Magazine ancillary product research
Movie Magazine Review Articles
I will be researching about different movie review articles which will give me indication as to how the layout of mine will look like, as it needs to be as conventional as possible. By focusing on the format and language it will give me enough relevant information to construct an accurate representation of a conventional layout.
The title of the film is placed overlapping the image at the bottom of the image, the text is in white bold writing. This has been constructed so that the title will be easily spotted by the audience. Underneath the title is the subtitle which had been created by the writer saying ‘Who ya gonna call’ this term was used at an attempt to humour the readers as this is a well-known phrase from the song ‘The Ghostbusters’. By implementing corny, witty humour it intrigues the audience and gives them some form of entertainment whilst reading the review. When creating my own film review I will attempt to use some form of humour if it is necessary to the text.
The rest of the page consists of the actual review which is split into three different sections, these different sections consist of the details of the film (plot, genre, release etc), the actual review of the film distributed by the writer as well as the verdict. The language within the text there are references made to the different films that are within the same genre. The actual language within the text is quite informal, containing playful attributes which fits the target market of the film as it is aimed at the younger generation (15-25). Credits to the cast/crew as also been added including comparisons to other films within the horror genre.
Empire:
Total Film:
Little White Lies:
After researching the Empire, Total Film and Little White Lies magazine reviews I am able to fully establish what is expected from a conventional magazine and what the structure is. For example the image is large (normally at the top of the page) with informal language (due to my film being in the horror genre) with aspects of humour to keep the audience entertained.
Analysis of a magazine cover
This is a horror film magazine named ‘Fangoria’ which can easily be depicted at the top of the magazine with bold, white writing with a red outline which is opposed to the conventional dark background. This has been denoted for the audience to get instantly attracted to the title where they will know what film is being featured from first glance. The masthead instantly gives the audience indication that it is of the horror genre due to the sharp points on the font which has connotations of the fangs from a vampire, which represents evil and danger as fags are used to kill. This can also be signified through the outlined masthead in red, which can be denoted as blood with red at the tip of the fangs as well. Above the masthead in bright yellow (to catch the audiences attention) is the text ‘Italian Horror! American Terror! German Gore!’ this shows the reader that it is a national magazine implementing horror from different countries around the world.
The main image centered in the middle is of an antagonist from the horror film ‘Insidious’ which is an instant indicate that the film will be featured within the magazine. Which can also be seen in the title ‘Insidious’ below the image which is the familiar colouring and font of the film making it recognisable to the audience. On the bottom of the magazine is a strip of well-known horror films which implies that only horror films will be featured within the magazine.
Magazine Design
This template is a similar image of what I am planning my magazine cover to look like as I believe this is the conventional layout of a horror magazine.
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