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- Empire (Best selling In Total film (Second best Sight and sound Uncut Q
UK) selling in UK)
Publisher (other related It is published by Bauer It is published by future British film industry IPC media. Bauer media group
media interests) consumer media. publishing. (BFI).
Target audience General interest in film Young mixed gender An educated older male Young adult to a
 directors, genres, audience. audience. Educated and general age range with
young adults  60 +. knowledgeable readers interest in music and
Many women’s lifestyle wishing to find out film.
magazines incorporate about industry and art
film reviews but as of film.
males have less lifestyle
magazines they might
be more attracted to
this magazine although
it is aimed at both
genres.
Style/layout This magazine keeps a This magazine tends to It has detailed analysis It looks at classic rock The magazine follows
house style of having have the same font of the art of film. music and contempory its house style by
the masthead in large mast head printed at Information on the plus cult film. It is a maintaining their
red font at the top of the top of the page industry itself, hybrid magazine (looks image through using a
the page; it tends to with a main image in academic links. World at two different genres colour scheme
have a large main the middle of the page and classic cinema. ( music and film)). throughout. There are
image in the centre of surrounded by cover ‘Sight and sound’  always key images with
the magazine lines. Reader polls and uses movie elements many cover lines
surrounded by cover votes. and creates an audio surrounding it.
lines. Interviews, visual idea.

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review’s reader
polls/votes. ‘Empire’ 
powerful names,
domination, large
industry, named after
chain of cinemas
Conventions The date is commonly ‘Total’ written in letter Strap line ‘International Red white and black ‘Spine line’- Every issue
situated above the ‘M’ F of film. White, red film magazine’  it writing. Semiotic name of Q has a different
and the magazine and black writing is looks at international ‘uncut’ reveals that it message on the spine.
website is underneath always used for the films. shows everything. Readers then try to
the ‘empire’ logo. It title to keep a house work out what the
sometimes advertises style within the message has to do with
something completely magazine. the contents of the
different. magazine.
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