Movie Magazine Research

 

Movie Magazine research

As part of my project, the brief includes producing a magazine front cover advertising the film my partner and I have produced.

From my research I have found two popular magazines which specify in new film releases. The two magazines are Total film magazine and Empire.

Empire Magazine

Empire is a British film magazine published monthly by Bauer Consumer Media. From the first issue in July 1989, the magazine was edited by Barry McIlheney and published by Emap. Bauer purchased Emap Consumer Media in early 2008. It is the biggest selling film magazine in Britain, consistently outselling its nearest market rival Total Film and is also published in Australia, Turkey and Russia. Empire organises the annual Empire Awards which were sponsored by Sony Ericsson until 2009 and are now sponsored by Jameson. The awards are voted for by readers of the magazine.

Total Film

Total Film is a British film magazine published 13 times a year which is every four weeks, by Future Publishing. The magazine launched itself in 1997 and offers film, DVD and Blu-ray news, reviews and features. It is one of the largest circulation English-speaking film magazines in the world. Guest editors have included Peter Jackson, Kevin Smith, and Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.

As part of our course we have to produce a magazine cover featuring the movie we are creating. I thought it was relevant to do my own primary research on what people who like to see on the front of a movie magazine, therefore I did a small survey asking people who were my target audience.