The contents page for sight and sound, little white lies is
only a single page, which means that it is concise and short but informative.
However, the contents page of film stories takes up 2 pages, which is
suggesting that the magazine contains lots of content and detail, which is
beneficial for the readers who want to learn in more detail what is inside the
magazine.
The layout for Sight and Sound is very organised and
simplistic, with all content being divided by thin borders. Also, the content
is laid out in bullet points, which gives it a minimalistic and modern
appearance while interesting the reader into reading them pages to find out
more. There are people mentioned within the contents page, such as Derek
O’Connor a writer, editor and filmmaker. The contents page is identical between
editions, with the June 2022 and march 2023 editions having the exact same
positioning of boxes and borders, with different content and people mentioned.
For example, Jonathan Rosenbaum who is a film critic and author. However, in
Little White Lies, there are no borders to separate the content, which is
displayed in a vibrant black and yellow colour, which catches the eye of
readers and gives it a more basic and simple appearance. Also, the sans serif
font emphasises this sense, which is appealing to the target audience who would
expect this modern style of magazine. There are only 9 articles that are mentioned
in this page, but it goes into more detail than Sight and Sound. Furthermore, everything
is centralised within the page, which ensures that the readers are able to see
all of the content easily. Similarly, in the November to December 2022 edition
of Little White Lies follows this structure and layout, with the background and
content contrasting in colours and the lack of borders or divisions between the
content regarding the featured articles. It also follows the expectation of
there only being one page, which shows consistency. However, the front cover of
film stories features lots of different content and features photographs to
give the reader a clearer understanding of what they are going to be reading
about. This occurs in both editions, which have identical layouts but with
different colours and layouts.
The different sections that are displayed within the
contents page for Sight and Sound are: editorial, opening scenes, letters,
talkies, and endings. There is also a “Reviews” section which contains: Films,
television, DVD/Blu-Ray, wider screen, and books. Having these sections means
that there is going to be something that is engaging and interesting for
everyone, which ensures that the magazine appeals to everyone within their
target audience. Also, it gives the readers a good idea of what to expect or
where to find a specific article. This is identical within the March 2023
edition, which features the exact same sections and headings. However, in Little
White Lies there is only one sections, which is “Feature Contents”. This one
section contains all of the articles within the magazine. This is seen within
the November and December editions aswell, with the exact same section being
present. However, in Film Stories there is one clear section: “Credits” with
everything falling under that category. The other headings include: The
important people and Less important people. There are four articles featured
within the centre of the pages for both publications, but they do not feature
headings or sections to label them.
The contents page for Sight and Sound indicates that the
magazine is going to contain articles that talk about new or popular films, review
different films or other media formats such as books, and features an article
that talks about films back in 1982, which will engage an older audience.
Similarly, in the March 2023 edition, the contents page features the same
content but with different films and a “from the archive” article which goes
into detail about films in the year 2000. However, Little White Lies features
articles with reviews, information about people in film, and other film related
articles that could engage their target audience. Similarly, the November to
December edition features reviews and film related articles. Film Stories also
features content related to films such as reviews or previews of upcoming films
with photos provided to give the reader a sense of excitement. There are also
articles on the side of the second page which are film related such as
interviews with film stars. This is also present in the march 2023 edition
which has four main articles about actors or upcoming films with extra articles
being included such as Ready Player One.
The typography in Sight and Sound is minimal and in a sans
serif font which gives it a very simple and minimal appearance which creates a
sense of modernism, which appeals to the target audience as they are an
audience who would expect a modern and new look to it. Also, the headings for each
box is in bold, which makes it easy and clear for the readers to see what the
headings are for each box and page, which is convenient and appealing. The fonts
for Little White Lies follows this trend with the text at the top of boxes being
in bold, which is done for the same reason. However, their text is much more
concise and it is all centred within the middle of the page. However, in Film
Stories, the typography remains consistent apart from some of the headings
being in bold. The font is very small and around the outside of the pages in
both editions, which means that they can fit more in for more detail.
The page numbers are different across the magazines as the
content is featured on different pages varying on the length of the magazine
and the amount of content on other pages. In sight and sound they in bold so
the readers can clearly see what page they need to turn to in order to find
their desired content, minimising confusion and time spent searching for a
page. In little white lies they are much small and more concise, to match the
theme of minimalism and a clean appearance. However, in film stories the
numbers are large and clearly visible to the readers, as they are big and in
bright colours.
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