Time is a commercial magazine sold weekly, therefore I'd have to be careful as to what elements I could incorporate into my own magazine when thinking realistically about budget and audience.
Audience - Casual, general film interest but most films aimed at an adult audience.
Quantity/ Range of film coverage - Lots of little reviews, with a main focus on 'Another Year' and 'Let Me In'.
Film Review Page - The reviews contained the same basic format, with the main picture to the left, a box with their rating and relevant information (e.g. director, running time, certificate). The writing was columned with a use of bold font to make quotes stand out and as for the larger reviews the quotes were separate and considerably larger within pictured quotation marks.
Little White Lies is an independent magazine issued by the 'Church of London', which was a better model for my magazine review page as it was slightly less budgeted.
Audience - Varied sense of audience but less mainstream films suggested specialist film taste and a predominantly adult audience.
Quantity/ Range of film coverage - Main films contained 'The Illusionist', 'The Secret in the Eyes', 'Beautiful Kate' and 'Frontier blues'. I'd never heard of these films before as they aren't mainstream but seemed very varied in genre.
Film Review Page - Simplistic design with the main photo centralised at the top of the page, the writing was laid out in columns with small colour boxes of information to the side, along with bolding and numbering.
Total Film is a commerical magazine owned by a mainstream publisher and a large corporation, which is something I'd to take into account given the limitations of my budget and design.
Audience - "The modern guide to films" quite young audience but seems to have a general interest throughout.
Quantity/ Range of Film Coverage - Had about 10 detailed reviews and offered a wide range of mini reviews as well. The lead was 'Due Date' which has quite an open audience, also as it reviews films monthly it leaves a wide range of audience interest.
Film Review Page - Has one main photograph, usually a production shot, with an amusing caption. There's also the title next to the photo with the release date and a mini synopsis underneath. The first letter is larger than the rest to indicate the start of the review, whilst the rest of the writing is in columns. Certain quotes were made larger and seperated from the text. Subheading and a boxes were also used to sign post a 'talking point' and 'predicated interest curve' to engage with the reader.
Empire was another commerical magazine, owned by a mainstream publisher and big buisness, which I took into account when deconstructing.
Audience - The reviews started with quite childish films, aimed at a younger audience, but as you went through more adult films appeared implying a parent demographic.
Quantity/ Range of Film Coverage - 'Lemony Snicket', 'The Incredibles' and 'Shark Tale' were at the front but the main coverage was of Johnny Depp's 'Finding Neverland' suggestion a family audience, attracting women because of the focus on Johnny Depp. a timeline of that months films and their date with picture references thats size depended on their coverage within the magazine. At the end there was 'Predator' and 'The Exorcist' which are very adult in comparison to the other reviews, very varied audience demographic.
Film Review Page - 'Intermission' was a section allocated to lots of little reviews. Then as for the actual reviews the main phot was centralised with an information box as well as opinons and the magazines rating. The main article was in columns and bold lettering was used to make certian parts stand out.
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