Film Magazines

Part of our media coursework is not only creating a film trailer but also designing a front cover magazine for our trailer. I've been doing some research with different film magazine companies. This helps as it gives me an idea of how I can create my film magazine.

Empire
Empire is a British film magazine published by Bauer Consumer Media, edited by Barry McIlheney and published by Emap; their first issue was in July 1989, meaning the magazine has been around Britain for a long time now. It's the biggest selling film magazine in Britain with a circulation of 194,016 per year. Empire organises the Empire Awards which is sponsored by Sony Ericsson and Jameson.

Front Covers

Sight and Sound

Sight and Sound is a film magazine that publishes every month by the BFI (British Film Institute). It was first published in 1932. The magazine is edited by Nick James, inculding film reviews, releases each month, art house releases, the magazine also features a full cast and crew credit list for each reviewed film.

Front Covers



The front covers from these two different magazine companies will help me to design my own film magazine, for my upcoming horror trailer. It gives me ideas in how to place the title, subheading and the writing all around the front cover, it also gives me an idea of how the picture can look and how the writing and picture blend well together by the techniques used.
Last year I created my own music magazine, so I've got a rough idea on how to create my new film magazine, however, film magazines are slightly different than music magazines, so these front covers are a good example on how I can design my film front cover magazine.