Film magazines such as Empire and Total Film are similar in style because they will generally have more casual reviews, with a potential audience of young adults who just want to know if the film is good or not, and worth watching. The magazine reviews will not reveal every aspect of the film, except it may give you an outline of what the narrative is about. There are more pictures and graphics in reviews than text, and the text will be put into small columns. The way the magazine interacts with the audience is by using many breakout boxes for extra information, and trying to make jokes about things they say. Both of these magazines are split up into sections for sometimes not just about films, for example, music and watching films at home.
On the other hand, the film magazine Sight & Sound is a very well-known magazine for reviews, but for more of an academic audience, this is portrayed by the content and layout of the review. The content of the reviews is quite serious and uses very complex language, for example, verisimilitude. Furthermore, the layout of the reviews are very plain with possibly one picture from the film with lots of columns of text, immediately telling the audience it is long and detailed. The potential audience of this magazine is for people who believe film is a type of art, and are very interested to know how directors can do things.
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