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Screen Scream
- 1. Screen Scream proposal By SophieMatkovits
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- 4. Genre and content: •The magazine will containin depth interviews with the starsof the films being featured. • It will have exclusive photographsof them on set and in character. • Images of actorsat first table reads with notes on their personal scripts will be shown. • There will be step-by-step photos of processes in hair and make-up. • There will be interviews or short comments from crew members, such as film directors,sound and lighting engineers, camera operators,costume designers, the directorsof photographyand producers. • It will include photos of special effects creationsand green screen scenes. • There will be photos of the film locations and funny moments or bloopers. • As film is a visual genre, some of the pages will be almost entirely photographic,with just a little textual explanation here and there. • There will be QR codes to scan which will take readers to the movie trailers to watch.
- 5. Budget: • The budgetshow expenditurefor the initialcapitalinvestmentin resources and equipment. • It also shows regularly occurring costs of running and producing the magazine. • There will be pages with adverts from companies wishing to promote their products to the target audienceof the magazine. • The projected sales are calculatedat approximately1,500 magazines being sold each month. • The budget does not include office rental. • It also does not include disbursements, such as printerink, paper etc.
- 6. Resources and personnel: •There will need to be capitalinvestmentin a high qualitydigitalSLR camera to take out on shoots when creating content for the magazine. • There will need to be a computer, and annualsubscription to Adobe Creative software, includingPhotoshop for picture editing and InDesign for magazine layoutand production. • Personnel will include permanent staff, such as the editorto supervise the contentand supervise the overall design and look of the magazine. • Personnel will also includea graphic designer to edit photosin photoshop and layoutthe magazine ready to send to print. • There will then be freelance employees, such as a photographerto take primary, exclusive photosand feature writers/ journalistssent out to specific film sets to create content for the magazine. • The print productionand any packaging to stores will be outsourced.
- 7. Distribution and Marketing: •The magazine will be distributed for sale in local shops, such as news agents, and supermarkets in North London. • Teenagers walking into the shops will be attracted by the magazine cover when they are passing and be tempted to buy it. • The magazine would be available at film festivals and teenage events, like popular music concerts. • The marketing on Instagram will also have a link from which the magazine can be purchased on-line. • The main marketing will be via social media, Instagram and Tik Tok. • There will also be posters in the windows of relevant North London shops, or at the point of sale counters in shops or film festival events. • Gaming platforms are popular with teenagers so they will carry advertisements for the magazine. • There will be a link on the advert so people can purchase the film magazine.
- 8. Front cover Sketch layouts Doublepage spread
- 9. Fonts styles: • Thefont for the main title headingof the magazine will be: Macabre Night Regular. • Sub headingson the front of the magazine, or detailsof the content,will be bold. • The font for the text inside the magazine will be Arial. • Arial has been chosen as it is clear, simple and easy to read. • Article headingswill be in large type and emboldened. •
- 10. Article ideas: • Therewill be a main feature on "Iron Lung". • There will be an in-depth interview with the director / producer Mark Fischback. • Another article will have exclusive images of Mark Fischback and his co-star, CarolineRose Caplan,in costume with commentary from the costume designer. • These images will include them in hairand make up and technicaldetailsof the costume designs and construction. • Another article will be with the props and special effects team. • There will be other smaller articles on other 2023 horror movie releases, such as "65".
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