Finished magazine front cover

Evaluation question 4. How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluating stages?

Evaluating my film magazine questionnaire

Evaluating my film magazine questionnaire Masthead The first question I asked was about the masthead. For my masthead I had five different options on the questionnaire. TopFilm, Spotlight and intermission only received one vote each from the ten people I asked to fill out my questionnaire. Movie Mania was the next highest with three votes. I thought this would have been a popular choice as it’s an easy understandable title. The masthead with the most about of votes was Silver Screen which obtained four votes. I think this will be the masthead I use for my magazine cover as it’s a well know cinema term so it will fit in well due to the fact that I am making a film magazine. Choice of colours The next question was about the different types of colours they would like to see on the magazine. I let them chose one to three colours as that is how many colours I would be using on my magazine. It was very clear to see from my results that there was a pattern of the same choices being circled. The three main colours that my audiences want to see on the front over are red, white and black. These are all very good colours to have so I was very pleased with the audience feedback with this question. Actor or character I then asked who they would like to see as the main image on the front of the magazine. It was a choice between either the actor or the actually character from the film. It was very close with the amount of votes between the two but, having the actor on the front of the magazine was chosen more times than having the character of the front. I know normally you see the character on the front of the magazine but I want to break the stereotype and use the actor on the front and it’s clear to see that is what my audience want. Advertisements/features I also asked what they would like to see on the front cover. The top three choices, starting with the lowest first was events in your region, second highest was cinema offers and the top choice was mentions about other films. I will be using all three of these choices on the cover as they were the ones most voted for by the audience so that is what I shall go for. I will focus more on advertising other films though as that go the most votes and I want to infom my audience. Price Lastly I asked my audience how much they would be willing to pay for the magazine. I gave them a choice of three different price ranges. Eight people said they would be willing to between £1.50 – £2 for the magazine which is a reasonable price. Due to this being the most voted for this is the price that my magazine will be.

Poster questionnaire for focus group

There is only one question on the questionnaire as I wanted to have an open discussion with the other questions. Which poster do you feel is the best? Please tick the appropriate and give a reason why. • Poster 1 • Poster 2 • Poster 3 • Poster 4

My film magazine questionaire

I have made a questionnaire which I will be using in my focus group so I can get some audience feedback before making my product. This will help me see what target audience would be interested in, this will help in the development of my film magazine What do you think the masthead (title) should be? Please circle your answer • Intermission • Topfilm • Silver Screen • Movie Mania • Spotlight What would you like to see featured/ advertised on the cover of the magazine? Please circle your answer • Other films • Cinema offers • Film posters • Events happening in your region • New technology e.g ipad What colour or colours would you want to see on the cover? Please feel free to circle 1-3 different choices. • Red • Blue • Black • White • Purple • Orange • Grey • Yellow Who would you like to see as the main image, the actor or the charactor from the film? • Actor • Charactor How much would you pay for a film magazine? Please circle your answer • £1 - £1.50 • £1.50 - £2 • £2 - £2.50

Critical analysis of my film poster

• The title of the film is “Repression”. This to me gives off a psychological element, to the film. The title is written in red which makes it stand out from the rest of the poster. The use of the red also may give us an indication into what type of genre the film is. • The main image is of the main character who is looking directly into the camera. The man is crying and looks upset. Behind the man we see a clock which is set to 11:57. This gives an indication to the audience that maybe the time has a significant effect on the mans life. The clock could be tormenting the man due to the tears on his face. The image does its job as well as it leaves us with many questions. • The character that is positioned in the middle of the poster would be identified as the main character as he is the only character we see and he is situated in the centre. • The poster carries the tagline of “Lost time is never found again”. This tagline suggests to us again that the movie is something to do with time and maybe the fact that it is affecting the man. Maybe it suggests the idea that the man is living in the past or trying to relive something. • The credits are found at the bottom of the poster. We can see the production name clearly as this may be a USP. The website is also including with the credits which is showing different types of media platforms. • The experience/ pleasure that is being offered to the audience I would say is the mysterious side to the film. The audience will want to know why the clock is such an important part of the film and why it plays a big effect on the man. The poster is a good promotion device for the trailer as people will want to see the trailer to see if they can get anymore clues from that and then hopefully the trailer would make them want to see the film.