The document summarizes the author's research into film magazine covers. They analyzed covers of Empire magazine to understand conventions like typically featuring one main image, a red masthead, and centering the movie title. The author then examined Scream magazine covers, finding they usually include multiple images and a variety of fonts, shots, and layouts compared to Empire's focused style. Deconstructing a cover from each, the author gained insights into professional design and horror-related iconography to apply to their own horror magazine covers.