Review: Researching different film magazine audiences

Before writing the magazine review for the the film we first looked into what type of magazine the review would feature. When looking into reviews featured in magazines what we found was that often magazines will only feature films that are suited to the reader of the magazine.

For example a 'teeny bopper' magazine would not feature a review of an Action film nor would a Men's' magazine feature a review if the latest Disney film.

Another aspect of magazines that can determine what films they feature is the age the magazine is aimed at. There may be two kinds of magazines that are similar in what they feature but because they are aimed at two different age groups the films will be different. For example, they may both feature films that are romantic but one magazine may be aimed at teenagers and will have romantic films for a teenager. Whereas, film in the other magazine may be more 'grown-up' because that is what is better suited to the audience of the magazine.

Because of the genre of our film and the age group we've aimed it at we decided it would be best if we chose a magazine that is aimed at a similar audience. The magazine we chose to feature our review in is the NME. Even though this magazine is a music magazine it does often feature film reviews. The NME is aimed at males and females aged 14 - 25which is the same target group as our film. The music featured in NME is of a Rock/Indie genre which we felt suited the 'Horror' aspect of our film.