Teaser/Short Film: Film Magazine Resources

'MULTIMEDIA'???

The term multimedia is used frequently in discussing how/what to blog to get into the high marks band. You're partially marked on the 'level of care in the presentation' and 'use of ICT' within your blogs. What does this mean? Multimedia = a combination of images, hyperlinks, podcasts, videos, vodcasts, links lists and other blog tools, use of Facebook/YouTube et al for audience feedback/research/marketing etc. Level of care means taking time to appropriately illustrate posts, find useful hyperlinks to include [generally make a phrase into a hyperlink; don't just type 'here is a link:'!], and checking your links work, images have been properly embedded (always: save and upload, never copy/paste or drag in), posts don't have massive gaps/white space (if you place a lot of images in a post it can take some tweaking!). I try to apply these principles. Make your blogs at least as good as this one!

I've put notices in both staff and student news asking for donations of film mags - ask around yourselves; the more you have to look at in F6 the quicker and easier it will be to get this part of the coursework done, and done well...

You'll find some useful info and links on the mag industry at h ttp://bauermags.blogspot.com/ though its been a while since i've added to it.Don't forget there are THREE mags held by the Library on film; you may just have noticed the subtle blown-up-to-A3 hint on this in F6...

Basing your style fairly closely on an existing mag is fine; as always be clear and specific on your "influences"! Style of language, design choices, headlines and tone appropriate for the target audience (which you need to detail) are all important. IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT THAT YOU PICK A MAJOR MAGAZINE TO MODEL YOUR MAGAZINE ON; A FANZINE IS FINE SO LONG AS YOU DETAIL THE REASONS BEHIND YOUR DESIGN AND LANGUAGE CHOICES

There are obvious resources such as www.guardian.co.uk/media/magazines (and its regular features on ABCs - Audit Bureau of Circulation figures - not the same as sales, but a verified count of the number of magazines in circulation, including free titles and 'bulks'). You probably haven't come across www.magforum.com which has many great features - including a guide to the terminology used to denote the various features of magazine covers, and a glossary.

There is more of this over on the mags blog, but you can find a lot of info on specific companies by looking up the Media Guardian, but also sites such as http://www.mediauk.com/owners/88/bauer-media and publishers own sites (eg www.ipcmedia.com). The Press Gazette is useful (eg http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=44141&c=1)
Also did a quick bit of googling (starting with "uk film magazines" and then trying some variations) to unearth the following: