Magazine Planning

The title of our magazine is 'Memory' which we've agreed upon by connoting it to death and remembering the bloody incidents which happened in the past, therefore "Memory". Memory, as a universal name, can also relate to different genres of movie reviews when used in the future.

In terms of pricing, we came upon our magazine to be £1.50 since our target audience are around the 15 year olds, they may not have that much money to purchase a much more expensive magazine. The magazine should be monthly as not many films are released too frequently.

In the magazine, according to my research of codes and conventions in movie magazines, our magazine title should be on top, preferably middle or top left. Although it is quite a long name, we've decided upon putting it on the middle to blend with the composition of film magazines. The font should be simple, but with the special horror edition, we could add signifiers of gore, horror, etc. such as blood splatters on the magazine's title, with the agreed colour of red to signify blood.

The main photo should contain a mid-shot or a long shot of the three main protagonists with red eyes of the "monster" behind the trio showing the protagonists' facial expressions to inject emotion onto it and signify the genre of the magazine's main headline. I plan on including a rhetorical question on the front cover such as "Will they all survive?" to entice the readers to look into the magazine and purchase it. Also, an additional celebrity endorsement for the actors can be done with lines such as "find out what they like about...” etc. to engage the viewers about the actors and purchase the magazine. Along the cover, I plan on including gimmicks such as special offers, and other films which will come out to widen the topic pool of the magazine and gain more audience