Devon Benham Media Studies Blog

                            Film Magazine: Outline. The Purpose ACT!ON is a film magazine designed to appeal to all audiences, through a wide range of articles, spanning from interviews to reviews and information on the latest releases.  The main purpose of this film magazine is to inform while simultaneously entertaining. Due to my initial research people between the ages of 17- 25 are most likely to buy film magazines, therefore in order to achieve maximum sales profit my magazine must appeal to this age demographic. My secondary research showed that people within this age bracket favour action, comedic and horror orientated movies. Due to this study, the action, comedy and horror genres will be the main focus of each months issue, while other genres such as romance and indie films will still be included, they will be smaller segments of magazine content. This could help achieve maximum sales by appealing to the mainstream audience while still providing other audiences with qual

                             Analytical Approaches To Film Film Genres and Their Examples: Action- A film where the main narrative is intended to produce on-screen action.  Examples include:  The Avengers, Jurassic Park, John Wick. Comedy- Film's which mainly use jokes and comedic situations in their scripts.  Examples include: The Hangover, Bridesmaids, Step-Brothers Drama- Movies have a serious and dramatic tone, usually realistic and gritty. Examples include: Roma, First Man, 12 Years A Slave Analytical Terms: Reception Study-  The way the general audience receives the film. The overall negative or positive impact the movie had on the audience. Fan Study- A field of research focused on the study of media and fans of popular-culture Feminist Theory- Implementing feminist ideas into the media

                             Marketing of Music Videos:                                  Lady Gaga Vs. Adele  Lady Gaga: Gothic, edgier look. Extremely thin and pale.  Uncommon haircut and dress. Adele: Softer, friendlier look. Simpler hairstyle and dress sense    Country           Taylor Swift                      Hip-Hop Christian          Katy Perry                        Rock Pop                   Katy Perry                       Rap    Snoop Dogg, Lil-Wayne Reggae              Snoop Dogg                   RnB   Tinashe, Nelly Furtado