Colour Scheme

The colour scheme for my magazine will consist of the conventional number of three main colours. White and black will be another convention of the horror genre, defining the elements of good against evil and will therefore reflect the horror genre, relating to ‘The Vanishing’. These basic connotations will balance out the magazine, as these colours will cause other components presented on the front cover to stand out and sub consciously call out to the audience. This will be further enhanced with the third colour being a red, yellow or blue, mainly another colour that attains a bright and vibrant characteristic, which will personify the magazine with life, thus attracting the target audience.

Although these three conventional colours are highlighting the main features on the cover, such as the text including the masthead and slogans, other colours can be withdrawn by the audience from the central image. The central image will be three students, dressed in their normal clothes, such as colorful t-shirts and blue/black jeans. The image will also attain one character holding a blue bag over his shoulder, emphasising the theme of a journey and expressing elements of an adventure. This will provide a subtle and unknowing display of the magazine with movement within the three characters presented on the front cover, thus stretching the dynamic nature of the magazine.

Overall, my film magazine will consist of three main colours but will complement the colours of the clothing of the three individuals, mirroring an 18 year olds dress sense. In order for me to achieve this will look back at my colour wheel, labeled under colour scheme to identify what colours work well with each other.