After moving on from the previous idea, we looked into how mag cover looked and created the guide lines in the post above to create the more suitable format.
As I further developed the design I incorporated elements from mags that I has looked over and felt the design techniques within them to be effective and appropriate with in this genre. The thing that was mostly commented on was the ability to tell what was the name of the 'new' film in comparison to the rest of the cover. The another thing that was most misunderstood was the reason for the arms.
Acting on the comments made I used a star to make the title stand out above everything else and a solid colour bar that gave a definite colour contrast to the writing. I also gave a reason for the hands as they play an important role in the feature film that is being advertised.
Carrying on with the idea of the main design being influenced by the film being featured in this mag. I changed the background to the forest scene that is the film is set in, this coupled with the use of colours and borders in the title of the mag and the slogan to draw maximum attention to them as possible.
The final changes that were made were small details like finalising the use of space by reorganising things like the stories, barcode, showing Issue number and filling space that was usable without the design looking over crowded.
The editing package that I used to create all of these covers was Serif PhotoPlus X4
