2. Empire is the main film magazine in the uk,
this magazine is published monthly by
Bauer. Bauer manages more than 600
magazines, the majority of their magazines
involve music but its very popular magazine
empire focuses on films and the actors in
the films etc. empire was first started in the
uk in 1989, but it now gets published in the
united states, Russia, turkey and Portugal.
They have a review section focused on
dvd’s and blue rays giving all the latest info
on newest releases etc. as empire has such
a big audience this gives them the chance
to host their own Empire awards, and it is
sponsored by Sony Ericson and empires
viewers are given the chance to vote for
their favourite actors and actresses etc. The
magazine also have a section were they
review recently released films.
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3. Total Film is a UK-based film magazine
published monthly and a summer issue is
added every year since issue 91, 2004 which is
published between July and August issue) by
future publishing. The magazine was
launched in 1997 and offers cinema, DVD
and Blu-ray news, reviews and features. Total
Film is available both in print and interactive
iPad editions. Future publishing was ranked as
the 6th largest media corporation in the uk.
Another company has been set up in the us
called future us, which was founded by Chris
Anderson and he expects that as its such a
big move to the us that this will help in the
grown of future publishing and increase its
popularity. Total film release an array of
features every month such as interviews with
the actors and directors etc. every magazine
includes a total films interview, which is a 6
page long in depth, of the director or actors
of the films along with critique of their line of
work.
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5. Magazine codes and conventions
• Masthead- this is the title the use to make readers familiar with the
magazine.
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• main image- usually consists of main actors of the film etc.
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• Sell lines- seen as an introductory headline below the masthead to give an
insight into the magazine.
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• Tag line- a word or phrase used to engage the readers attention for e.g.
labelling it as ‘exclusive’ or ‘sensational’.
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• coverlines- The main articles in the magazines are stated in a selling line to
attract readers.
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• Barcode/ dateline & price- a dateline is the date of it being published and
the price is shown, the barcode is their for the retailers use to sell the
6. Magazine staff roles and
responsibilities
All magazines have a publisher - both in the
(organisation) that owns it and the person that
manages it. With an independently published
magazine this can be the same thing. In a large
publishing organisation there will often be ‘group
publishers’ who manage a number of different
titles, typically organised in genres such as
lifestyle, motoring etc. (Above this level will be a
publishing director or a board of directors - this is
at the upper levels of the business, and it normally
follows standard business management structure
conventions.)
The publisher’s role is to:
manage the overall strategy of a magazine
Long-term direction
Big advertising deals (not the day-to-day ones)
Any large-scale economic considerations
They will not normally get involved in the day to day
running of a magazine; that is done by the editor and
the rest of the editorial team.
The structure of a magazines editorial structure will
generally be something like this:
Editorial assistants
Researching for otherss
Writing smaller items
Picture research
Admin
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Staff writers
Ideas for stories, features and news
Write large portions of a magazine
7. Section editors
In charge of parts of the magazine
May write content, may commission staff writers or
contributors
Liases with the design team for illustrations, photos,
etc. for articles
In conjunction with the editor, proofs and signs off
pages as they go through production
Art editor
Responsible for the look of the title and visual
content of articles
Art-directs most photo shoots
Commissions photographers and illustrators
Designer/junior designer
Tackles the normal design tasks; customising
feature layouts, etc.
Liases with photographers and illustrators
May also do production work
Production editor
Manages the production of layouts and final artwork
In charge of the actual production of the artwork
The voice of God when press day comes around: do
NOT cross the production editor!
Needs to be a multi-tasking detail meister and
control freak
Sub-editors/production subs
General layout production
Proof-reading and copy-fitting
Work with page templates and house styles
Editor
Legally responsible for what gets printed
May write a lot, may not (often determined by the
size of the publication, which dictates the overall
workload)
Proofs and signs off pages as they go through
production
May have a deputy editor who helps share the load
