Movie Magazine Survey

I sent out a survey to 14 people asking questions about film magazines and

codes and conventions of film magazines.

Q1-What is your gender?

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Male Female

This was a very important question because it let me know whether or no the people answering the survey were who my film is aimed at. It showed that most of the respondents were female (my target audience) which makes the answers more relevant to me.

Q2-How old are you?

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Q3-Do you ever read film magazines? If so, how often?

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Once a week

Once amonth

A few timesa year

I do not readfilmmagazines

This graph shows that most of the people I asked do not read film magazines, however some do- mostly once a month or a few times a year. This means that they may not be completely knowledgeable about the topic, but some will know more than others. Because of this, the answers they give might be very useful to me when creating my magazine cover.

Q4-Out of the following magazine covers, which do you think is the most effective/best to look

at?

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Empire Magazine SuperMan Issue

Entertainment WeeklySweeny Todd Issue

Premiere MagazineSpiderman 3 Issue

These answers show that the clear favourite among my target audience was the Empire Magazine cover on the Superman film. This means that I should analyse and take into consideration all the codes and conventions used on this front cover and use them as inspiration when creating my own front cover.

Q5-How many people do you think should be in the main photo on the front cover of a film

magazine?

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These answers given by my target audience clearly show that I should feature only one or two of the main characters of the film on the front cover of the magazine. This will make it easier for the audience to understand who the main characters are, and what role they play in the film. I think that more than two people would make the photo/cover seem too crowded and the audience wouldn’t know what to focus on.