These are the convention of a magazine front cover.

2. TITLE OF THE MAGAZINE
The title is sight and sound and
this is positioned on the top left
hand side of the magazine. This is
clear with a simple font so that the
audience know what they are
buying. It doesn’t stand out much
in comparison to other magazine
covers such as Empire or Total film
however for sight and sound, the
title does stand out a lot in
comparison to the surrounding
text.
COVERLINE
This is usually positioned on the
left side of the magazine cover.
This is typical of the genre with
films relating to it advertised.
MAIN IMAGE
The main image tends
to be the main
character from the film
which is titled on the
magazine. In this case
‘’Production crews’
protagonist is the photo
on the cover. With the
main image taking up
the majority of the
page, it makes the
protagonist stand out
and look important to
the relevance of the
magazine. By having 1
main image, the
magazine cover is
giving off a direct
approach. The image is
occupies the right hand
side of the magazine
cover which is a
convention that occurs
in all sight and sound
magazines.
SLOGAN
This is what makes the magazine cover stand out from other film
magazines. By having this, it boasts about the magazine which can
persuade the audience to buy it. The simple font of this highlights the
magazines formality and themes. The colour matches the colour
scheme of the whole magazines keeping it all linked.

3. ANCHORAGE TEXT
The name of other films are on the magazine front cover which relates to the main
image. This is usually because they are the same genre. This delineates what the
main talking point of the magazine is. Sight and sound magazines usually have
smaller film names on the front however, other film magazines tend to have big
Hollywood blockbuster features.
These are examples of other sight
and sound magazines which follow
the conventions:

4. TITLE OF THE
MAGAZINE
MAIN IMAGE
Comparisons;
COVERLINES

5. SLOGAN
ANCHORAGE TEXT