Film Magazine and Research

Film Magazine and Research

Considering our film is obviously going to be British, low budget with non-actors and involving no special effects, we know already what type of magazine we need it to be featured in, one that is as independent as the film itself.

The audience for our magazine is dependent on the audience of our film. Although we are aiming our film and trailer towards the younger generation, perhaps 18-25, we need to reach out to a lot more through the magazine, especially when most independent magazines are read by artsy, older people, possibly 25-40. The style may mimic other magazines within the artsy, more independent scope, for instance Electric Sheep. Electric Sheep also promotes quite a few independent, smaller-budget, horror movies, so we may look into that particular magazine.


Electric Sheep – a self proclaimed deviant view of cinema.

Electric Sheep is a quarterly magazine published by Wallflower Press at the price of £3.75. Each issue explores a different theme from the dark cinematic basement beneath mainstream film. They take pride in reviewing ‘weird, wild, and wonderful’ films. Electric Sheep is a magazine that doesn’t ‘toe the line’, it deals only in independent, off-beat and left field cinema, and they celebrate the celluloid visions of the most outlandish, visionary and provocative directors, the transgressive and marginal, and overlooked and overrated. Every month this magazine offers uncompromising reviews of the new best in film and DVD, and they take another look at forgotten works and interview the mavericks and fantasists of the film world.

I really like the sound of Electric Sheep. It tends to deal primarily in horror and thriller movies, films that challenge the norms and delve into the unconventional, which is perfect for our film. Seeing as we’re organizing our trailer, and thus our story, around the horror genre, Electric Sheep would be ideal if we were hoping to get a review of our film in a magazine. Its text is very informal and friendly, and I love the intimacy of it.