Online magazine ideas;

 Sight & Sound magazine is a British monthly film magazine published by the British Film Institute (BFI). Sight & Sound was first published in 1932 and in 1934 management of the magazine was handed to the nascent BFI, which still publishes the magazine today.

I think that my film could fit in to this magazine as it is avaliable online and features a large amount of films with different genres. It suits my short film better than a magazine such as Empire as Empire mainly includes blockbuster films for film buffs.

My short film is more arty styled than a blockbuster and this magazine includes all types of film. The latest edition to be appearing soon (pictured above) includes reviews and synopsis' of this large lists of various films;

Baggage Claim                    Battle of the Year
Breakfast with Jonny Wilkinson
Bring Me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 
Computer Chess
Day of the Flowers                Dirty Wars
Dom Hemingway                  Don Jon
Either Way/A annan veg        Ender’s Game
Escape Plan                          The Family/Malavita
Future My Love                     Gravity
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
How to Survive a Plague
In Fear                                    Leviathan
Love Tomorrow                       Marius
Metallica Through the Never     Milius
Pandora’s Promise                   Parkland
Romeo & Juliet                        Runner Runner
Rurouni Kenshin                      Saving Mr. Banks
Seduced and Abandoned         Sunshine on Leith
Utopia                                    uwantme2killhim?
V/H/S/2                                 ¡Vivan las antípodas!
Who Needs Enemies               Wolf Children

This is an obvious view on how much the different film genres, styles and audieces vary in this magazine and thats why i feel my film will fit in to it as there will be someone within the magazine audience who will enjoy it and want to see it.

Review idea;

I could either create a normal magazine review or an online magazine review. I have chosen to create an online magazine review as i think this fits my target market better, my way of distribution being streaming and on channel 4 shows that the audience watching it will have access to the internet as it is needed to stream a film so they will be able to access an online review. Being in my target markets age range and as a fan of the thriller genre i would prefer to read a review online rather than from a magazine, one reason for this being it is much quicker and easier to access an online review and also being in the digital age i feel it is much more appealing. Another reason being that most online reviews are free and as most of my target market are likely to be students they may not be able to afford a film magazine as they can be quite pricey. Also the internet can be accessed from anywhere whereas certain magazines may not be in every store that is local to the audience. 

Online film reviews can be written by various people, such as by a film researcher for a big company like the BBC or from a journalist working for a magazine such as Empire. Also simply by a member of an audience on a website that allows them to create a review on different films. All of these ways of reviewing films are important for a film company, because there are so many ways avaliable it could either make or break a film. If there is many good reviews this will cause people to go and see the film after reading the review, also the opposite if the film is bad and reviews across the internet say this it could cause people to not even bother to see it if they listen to others opinions.

Poster ideas;

A character poster is used to feature a individual character from the film. Usually it contains the name of the actor and/or the name of the character played. It may also include a tagline that reflects the quality of the character.

 

A theatrical poster usually includes more than one cast member who are in a pose that looks like it is from a scene in the film but it is actually separately set up and shot. It commonly includes a location from within a film so the audience can have an idea of where and when the film is set. 

A teaser poster does not always include a character from the film, usually it is the location or mise-en-scene with the title of the film being the boldest thing within it. This will also include the film companys name and people working within it either actors or producers.

I have chosen to create a character poster for my short film, this is because as a member of thriller fan audience myself i think they urge the audience to see the film more. For the thiller genre i think it is more bold and gives an insight on the characters, i will use the male character in my poster. This is because he is the mysterious anti hero in my short film and it will make the audience wonder what part he plays and what type of character is being portrayed.

My planned audience for my short film;

My planned target audience from lucyeaston1

Pete Buckingham; audience trends, profiles and patterns -

Page 1;
Q1 - Pete Buckingham suggests that the age and income influences audience patterns, he states that ages 15-24's represent 40% of cinema audiences. 35-44s make up 38% of cinema audiences showing that younger people go to the cinema more. More upmarket audiences with ABC1 jobs make up 60-66% of cinema audiences which will most likely be due to them being able to afford the experience. This shows truth in the statement 'the older the audience, the more upmarket' saying that they will be willing to pay for a more upmarket experience, such as an art house cinema or gallery seats. An audience with high paying jobs are likely to have more time on their hands as they usually will not have children or children living at home which is shown by long days at work, they will have more time and more money to spend on leisures. 55 plus make up 32% of light cinema goers.

Q2- I think i am a mixed kind of audience; i will go to see big blockbuster films as well as small company produced films, films with big or small star casts in it, different genres, different styles. I do usually go to the cinema to see a film if an actor i love stars in it as i am a quite loyal fan to certain actors and i will always come out of it loving the film, sometimes just because that certain actors is in it and maybe without them i may not have enjoyed it. I usually view films through the cinema if they are ones i feel will be worth the money, only being in part time work makes you look differently at spending money to see random films. Other than cinema viewing i will watch films online or through Love Film or Netflix which i subscribe to as it is not much money a month for the range of films that are available to watch. 
Blockbuster films; 

Q2b- To find out about viewing habits/successful genres and narratives i would either research online through websites, blogs and statistic websites. Also read through film audience articles and books.


Pages 3-4; 

Q3- 

A; I watch films because i enjoy the whole experience from it, especially the cinema experience. I like how films are an escapism from the real world and the exhilaration that comes from watching them and the fulfilled feeling you get when the film comes to an end. I like that in films there are people to admire, weather its the stars real life self or the character they are portraying there is always admiration towards at least one person. I enjoy seeing the creativity and imagination from the producers and directors and how this changes the film for better or worse, the power over judging if the films is good or not and what else could be done with it and the unexpected of what the film can contain.
Cinema experience;









B; The aspects that attract me to a film consist of the actors within it, i will go to see a film purely because there is an actor i love or admire starring in it. Also if a film is created by a company which i know the films they produce and exhibit are always enjoyable such as Warner Brothers i am more likely to go and pay to see it knowing that their films have a quality and good content. The reputation of a film matters to me and i am more likely to see a film which is represented well and which the audience who have already seen have enjoyed, also if a film i have seen is part of a trilogy i am more than likely going to go see the next films if the first one was enjoyable for example; the Harry Potter series, Lord of The Rings trilogy which i have seen and other film series i am planning to see after really enjoying the first film are The Hunger Games and The Hobbit.                  
                                  Actors that urge me to see films-the Harry Potter cast;

  

C; I consume films in various ways, my most favourite being the cinema experience. i will also watch them online, stream them, watch them on t.v or buy the DVD. 
My favorite cinema;       








Q4; Drivers and Barriers - 

Drivers;                                           
Genre i like
Actors i like
Producers i like
Well known book
Everyones talking about it
Good and obvious hook
Surprising twist 
Sound track  

Barriers; 
Genres i dont like
No Big names and actors
Same few actors
Dont know the story
No one is talking about it -bad reviews 
No obvious hooks or surprising twist




I think all of the drivers above apply to me going to the cinema or to watch a film, not so much the well known book as i don't read much but every so often there will be a film or films from a book that i love, such as the Harry Potter film series. Pretty much all of the barriers would stop me from seeing a film apart from no big names or actors because i will watch a film even if it doesn't have any big names in it if it looks like it has a good quality and enjoyable storyline.