Magazine Research

When I started to plan my magazine, i had difficulties thinking about what type of aspects go into a magazine and what expectations a magazine cover has. So I did some research into this, looking at different film magazines that gives me some indication of what things are needed in my cover.
The  poster I looked at was from the magazine ' Total Film'.

Even though the main feature of this magazine poster is Twilight and does not share the same genre of my film, it has some relevance because of the lighting and colour of the cover. Also this is a top film magazine and should be a good template to take ideas from.

The magazine cover looks at what is included  in that issue and gives tasters. Also, to attract and bring in more consumers, the magazine gives away merchandise from certain recent films which also raises awareness of the film.

Most of the sub headlines that could be seen as tasters as to what is in the magazine, is also in a attractive and stick out font. This is to ensure that the potential consumers are aware of whats included.