what are the main film magazines in the uk and how do they differ?

There are many film magazines in the UK they differ in certain ways if its from layout, audiences or film genre. some of these magazines are cinema retro, film review (magazine) and eye for a film but the largest in the UK are Empire and total film these by far have the largest audience and most prestigious. these magazines are used to provide opinions about films, they give more information

then film posters do, they offer people guidance on what films they should go and see. They can make or break many films like "the kings speech" which was very successful due to the reviews it received and on the other end "cat women" this failed due largely to the negative reviews.total film magazine have very simple typography with large font big headings and large pictures there is a head line columns pictures image caption break out boxes and many other stander things. the mode of address there are very simple examples from a text on the road it is written for audiences which have a general knowledge of cinema using words like "comprises tense, terse dialogue. this is simple language that movie fans would understand.

the intended audiences for total film is the genreal public who have a little intrest into film its good for light reading and gives you a good rang of films. it is not a alternative film magazines only for art house films with only small

audiences.

this is an example of a film review in total film you can see the large picture and title along with the large break up boxes this cuts up the article.

Two very different film magazines when compared are total film and sight and sound sight. Total film is very much directed at the main stream audiences and also for men there are often good looking film stars like the picture i used as an example above of Megan Fox on the front cover. this is an ideal example of how they are trying to attract male film fans. on the other hand sight and sound is a art house film magazine concentrating on more individual films. it is 100% for proper film buffs and gives lots of information and in depth discussion on the films. If you look at a film review in sight and sound there ratio between the amount of writing and the size of the picture is very different to total film. This is an example below, which shows the difference.