Conventions of a

Magazine Cover

TITLE OF THE MAGAZINEThe title is sight and sound and this is positioned on the

top left hand side of the magazine. This is clear with a

simple font so that the audience know what they are buying. It doesn’t stand out

much in comparison to other magazine covers such as

Empire or Total film however for sight and sound, the title

does stand out a lot in comparison to the surrounding

text.COVERLINE

This is usually positioned on the left side of the magazine cover. This is typical of the

genre with films relating to it advertised.

MAIN IMAGEThe main image

tends to be the main character from the film which is titled

on the magazine. In this case

‘’Production crews’ protagonist is the

photo on the cover. With the main image

taking up the majority of the page,

it makes the protagonist stand

out and look important to the relevance of the

magazine. By having 1 main image, the magazine cover is giving off a direct

approach. The image is occupies the right hand side

of the magazine cover which is a convention that

occurs in all sight and sound magazines.

SLOGANThis is what makes the magazine cover stand out from other film magazines. By having this, it boasts about the magazine which can persuade the audience to buy it. The simple font of this highlights the magazines formality and themes. The colour matches the colour scheme of the whole magazines keeping it all linked.

ANCHORAGE TEXTThe name of other films are on the magazine front cover which relates to

the main image. This is usually because they are the same genre. This delineates what the main talking point of the magazine is. Sight and

sound magazines usually have smaller film names on the front however, other film magazines tend to have big Hollywood blockbuster features.

These are examples of other sight and sound magazines which follow the conventions:

TITLE OF THE MAGAZINE

MAIN IMAGE

Comparisons;

COVERLINES

SLOGAN

ANCHORAGE TEXT