Assignment 9: Film Magazine Research

By Leticia Silva

Little White Lies (hippest movie magazine)

Nylon (fashion magazine)

Boxoffice (Film development magazine)

Black Static (horror fiction magazine)

FilmComment (reviews on the latest blockbusters movies

magazine)

Filmint (latest news and development magazine)

FilmMaker ( film making guidance magazine)

Scream ( premiere horror magazine)

SFX (Sci-fi and fantasy magazine)

Studio

SOFILM

TAKE1

FILM

Entertainment

MovieMaker

Sight&Sound

CG

ODEON

CINEMANIA

Empire (latest production and reviews magazine)

What is the purpose of a magazine?

• The purpose of the magazine is to intrigue the audience into wanting to buy the magazine because of its attention seeking looks. The looks of it makes the magazine is to pull the audience in to buying them.

• They exist because it’s the way of the social media pulling in the audience to buying the products that the institution is selling to the audience.

• The film marketing uses magazines as a way to make the product that they are selling sound worth while watching , it makes them gain a wider range of a mass audience.

Where are film magazine available?

• Film magazines are available in super markets, corner shops, book stores etc.

• Anywhere where customers go regularly.

What is the typical size for a magazine?

• The standard size for a magazine is:

8 3/8’’ x 10 7/8

• That is the typical size of a physical magazine copy. However, the sizes of electronic devices will vary.

How are the magazine covers appealing/attractive to the audience?• They can sometimes make the magazines look very colourful

depending on what the main storyline of the magazine is. • For example if the cover magazine was about an action films

the colour pallets would be indicating danger such as, blacks, reds and yellow. All depends on what is on the front cover of the magazine.

• If the main image on the front of the magazine is bold and stands out it makes the audience want to buy that magazine making the magazine successful in portraying a attractive/appealing look.

• The magazine look is targeted at the primary audience of the institution but however it also attracts the secondary audience gaining the institution a wider range of a mass audience.

What are the conventions of a magazine cover?

• The conventions of a magazine is that the front over of the magazine will be the newest and most up to date movie out. It helps the institution be successful with the newest product that they have released.

• They also use a colour pallet based on the genre of the movie or the subject. Eg: if it’s a Sci-fi movie the colour pallet of the front cover will be mostly in blue to emphasise the futuristic feel of the genre.

• They will always have a barcode but they will always place it where its not distracting from the rest of the magazine.

• The mast head will always be in the colour that falls in line with the genre. For instance, if it were an action genre it mostly be in red to evoke a dangerous feel.

• The gaze will always be direct audience as if trying to lure the audience into buying the magazine.

• The price will be in small near the barcode.

Similarities and differences between the magazines.

• Magazines will have different fonts in order to portray its main themes.

• Like a gossip magazine will have a very colourful and childish chunky font to it.

• A fashion magazine like Elle will have a more elegant and coloured mast head.

• An empire magazine will have a very bold, sharp and strong colour pallet to the mast head.

• The little white lies magazine will have a very unique main image where is looks very artistic with no straplines to it.

What do some magazine covers priorities?

• Some magazines priorities the main image of the front cover because that’s what mainly attractive the audience into buying the magazine.

• The also priorities the latest things so the audience feel as if it benefits them if they buy that magazine.

• They also priorities the colour pallet of the magazine so that it looks very attractive but yet not take the attention away from the main image of the magazine (which is what attracts the audience into buying the magazine).

Explain how a magazine cover challenges conventions

• Mostly magazine covers will have a lot of straplines to talk about the most latest things inside the magazine. However, some magazines can have just the mast head and the main image to escalate the audiences curiosity.

• By doing so it makes the magazine look very attractive and focuses more on the main image rather than suffocating it with various texts surrounding it.