//BTEC// Outline of my film magazine and its purpose

Outline:
This report is regarding my Film Magazine tasks, the Front Cover, Contents Page and article. My Film magazine is genred as horror, and goes by the name of "Film Guru". It sports a colour palette consisting of black, and red. The Movie used for my magazine issue is Predator (2018). The purpose of my magazine is to inform the audience of what the movie may be about, and the approaches it will take. It completes this through the use of reviews and interviews from the main actors of the movie. These however, are exclusive reviews, brought out before the movie is available in theatres.

Target Audience:
My target audience is based around ages 16+. Mainly this is due to results I noticed from the questionnaire. However, most horror films are seen by that age range, so this also helped me solidify my decision. The magazine appeals to both genders, as usually these films are seen and attended by couples. There isn't any certain applicable ethnicities for my target audience. To achieve the appeal to this audience, I had used Predator, a film so far seen by my age range and it doesn't seem to appeal to anyone younger. This also helped in deciding the target audience, so it could fit my genre.

Production Costs:
Due to my research conducted from my questionnaire, the main cost of my magazine will be £2.50 when purchased from a store or off license. Designing the actual magazine was free, as it's already been created using free software at school. To produce however, it would cost around £2.00 to have 8 pages printed, with a gloss finish. When hiring a crew to offer stories and reviews to be included within my magazine, it would cost roughly around £2000 for each story/review. Location is not necessary to be paid for. If an interview is needed, it can be easily conducted and recorded over the phone, as well as sent by email or direct social medias. This is also applicable for props. However if we needed exclusive photos from a movie set, it may cost a small fee.

Where is it Distributed and how?
My magazine will be sold in a majority of nation-wide Supermarkets such as Sainsbury's, ASDA, Tesco's etc. Websites can be used also, to help with the magazines popularity. Before the hard copy is sent to local stores, not just supermarkets, the magazine and it's release date will be shown on the website beforehand. In addition, social media can also be used to advertise your magazine, before and even after it's been released, to increase the amount of times it's getting sold. I can also align myself with an organisation such as the studio who developed the movie that's being reviewed in my magazine article.

How Many Times it would come out each year?
My magazine will be fit with a regular and suitable rotation, around 1 issue published in about every two week. I've done this because it gives the audience enough time to read the full magazine and then prepare enough spare change for the next issue.

Conclusion

//BTEC// Front Cover for Magazine

//BTEC// Pie Charts and Analysis

//BTEC// Questionaire

                                                                                               Place ticks next to preferred answer

1. What should the genre of my Film magazine be?                            

Action
Horror
Comedy
Romance
Sci-Fi

2. At what price should the magazine be set?

£1
£2
£3

3. What should the house style be (Preferred manner of representation and layout)?

Clean
Messy
Packed
Spacious

4. Colour Palette to be used?

Blue and Yellow
Red and Green
Purple and Orange

5. Should a puff (Free gift or entrance to competition for prize or QR Code) be included?

Yes
No

6. What Typography should be used?

Sans - Serif
Serif
Impact-Type-Font

7. Should there be a Seasonal Theme?

Yes
No

8. ^If yes choose which one below

Summer
Autumn
Winter
Spring

9. How should the magazine present itself to you?

Informative
Educational
Entertaining

10. If You check all your answers above and put them together would you buy that magazine?

Yes
No

//BTEC// Initial Research For a new Film Magazine

Initial Research For a new Film Magazine

The magazine i'm using is Total Film, from September 2018, Issue 276. This magazine sports a main image of Tom Hardy, the Star vehicle of his latest movie, Venom. Secondary research is used to check that your primary research is correct and is used save time. It involves using information that others have gathered through primary research. The Cover of this magazine makes the genre seem like horror, since the movie used contains a horror aspect to it. The cover page includes a graphic feature, saying "The Greatest Movies Never Made". The Masthead Total Film along with the Main Cover line Venom. The Star vehicle is Tom Hardy, in his Venom suit and persona. Cinematography shows a close up of the star vehicle, to better draw the audience's attention towards their face. The Colour palette consists of Dark and Royal Blue, White, Grey and Black. The teeth shown on the star vehicle supports the iconography of this magazine having a horror genre, for this issue, as the teeth are long and sharp. The Front Cover also matches a seasonal theme as the colours used on the colour palette are winter inspired, and this issue was published in september. Underneath this text is the contents page, mixed with a double/centre page spread. The Film hasn't hit the theatres yet so there is no Film Review on Venom however there is brief input from the audience that speak their opinion on a variety of different movies, like Shazam and the latest Die Hard. There is a contest for readers, and those who enter and win will receive a free issue of the next magazine, and a gift card.  Along with the double page spread contents page, is another Cover for a different film magazine, located above this text. It's called So Film Issue 20. Both of these covers share the masthead located to towards the top of the page. They both use a Star vehicle to drive the magazine forward. However the So Film magazine has a very different seasonal theme. It shouts more autumn or spring, because Mise en scene depicts the star vehicle, Gerard Depardieu wearing a leather jacket.  Also, the colour palette is a lot lighter than the Total Film one, giving it more of a drama/documentary feel, instead of a horror (Fictional). The colour palette consists of the colours Yellow, and white, contrasting the previous ones from Total Film. There are a lot less cover lines placed on this Front cover, and more headlines, underneath each other, giving it a neater house style.                                                                

//BTEC//All About Me

My Hobbies:

• In my spare time, first of I like to visit the gym, around 2 to 3 times a week. I have not yet signed up for the gym in enrichment but I plan to. 
• I am an athlete, training at croydon arena every other saturday for 100M, and long jump, despite my size. 
• I play guitar but not professionally, just for fun, and I also play my PS4 every now and then. 
• Watching Movies and drawing are also two of my hobbies, of which inspired me to want to take media and graphics in college.

Brothers Or Sisters:

• I have one half sister, one half brother and one full sister, giving me 3 siblings. Their names are Marsha, Daniel and Andrea. I'm the youngest out of all of them. 

PT job:

• During Summer I was working with my dad doing labouring, bricklaying and building. Now summers finished I plan to either work with him part time, or catch a job at McDonalds part time or on saturdays.