1. All 3 of these movie magazines follow a similar convention of general magazines.
They all have a dominant image of a famous actor in their recent film release.
Even though this magazine is
Empire has used the same
the foreign version, it is still
Technique has Total Film with
easy to pick out teasers,
The dominant image. It has
anchorage and the main
Very little anchorage as to not
article.
Distract the eye away from the
Powerful image of Chris Evans
The image Total Film has used
of Chris Pine, is the actual image
the film presenters have used
to promote the upcoming film.
This is a good technique as
people will recognise the film on
the cover of the magazine.

2. All 3 Magazines, the name of the magazine itself are clearly shown and the anchorage
Doesn’t interrupt the dominant image’s face.
The elegant picture used of
The make up and look of
Adele highlights the ‘Special
Cheryl Cole, suit Q’s
Issue’ Same as NME they’ve
Brand Identity of punky,
kept the colour scheme simple
being different music.
as the make the red of the title
Cheryl isn’t dressed in pink
stand out overall.
with nude make up, the bold
choice of red lipstick makes
a statement.
The same as Q, NME have
chosen as appropriate look
for Florence to match the
magazine. Also the colour
scheme is very simple to
compliment the colour
of Florence's’ hair.

3. Combining a music and a movie magazine could be
complicated. I am aiming for a magazine the gives
ncite from the composers of films soundtrack and
what inspires a good soundtrack. It will also include
Older films with very memorable theme tunes, e.g.
Back to the Future, Rocky.
The target audience for this magazine will be middle age
Men and women, 25-55. Men are more interested in how
the film is made, as woman just want to watch it.
But, there is a small range of audience
That would read this are, young adults.