Film Magazine Comparisons

Each of these magazines have a variety of different magazine elements to catch their target audiences eyes. They do this in a variety of different ways - by making text stand out, with a colourful background that is a colour that still compliments the magazine, but doesn't look too out of place, yet still makes the text noticeable. They also use phrases like "First Look," or "Extra Content," as well as sometimes not even finishing a sentence; which they put in a plug as this makes the reader want to know more.

All these magazines have a masthead which is in relatively the same place, but are all presented in a different way. For example, on most of the 'Empire' magazines the masthead is red and therefore stands out - This is so that the magazine is easily spotted in shops or on a newsagents sleeves as the same use of font and even colour makes the magazine recognisable to the target audience. On each one of the 'Empire' magazines the main image is placed in front of the masthead, this is so the image can be seen. This is done on most magazines so the target audience can see what the main feature of the magazine is about.

Cover lines for most magazines our usually put on the left third of the magazine, but our sometimes put on the right side, and on the rare occasion of it being a limited edition, or special version of the magazine dedicated to a certain thing; there are usually no cover lines as the vast majority of the magazine is dedicated to the featured article. These cover lines show a summary of whats in the magazine and give the target reader an idea of what the magazine consists of, this is so they can see if it's worth buying the magazine or not.

On each of the magazines, the main head line is the cover line is one of the biggest pieces of text, after the masthead on the cover, it's also a colour that stands out the most of everything on the cover to draw the target audiences eyes towards the masthead and the main cover line.