The document summarizes several film magazines from different time periods and countries, providing information on their target audiences, publishing details, conventions and focuses. The magazines discussed include Total Film, Empire, Entertainment Weekly, Sight and Sound, Film Weekly, Screen International, Filmmaker, Neon, MyM and Shivers. Key details like date of first issue, publisher, frequency and styles of visual elements like mastheads and main images are provided for each publication.

1. Film magazine research

2. TOTAL FILM

3. Total Film
● Mainstream
● Published by Future Publishing
● Launched in 1997 and published 13
times a year (once a month and one
special edition in summer)
● Offers cinema, DVD, Blu-ray news,
reviews and features.
Conventions
- Bold
- Bright colours
- Large font
- Lots going on
- Large shot of main characters in
films

4. Masthead
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Main Picture
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Media splash
Kicker

5. Empire

6. Empire
British film magazine.
First published July 1989.
Published monthly by Bauer Consumer media
It has a target audience of both male and female readers, specifically middle class males ages 16-30.
It focuses on mainstream, big budget films.
Most popular film magazine in Britain, it is also published in America, Australia, Russia, Turkey and
Portugal.
The magazine includes film news, previews and reviews.

7. Masthead Main
Picture
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Tagline
Date and price
(Pug)
Buzz word

8. Entertainment
Weekly

9. Entertainment
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine that covers film, television, music,
Broadway theatre, books and popular culture.
Published by Time Inc
As well as exclusive behind the scenes content from the entertainment industry.
Conventions: The title and colours compliment the main picture.

10. Sight and sound

11. Sight and sound
A british film magazine published monthly by British film institute.
First published in 1932.
In 1991 it merged with the monthly film bulletin.
Themes/ conventions- Yellow title/ accent, main picture with actors name in bold.

12. Fim Weekly

13. Film weekly
● One of the leading popular film magazines published in the UK during the
1920/30s = mainstream audience
● Genre - The magazine became known for its gossipy interest in contemporary
film stars
● The magazine held an annual reader ballot to determine the best film of the
year and the best performance by an actor or actress in a British film.
● Conventions - very simple, black and white, contains a large close up of
actors faces.

14. Masthead
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Main picture
Box out
Skyline

15. Screen international

16. SCREEN INTERNATIONAL
- Published by media business insight
- Audience = those involved in the global film
business
- Founded in 1975
- Online version was published in 2001
- Also produces daily publications at film
festivals and markets all over the place -
Berlin, Toronto, Canada, Santa monaca,
Hong Kong, California.
Conventions
- Bold red masthead.
- The main picture is either of a big group or
an individual character
- Large, bold, capital letter title

17. Masthead
Kicker
Main picture
Puff
Splash

18. Filmmaker

19. Filmmaker
Filmmaker is a quarterly publication magazine covering issues relating to independent
film. The magazine was founderd in 1992 by Karol Martesko- Fenster, Scott Macalay
and Holly Wills.

20. Neon
● Alternative
● Published by Ascential
● First issue was published in December
1996 with new issues published
monthly until closure in 1999
● Much like mainstream magazines like
Empire, Neon featured reviews,
previews, actor profiles as well as
interviews, however the magazine was
written to be more comical
Conventions
- Usually bright colours that have
been desaturated
- Large, bold fonts
- Large shot of main characters in
films/actors

21. Masthead
Pug
Cover
Lines
Main Picture
Splash
(Front Page Story)
Kicker
Footer
Barcode

22. MyM
● Alternative/Entertainment
● Published by the MCM Expo Group
● First issue was published in May 2012
with new issues published monthly
● Originally focused on Japanese pop
culture but eventually expanded out to
become an entertainment magazine
Conventions
- Use of bold colours with a
relatively high contrast
- Large, bold fonts, but not so much
as to consume the main image
through colour
- Large shot of main characters in
films/feature

23. Shivers
● Horror Movie focus
● Published by Visual Imagination
● First issue was published in 1992, with
8 issues released per year up until 2008
● The magazine was tailored towards
horror fans, mostly addressing film but
also other media like television and
literature - featured review, profiles
and feature stories
Conventions
- Strong use of red/reddish hues
- Sharp fonts with glaring white
lining
- Large shot of main characters in
films/feature