This document summarizes several film magazines, including their target audiences, focuses, and publication details. Empire is a mainstream British film magazine published monthly that reviews both art and mainstream films but focuses on the latter. Total Film is also a British film magazine published monthly that offers film news, reviews and features, including an actor/director interview. Uncut is a monthly music and film magazine aimed at men aged 25-45 that focuses on music and movies. Sight & Sound is an academic, international magazine published by the BFI that explores art and craft behind film. SFX is a genre-specific magazine focused on sci-fi/fantasy published every four weeks. Little White Lies is a bi-monthly independent film magazine

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2. • From the website, it appears to
be oriented toward men.
• It appears to cover mainstream
cinema, however it is broad in
the type of films it covers
• Empire is a British film magazine
published monthly by Bauer
Consumer Media
• In common with most British film
magazines, Empire is populist in
both approach and coverage
unlike less irreverent and more
'serious' magazines such as
Sight & Sound.
• It reviews both mainstream films
and art films, but feature articles
concentrate on the former.
EMPIRE

3. • ‘The modern guide to movies’
• British film magazine published
monthly by Future publishing
• Offers film, DVD and Blu-ray
news, reviews and features
• All issues contain the Total Film
Interview — an in-depth chat
with a celebrated actor or
director, along with a critique of
their body of work, a one-page
celebration of a film, a scene or
a performance
• The target audience appears to
be male oriented towards people
interested specifically in
mainstream cinema or a
particular film that is featured
TOTAL FILM

4. • Culturally aware, ‘Music and Movie
with Something to Say’
• Published by IPC Media
• Focuses on music, but also includes
film and books sections
• It is a monthly magazine aimed at
25- to 45-year-old men that focuses
on music and movies
• According to IPC Media, 86% of the
magazine's readers are male and
their average age is 37 years
• Uncut's contents include lengthy
features on old albums, interviews
with film directors, music and film
news, and reviews of all major new
album, film and DVD releases
UNCUT

5. • Published by BFI
• Academic, international
magazine – covers world cinema
• Exploring the art and craft
behind film, goes into plenty of
detail
• Niche market, not commercial in
that aspect – possibly an older
target audience interested in a
more academic side of the film
industry
• In-depth reading, complex and
pseudo specific jargon
• This excerpt from the website
entails specifically all the traits of
the magazine and the target
audience
SIGHT & SOUND

6. • Genre specific – Sci-fi film and
TV
• Published every four weeks by
Future Publishing
• Male oriented, with an
expected age of 20+, the
magazine covers topics in the
genres of popular science
fiction, fantasy and horror,
within the media of films,
television, videogames, comics
and literature
SFX

7. • Stylised and artistic, niche market,
popular art and culture
• It is a bi-monthly, British independent
film magazine with an emphasis
upon the written word, illustration
and photography in the cinema
industry
• This magazine is produces by The
Church of London, and each issue of
Little White Lies is themed around a
single cover film, inspiring the design
and editorial content of the entire
issue
• The magazine transcends a specific
target audience in age and
orientation, however it is expected
that they are of a younger generation
of people that have an appreciation
for art and culture
LITTLE WHITE LIES