Magazine - SciFi Now

Title: SciFi Now
Why is it called that? What connotations does the title have? Sci Fi now, has it’s name as it reviews Science Fiction stories (films/tv shows) that are being shown now. Hence it’s name SciFi Now.
Who publishes the magazine?
Imagine Publishing 
What other interests does the publisher have? 
Imagine Publishing is a worldwide multimedia content producer and currently has a portfolio of over 20 regular print magazines, 25 websites, 30 mobile apps and over 130 bookazines and eBooks published worldwide within the four key markets – technology, photography, knowledge/science and video games.
Why do you think it is published as often as is it?
It is published every four weeks. It is not published every week as time is need four more tv, and episodes to come out.
What is it's circulation?
It is published every four weeks.  
 Does the magazine have a website
Yes: www.scifinow.co.uk/
What type of reader is it targeting?
The magazine it targeting a young adult or older audience, with an interest in scifi and fantasy tv shows. you can identify the readership by the clean, but also a lot of writing. It is not for children as children tend not to read movie reviews.
How can you identify the readership?
The readership can be identified by the writing type, pictures, and also the shows that are being reviewed. Children shows are not by reviewed so the magazine is obliviously not aimed for children.
Analyse the image the images on the front cover

The image on the front holds one image used as the background. Most words are going down the right side. There are words and other features on the banner on bottom of the magazine. On the top of the magazine there are what other shows are featured in the magazine.
What does it tell us about this publication?
It says that many shows are written in the magazine, and also what shows is featured in the magazine.
What is featuring in the magazine?Doctor Who.
Analyse  typefaces, graphics, colours used throughout the magazine.
Black and white writing is used depending on the surrounding images and what show is reviewed. Photos are used continually.
Does it look similar any other magazines?
Many magazine use pictures as backgrounds, and overlay words over it. Game/music and other movie magazines for example.
The reader interacts with the magazine by opening it. The images on the front cover is a picture of a character from a film/tv show. The magazine features movies. The type faces and graphic tend to be the same and simple, that but the occasional diagonal writing. The magazine does not look expensive, it looks as though something that you would pick up often. However it does not look cheap. Readers ca not address the magazine.  There are no models, all images of people are represented as how they where represented in there film/tv show.
Does your magazine look expensive?
Most magazines are not cheap I doubt this one is.
How does the reader interact with the magazine? 
The reader can watch the programs the magazine has articles of, and see if they agree with any reviews.
 How does it address your readers?


As people with interest in Scifi
Estimate price range of adverts?

 £50+
Identify who they are aimed at
Aimed at viewers
How do models in your magazine relate to the audience? 
They relate to them in the way they relate to them in the tv show.
How are men represented?
Men are represented as how they are represented in tv shows.
Are there conflicting representations?
Depends on the tv show featured.
What groups of people do not appear in the magazine?
Musical and other similar genres
Analyse use of celebrity's in magazine
celebrities from tv scifi fi shows used
What other titles are in competition with your publication?
 I am unaware of any
What values or ideology are implicit in the magazine?
 those of which are on tv