailer?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know

3. Would you expect to see the names of actors in a teaser trailer?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know

4. What font would you expect to find in a film noir teaser trailer?
- Upper case
- Lower case

5. Where would you expect to find the title of the film?
- At the beginning
- In the middle
- At the end

6. Would you expect to see production company logos in a teaser trailer?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know

7. Would you expect the teaser trailer to contain lots of narrative information?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know

Questionnaire For My Magazine Front Cover

To get an idea of what audiences expect to see on an independent film magazine, I have conducted a questionnaire asking things about layout, design and content. This will help when it comes to making my own magazine front cover, as I can include the convention that audiences expect to see, giving my magazine front cover more authenticity.

1. Where would you expect to find the name of the magazine to be?
- Top of the page
- Middle of the page
- Bottom of the page

2. Who would you expect to see on the magazine front cover?
- Director
- Less well-known actor
- Mainstream Hollywood actor

3. What colour scheme would expect to find?
- Dark colours
- Pastil colours
- Bright colours

4. Would you expect to see a lot of text?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know

5. What would you expect the cover lines to be referencing?
- Big budget film
- Independent film
- Actors
- Directors
- Producers

6. What kind of font would you expect to be used on the font of an Independent magazine?
- Capital lettering
- Lower case lettering
- Rounded
- Square

Questionnaire For My Poster

Below is a questionnaire I have conducted, to help gather information about what type of things audiences expect to see in terms of images, colour schemes, settings, certificate and font. The information I gather will help when it comes to making my poster, as I will be able to add the conventions audiences would expect to see from the Film Noir genre.

1. What do you expect the main image on a Film Noir poster to be?
- Main Characters
- No people

2. Would you expect the image to be in a drawing/painting style?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know

3. What do yo expect the colour scheme to be?
- Dark colours
- Pastil colours
- Bright Colours

4. What background would you expect to see?
- Landscape
- City
- Residential area

5. What certificate do you expect a Film Noir to be?
- PG
- 12A
- 15
- 18

6. What font you you expect to find on a Film Noir poster?
- Lower case
- Upper case

7. Would you expect actors names to be on the poster?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know

8.Would you expect to see tagines on the poster?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know

9. Would you expect to find reviews on a Film Noir Poster?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know

Film Certificate Conclusion

After looking at the guidelines for 12A and 15 certificate I have decided to give my film the certificate 15. I thought this was more appropriate as the target audience is more likely to be older teenagers and young adults. I also think my film will fit the guidelines, as there is likely to be violence, drug use and strong language, that won't be appropriate for children younger than 15.

Film Certificate

BBFC's guideline is there to protect people, especially children from unsuitable content in films and videos. They look at issues including discrimination, drugs, horror, dangerous and easily imitable behaviour, language, nudity, sex and violence when making their decision.
Every film has a certificate, so I have done research on 12A and 15 certificate as my film lies somewhere between the two, so that when it comes to my film I have chosen the right age certificate.

Here below is the link to the website I used to do my research.

BBFC Website

The guideline for 12A Films:

Films classifies 12A contain content that is not generally suitable for children aged under 12. No one younger 12 are permitted to see a 12A unless with an adult.

Here are the guidelines of a 12A film:

• The misuse of drugs should not be frequent. 
• No promotion of potentially dangerous behaviour, which children are likely to imitate. Easily accessible weapons, such as knives are not allowed to be showed and no endorsement of anti-social behaviour. 
• There may be moderate language. Strong language may be permitted, depending on the manner in which it is used, who it is using the language, its frequency within work as a whole and my special contextual justification. 
• There may be nudity, but in a sexual context it must be brief and discreet. 
• Sexual activity may be briefly and discreetly portrayed. Moderate sex reference are permitted, but frequent crude references are unlikely to be acceptable. 
• There may be moderate physical and psychological threat and horror sequences. Although some scenes may be disturbing, the overall tone should not be. Horror sequences should not be frequent or sustained.
• There may be occasional violence but it should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if justified by the context. Sexual violence may only be implied or briefly and discreetly indicated, and its depiction must be justified by context. 

The guideline for 15 Films:

No one under the age of 15 is permitted to see a 15 in the cinema. No under 15 is allowed to rent or buy 15 rated video.

Here are the guidelines of a 15 film:

• The work on a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour, although there may be racist, homophobic or other discriminatory themes and language. 
• Drug taking may be shown but the work as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse (for example, through instructional detail). The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable. 
• Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Whether the depiction of easily accessible weapons is acceptable will depend on factors such as realism, context and setting. 
• There may be strong language. Very strong language may be permitted, depending on the manner in which it is used, who is using the language, its frequency within the work as a whole and any special contextual justification.
• There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context. There may be nudity in a sexual context but usually without strong detail. 
• Sexual activity may be portrayed, but usually without strong detail. There may be strong verbal refferences to sexual behaviour, but the strongest references are unlikely to be acceptable unless justified by context.
• There may be strong threat and horror. A sustained focus on sadistic threat is unlikely to be acceptable. 
• Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal referenced to sexual violence but the depiction of sexual violence must be discreet and justified by context. 

Potential Crew for my Billing

In order to make my teaser trailer and poster billing, I want to use real crew to give my teaser trailer and poster an added authenticity, hence I need to research crew who would work on the production of my film. I used teaser tailer and poster billings, along with IMDB to research different people, like Producers, Editors, Casting Directors who have previously worked on film belonging in the same genre as my film (Film Noir).

Director: Christopher Nolan - Christopher Nolan is an English-American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and editor. He is most well-known for directing and writing Inception and Interstellar. He also wrote and directed Memento as well as directing the Batman trilogy staring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger both films belong to the film noir genre.

Producer: Elizabeth Avellan - Elizabeth Avellan is a film producer and had produced films in the film noir genre including From Dusk Till Dawn and Sin City.

Cinematographer: Andrzej Sekula - Andrzej Sekula is a Polish cinematographer and film director. He has worked on films such as Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs.

Casting: Marci Liroff - Marci Liroff is casting director known for Insomnia and Blade Runner.

Music Composer: Cliff Martinez - Cliff Martinez is an America musician and composer, know for composing music for film such as The Neon Demon, Drive and Only God Forgives.

Costume Designer: Mary Zophres - Mary Zophres is a costume designer. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for True Grit. She is also know for No Country For Old Men and Fargo.

Editor: Dody Dorn - Dody Dorn is a film and sound editor known for working with Christopher Nolan including his film Memento.

Production Designer: Linda Pearl - Linda Pearl is a production designer known for The Last Seduction.

Billings Analysis

I am going to look at 3 different billings from "Blade Runner", "L.A Confidential" and "Memento".

After looking at and analysing these 3 billings, I have noticed that they all include the same information, and mostly display the information the the same order.
Here is the order:

1. The production company or companies
2. Name of director
3. Name of main actors
4. Name of film
5. Names of important crew members, including who wrote the screenplay, the executive and co-producer, music composer, visual effects artist, editor and more
6. Producers name
7. Directors name again

The billing may not always be in this particular order, but now I know what to include and roughly in what order.

Potential Production Companies

All the teaser trailers I looked at had production company logos, therefore my teaser trailer will need them too. They should be at the beginning of my teaser trailer and at the bottom of my poster, to make them appear as authentic as possible. To find the right production company to produce my film I have looked at films in the same genre and compiled a list of potential production companies.

Potential Production Companies:

1. Focus Features
Focus Features is an American film production and distribution company owned by Comcast. It distributed independent and foreign films Internationally. It has produced Brick, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Its a funny kind of story and many more.

2. Open Road
Open Road Films is an American production and distribution company. It has Produced films such as End of Watch, Snowden and Dope.

3. Bold
Bold is an independant film production and film finance company. They have produced films like Nightcrawler, Whiplash and Only God Forgives.

4. Miramax
Miramax is an American entertainment company based in California. It known for production and distributing films and television shows. Miramar has produced film including. Dusk till Dawn, Pulp Fiction, Adventureland.

5. The Weinstein Company
The Weinstein Company is an American mini-major/independent film studio, founded by Harvey and Bob Weinstein in 2005 after hey left Miramax. It has produced films including Easy Money and The Artist.