Media A2 Coursework Blog

I wanted to create a magazine that would have the appeal to my audience demographics but also fitted with other social realist reviews. So I chose to name my magazine 'Standard' as the 'Evening Standard' is frequently used to analyze social realist films.  However after audience feed back, I went and changed it to three columns:

Film Magazine Review Finding a magazine: Find a Publisher - EMPIRE http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/ Genre of the Magazine Reviews - ALL Audience Profile of the Magazine  Monthly reach of Empire magazine in Great Britain from July 2015 to June 2016, by demographic group (in 1,000s)  Purpose of Magazine  "We collaborate with the biggest film studios and distributors and world-class filmmakers and actors to create content that no other brand could pull off. From interviewing Tom Cruise to being on set with Quentin Tarantino to shooting videos with Ryan Reynolds, our access is unparalleled. With world-class writers, critics, photographers and illustrators, every piece of Empire content is considered, premium, polished and connects with the audience, who trust us implicitly and come back to Empire every day, every week and every month." Stylistic Conventions for the Review page: For Example: Included in the Review Page in 'Empire' Magazi...

Using Photoshop Elements 11, and the research I had gathered. I set out to design my poster. I took my original photo: and using inspiration from Fish Tank and This is England - I 'comicized' the location. By removing the protagonist. Then I looked at a portrait photo placemeent as I needed to concert it into  FILM POSTER: I then added the critical information, such as star ratings, movie credits and director: Then I put it all together to Create:

Looking at Film Poster in the social realist genre. They are very simplistic and direct. They don't look like they are graphically edited too much but maintain a simple look, to reflect the film's simple storyline. Social Realist Film Poster Research from Lizzy Marshall

So after doing my research I looked into Magazine Film review pages: these were the top searches on google images, for generic film reviews: However looking into social realisms:  This was - I, Daniel Blake in the 'EVENING STANDARD' Very bold colours, but black and while symbolizing how life is simply black and white. However no pictures? Also with film ratings of 3 stars. This is I, Daniel Blake in 'PASTE': Opposite colour scheme, still black and white. However with a covering photo displaying the main characters. Also the social media tabs and ratings of 8.0.  This is Fish Tank in 'SLANT' Magazine: Simplistic fonts and colouring with a deep emotional photograph. Also a ratings chart and social media tabs. Also cookies with advertisements. This is Fish Tank in 'THE GUARDIAN' Again with a covering photo more about the story than emotions, followed by simple text. Also with a rating of 5 stars.

For our A2 short film we have to compose two ancillary tasks along side. One of which being a film magazine review page and the other a movie poster. Starting with film magazine research, I need to look at my demographics and psychographics for my film audience to decide what magazine they would read. Looking at a range of magazines from Cosmopolitan to Teen Magazines searching for what those interested in social realism would look at. - Prior to this I researched the demographics for my audience to be: Areas of which high graffiti is a common artistic expression as it's in a place of low-income watching a creative film piece that they can relate too. Indigenous audience members overall are the main people to which can relate to the movie. However, there is also the other side to the argument which is that the audience are high brow audience such as Ken Loach audiences, who buy tickets to his cinema productions interested in the looking down on the lower class with a social...