Magazine Research

1. What is the title, price and frequency of the your magazine (weekly/monthly)
The title of our magazine is 'Memory' we chose this name because it connotes death in terms of remembering someone who has died so this would link to the horrror genre because from research I have noticed the title is usually related to death or in gore such as 'Gorezone', 'Virus', 'Horrorhound'. The price of our magazine would be targeted at over 15's so we would issue it for £1.50. The magazine would have to be a monthly issue as new films do not get released every day so there would not be alot to include in the magazine.

2. Where will your title be? (Font/position/size/name?)
I have noticed from research that the font of the title is usually in either a gothic style or gorry style and because we are calling the magazine 'Memory' I think it would suit to be in a gothic font, additionally all magazines I have researched in the horror genre use the colour black red and white, the red is a semiotic to illustrate blood, we may use a red text against a dark background however that may not make the title stand out.

3. What the pictures will you use? What will they suggest?
The main photo will either be a mid shot or long shot of the 3 main protaganists with the red eyes of the monster in our film behind us and with our facial expressions being afraid and shocked this will suggest the monster is after us. I also think it is important that we include a photo of a celebrity from another upcoming film that will be using the two-step flow theory of getting people attracted to the magazine. The magazine below shows a photo of Natasha Lyonne so fans of her would be instantly attracted to the magazine.

4. What information will you give about the magazine’s contents?
- How will this information be given? (gimmicks, quotes)
I would include a cliffhanger on the front cover of our film with a little caption saying something along the lines of 'Will they all survive?' this will engage readers to want to see inside but also to do that use the celebrity endorsement and write a caption saying 'find out what their favourite film is and their DIRTIEST SECRET' this will instantly engage the readers. Finally along the sides of the magazine I may include gimmicks and other films that are coming out.
6. How will you appeal to your target audience? (Gender, age, type of person)
The targetted audience for our magazine will be over 15's predominantly males but anyone who is interested in horror films this could be focused on gothic people, grungers, people who have a rock background so to target them I may write a gimmick at the top saying 'win free tickets to see slipknot live!', but it could also be targeted at couples because couples like to watch horror films together.