Evaluation

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Seeing as my magazine is aimed at students aged 16-18 and is a sixth form magazine. Worldwide distribution and commercial success would not be expected. However,  seeing as there is not a dominant magazine in the Sixth Form magazine market, if my magazine is widely critically acclaimed a publisher such as IPCmedia would be preferred as a publishing house. Firstly, due to their success with starting off independent magazines into mainstream mags in the media, and their quality funding.

If my magazine was to be independent, I would get it to the target audience via ‘word of mouth’ I would put reminders in my mag, to ‘tell a friend’ if they enjoy it. Advertising at this point would be too costly. Furthermore, going by ‘word of mouth’ my magazine will be new on the market and ‘cool’. Not plagiarised by mainstream media, or big controlling customers. I will envision my target audience to see this and spread the word.

Ideally, I would want my magazine to be away from the book shelf on shops, away from other magazines. This is due, to the want of my magazine to stick out, and appeal to my target audience of 16-18. I therefore would appear my magazine at school receptions, library’s, HMV, Game shops etc. This is to filter out people who have interest elsewhere, and focus on the main place where my target audience go to.

Preliminary Magazine; Liberated Interlude.

Grotesqcue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9vfWilQX78&feature=related



Grotesque (グロテスク Gurotesuku) is a 2009 Japanese splatter horror film written and directed by Kōji Shiraishi. The film is about a sadistic doctor who tortures people for sexual stimulation. The torture scenes include a couple who were out on their first date, but kidnapped and shackled in a basement. The doctor in turn tortures and mutilates them. Initially, he punctures one's belly with a screwdriver and slices his tongue, then rapes both, one at a time, forcing the other to watch. Sometimes he stops the torture to provide medical assistance and cure the couple's wounds, so they can continue to live for a long period of time. This way he cuts off all their fingers, makes collars with them, pops out the male's right eye, removes the girl's nipples and cuts off her right arm. (see link for torture scene)


This film was considered controversial, due to the amount of torture scenes, gore and some scenes showing rape of both genders. This film was banned by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) as it was refused an 18 rating, and was quoted by BBFC director David Cook "Unlike other recent 'torture' themed horror works, such as the Saw and Hostel series. Grotesque features minimal narrative or character development and presents the audience with little more than an unrelenting and escalating scenario of humiliation, brutality and sadism.


Since this movie was banned in the UK, finding sources of audiences and reactions proved difficult. I therefore took the reviews from Imdb.com and used that as a guidline. Firstly, the majority of reviewers were, horror enthusiasts, therefore preferred readers. The movie had 6 nominations for different awards but the reviewers had mixed critical reception. One horror enthusiast wrote; ''the film was quite well shot and the acting for what it was - was good. All and all the production values are great. I wouldn't say gore wise this over-tops anything else that is out there especially from Japan (thinks Ichi the killer) but it is as full on as it can go.'' This gave me the impression that Japan had the norm of violence to this degree already, therefore being exposed and numbed to the hypodermic syringe theory. Thus, in which British audience were not ready for yet. Another reviewer states; ''m a big fan of Horror and especially import Horror movies, But this wasn't my thing at all. The new wave snuff films (or rebirth of 70's uber violent films) are just not my taste... this movie is a prime example of these pointless torture movies,'' This person is an oppossed reader as he is against the movie, quoting it as 'pointless and wasn't my thing'.