Magazine front cover analysis

Liam Woodgate

Empire MagazineEmpire magazine is a British film started in 1989 magazine that is also published in most of Europe and the United States. It is a very well known and popular name in film magazines. They are published by German based publishing company Bauer Consumer Media. They review both mainstream films and art films, however they concentrate mainly on the former, this means they have quite a wide readership that stretches out to many different people who like varying genres of film. The target audience for Empire is likely to be people who are in a 16+ age range as they will be more mature and the magazine tends to review and look at films that are based in that age range.

Total film MagazineTotal Film Magazine is a UK based film magazine that offers news about upcoming films and publishes reviews and articles based on newly released products. It is published 13 times a year, once a month plus a special during summer. They feature interviews and spotlights withy actors and directors, each issue does not go without a 6 page interview with a well known director and a critique of their work. There is a mixed amount of content in the magazine that is aimed at multiple types of people, for example one section “agenda” is aimed at “sharper” filmgoers, the article is written by Richard Ayoade from the IT Crowd. The target audience for Total film is likely to depend on what parts of it are seen by the average reader, on average it is likely targeted to 16+, like Empire as they tend to review films from that

Empire MagazineThe poster itselfConceptually this poster is very simple but conventional as it features all the major elements of a generic front cover, for example the character depicted has taken centre stage in order to take your view away