1. AO1 - How Genres Have Developed
TRADE MAGAZINE
Kine weekly
Kine Weekly, also
k n o w n a s T h e
K i n e m a t o g r a p h
Weekly, was a British
fi l m i n d u s t r y
newspaper. It was
founded in 1889 as a
monthly publication,
and first released as
Photographic Enlarger
and Optical Magic
L a n t e r n . I t w a s
renamed Kine Weekly
in 1907. It was owned
by Odhams Press, a British publishing company founded
the same year as the first Kine Weekly release. The
magazine contained a variety of British film details, used
by the industry, for example. It had reviews, news,
advertisement, and announced dates on national or regional meetings for
organizations within the industry, such as Kinema Renter’s Society and
Cinematograph Exhibitor’s Association. The magazine indexed things like box office
records and is a vital archive of the success and development of the British TV and
Film industries, since late 19th century.
Today’s Cinema
Today’s cinema was founded in 1957 in the US. It was stated
as the rival to Kine Weekly, because similarly, it also applied to
people in the film industry, not consumers. US cinema was at
thriving at the time and so many people in the trade looked to
the US magazine as a source of prosperous advice.
Screen International
In 1975 Kine Weekly and Today’s Cinema came together to form Screen
International, it carried on being a magazine for the industry. At first it was released
in the UK and then it went global. It was effective because it distributed weekly as
a business to business publishing. Today, Screen International is owned by
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Here is the first ever publication of the paper
in 1889.Here is a 1966 edition of Kine
Weekly, featuring the release
of ‘You’re a big boy now’, a
film written by Francis Ford
Coppola.

2. EMAP(East Midland Allied Press), a British Media publishing company founded in
1947. It’s main rival is Variety, an American Entertainment- Trade magazine
founded in 1905 in New York. Screen International also competed with The
Hollywood Reporter, but that’s now a consumer based publication, as of 2010.
FAN/CONSUMER MAGAZINES
Motion Picture Story Magazine
Motion Picture Story Magazine contained news & reviews,
runs the entire plot of films, helps the audience not miss out
on content in films, developed to be a star magazine focused
on films.
Picture Goer
Picture Goer is a UK published
magazine between the time
1921 - 1960. It focus is on contemporary films and
performers who appeared in them. In November 1925
it was published monthly but then disappeared for a
years and then started again in May 1931 as a
weekly magazine. It started as a serious film
magazine but then in the 1940’s it focused more on
the glamour of industry films. It is aimed specifically at
a female audience. In the 1950’s they changed the
content to a TV based entertainment.
Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine is a British film magazine published by
Bauer Consumer Media. It is published monthly. The first
issue was released in July 1989 and was edited by Barry
Mcllheney and published by EMAP. Empire Magazine
reviews mainstream films and art films. It has a strong
online presence and it closest rival is Total Film Magazine.
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3. INTELLECTUAL - FILM AS ART
Monthly Film Bulletin
Monthly Film Bulletin is published monthly from February
1934 - April 1991. It reviewed all films on released in the UK
including those with a narrow arthouse release. It is aimed
mainly at cinema owners.
Sight & Sound
Sight & Sound is a monthly film magazine
published by the BFI (British Film Institute). It is
promoted and documented in the UK film industry.
It is merged with Month Film Bulletin in 1991.
Serious x Critical !! Completist Idea S&S
! ! Serious x Synopsis and full credits.
Little White Lies
Little White Lies is a monthly British independent movie
magazine. Which features writing illustrations and
photography that is related to cinema. It is published and
designed in The Church Of London. It’s co founder is Danny
Miller and the first issue was created
for a student project.
Fangoria
Fangoria is a US film fan magazine which is distributed
internationally and specializes in horror, slasher, splatter
and exploitation films. Fangoria started in 1978 and its
first focus was Sci-Fi films but then it switched to horror
because of the film Dawn of the Dead. It the 1980’s it
was a huge success to the home video market and it
expanded to festivals, film production and radio brands.
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4. Super Natural Magazine
Independently published in Devon. It is created to tap in the success of hammer
horror. Coverage of monsters, themes and creative practitioners.
SFX
SFX magazine is a British magazine which is about science
fiction and fantasy films it is published monthly by Future
PLC. It was founded in 1995, and includes genres such as
science fiction, fantasy and horror in the media of films and
television, video games, comics and literature. SF stands for
science fiction and the X stands for effects(FX).
They have a website where they feature news, reviews,
competitions, reader blogs and read forum.
The Film Programme
The film programme is a British film review
television programme. It is broadcasted
weekly on BBC one. There have been
different presenters and is currently Claudia
Winkleman.
Barry Norman (1972 - 1978)
Jonathan Ross (1998 - 2010)
Claudia Winkleman (2011 - Current)
It is studio based and they hold reviews and
interviews at the heat of the show.
Every year it has a new name for example
this year it is “Film 2013”.
Industry magazines have developed either
to be exclusively about the industry and so are B2B and not available on
newstands, OR have evolved into high brow critical evaluations of film.
Consumer magazines have grown from being aimed primarily at a female audience
to being more fan-boy male orientated. Looking at Empire and Total Film these are
both consumer magazines with a focus on Blockbuster, multi-plex titles rather than
arthouse indy.
The written word is still the most popular medium to express critical views, however,
the popularity of the Kermode and Mayo podcast shows that verbal responses on
radio (or podcast) are being to grow in popularity.
The niche magazines that focus on one sub-genre tend to be focused on horror and
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5. Sci-fi - both genres that are flexible enough to allow for new and interesting content,
but also are aimed at a hardcore fanbase.
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