Film Magazine Cover Analysis

As my film is going to be an independent production, I will be creating an independent magazine for it. The content and design will be similar to magazines such as Sight & Sound, FilmMaker and MovieMaker. So that I will be able to confidently create my own magazine front cover, I am going to analyse three front covers from these three publications. I will be analysing them in terms of layout and content so that I have an idea as to what content I should include and how my magazine should look.

• The masthead is in plain black lettering on a yellow background which is not too eye catching.
• There is a dominant central image director Michael Haneke.
• There is a web address for Sight & Sound.
• There is the date, issue number, price and bar code.
• There are multiple cover lines advertising what else is in the magazine.

• The masthead is in bright and bold lettering to stand out.
• There is a dominant central image is of director Robert Rodriguez.
• There is the date, issue number, price and bar code.
• There is a dominant cover line related to the central image.
• There are multiple cover lines on one side of the page.
• There is a slogan about MovieMaker, "The art & business of making movies".

• The masthead is the largest and most eye catching part of the cover. 
• There is a recognisable central image of famous director Quentin Tarantino.
• There is a web address, bar code, date, price and issue number.
• The dominant cover line is the same colour as the masthead and relate to the image of Tarantino.
• There are plenty of other cover lines on both sides of the cover.
• There is a slogan of FilmMaker, "The magazine of independent film".