Script

Target Audience feedback on Magazine

Questions asked:
-how often do you read magazines?
-what do you like about our magazine?
-what do you think could be improved?
-do you think it looks professional?
-could you pick out any typical codes and conventions of this film magazine?
-would you buy this magazine?

Screen shots of editing our magazine and poster

 

 

Our original poster screenshot.

This is the screenshot of poster with the tagline.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the screenshot of our magazine in photoshop



Our Magazine front cover

The original photographs:

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We chose the 1st one, as this one had all of us directly looking at the camera, which gave the full effect if our emotions throughout the film, as being deceived and manipulated. We didn't choose the 2nd one, due to the characters looking awkward and too spaced out, leaving the editing of the magazine to be awkward and difficult. Lastly, we didn't choose the 3rd one due to two of the characters not looking directly at the camera, which didn't fit the original plan of all of us looking directly at the camera. 

The magazine first draft (and only draft):

Our detailed analysis on the film magazine:

Marian Hill "One Time"

Throughout our editing of our teaser trailer, we have found it difficult to find the right kind of music to suit our genre and filming. But we found this song, by Marian Hill that we loved and it went perfectly with our story line and chosen film genre.

So we decided to contact Marian Hill our self via Facebook inbox.

We then took action by emailing her manager through Hotmail...

We are now waiting for a reply (this may be a prolonged reply due to the Artist and band being on their tour)

Film Poster codes and conventions

WRITTEN LANGUAGE:

ACTORS: The main actors names run along the top of poster or around the image. The names can be found in different styles according to the actor and their billing, or how famous/well known they are. If the actor is well known, they will most likely have the larger font and bold text, may be an eye catching colour such as black or red to intrigue the audience of the poster.

TAGLINES: Depending on the genre of the film, it may be comedic or thrilling for the audience. The tag line can provide information for the audience on what the film will be about.

TYPOGRAPHY:

INFORMATION: The poster has to provide such information as "The director of..." and all the other key elements to how a film is made. This can intrigue audience members, if they are fans of a certain director.
- Different colours throughout the poster, such as different use of colours in the title from the tagline, will be eye catching towards the audience, as they will initially look at the title if it is in a larger font and bolder text than all the other text on the poster.

PHOTOGRAPHS AND ILLUSTRATIONS: The main picture on the film poster will most likely be a larger image of the main actor(s). Or an object/iconography that is used in the film, this provides information on the theme or the story line of the film.

LIGHTING: The use of lighting and colour used on the poster connotes the film and it's story line. If the film was a thriller or horror, colours and lighting will be dark, black and red. But if the film was a comedy colours such as blue and yellow will be used with high key lighting.

CAMERA ANGLE AND SHOT: There can either be a extreme (close up) to show the main actor or the main object in the film. A mid shot- to show other actors and just one at full length. Or a long-shot to show the background which may show a location that us used in the narrative, this can give away the plot to the audience which is interesting.

Film Magazine codes and conventions

MASTHEAD: Features on all magazine covers, usually at the top of the page and indicates which magazine it is e.g. Empire. Our's will be "Sound and Vision". This should be the largest text on the page and it can reflect the audience it caters for.

IMAGE: The image should reflect the audience and the styles of the magazine. The main image is usually a mid-shot and should reflect what the film is featuring. This usually involves the main actor from the film featured.

As you can see from this photograph that we will be using for our magazine front cover, it is a mid-shot of all the main actors in our film.

'BUZZ WORDS': These involve 'free' and 'exclusive' which capture the readers attention and want to buy the magazine; because our film will be quite independent and will be shown at locations such as Theaters, Independent Cinemas and Film Festivals. The magazine will be giving a free chance for the winner and an extra person of their choice to go to a leading film festival VIP- to meet actors and world leading directors.

(Toronto International Film Festival)

ANCHORAGE TEXT: The text that often overlaps the image to tell what the story inside will involve, this could be a quote taken from the interview inside.

BANNER: Gives overall information about the magazine and what will be found inside.

BARCODE, DATE AND ISSUE NUMBER: Something every magazine has and needs.