Ancillary Task : My Chosen Magazine To Base My Review On...

So after conducting my research on the convention of a film magazine, it enabled my to depict each film magazine and therefore decide on which review I feel would be most appropriate to base my own layout for my review on. I decided from this that the magazine that I would focus on was 'Total Film', below are the images of the two pages that have inspired my layout, I am going to do a single page review with the additional page being of the box office charts, flashback and most updated reviews.

I feel that this magazine is most suited for my genre of film, as my film is a silent film and inspired my European films it is not the typical film, therefore it is unlikely that it would be a film focused on within non-film magazines such as closer magazine as these type of magazines focus more upon mainstream films. Also when researching I found a review on total film for 'Pixar short film Collections' so therefore the magazine already shows an interest into short films. I decided therefore that firstly before drawing up a blue print for my review based on the layout of total film that I would conduct some general background history into the magazine

Background Information of Total Film Magazine
 

Total Film is a UK based magazine that publishes 13 times a year, therefore a new magazine is distributed every four weeks by future publishing. The magazine was first launched in 1997 and offers cinema, DVD and blue-ray news, reviews and features. Total film is available in print and can is streamed online. Each month total film provides a range of features, from spotlight interviews with actors and directors, to make of and on-set pieces from new and future releases. Each issue always includes the Total Film interview, which is a six page in-depth chat with an actor or directors along with a critique of their body of work. There are five key sections within the magazine :

Dialogue : This is the section where readers can interact with the magazine, it contains readers letters, emails and feedback from the magazine's social media followers (TF forum, facebook and twitter). A regular feature within Dialogue includes Office Spaced where snippets of conversation from the TF office are shared
Buzz : This is the news section, providing details on upcoming films, including first look photos, on-set visits and exclusive "sneak peeks". Regular features include : Ever met Tom Cruise? (where a behind the scenes person is interviewed), You talkin' to Me? (where stars answer questions posed as famous film quotes) and Red Light, Green Light (this is the whats hot and whats not in movie land). 

Agenda : This section often previews more eclectic and less mainstream releases and players 

Screen : The main cinema reviews section, with every new movie for that month reviewed and mated. Major released receives comprehensive coverage, with a star rating out of five, the magazines own predicted interest curve and a short verdict. Also briefly listed are similar recommendations under 'see this if you liked...' Smaller films receives a concise review and rating. The end of the section is devoted to the current US and UK box office charts, an irreverent flashback to an old issue and summaries of any films that were not shown to journalists in time for the months print deadline
Lounge : Total films home entertainment guide, including reviews of the latest DVD and Blu-rays as well as some games, soundtracks and books. Regular features include 'Is it just me?' (this is where a total film writer gets to rant about a particular often controversial film-related point of view, with readers then given the right to reply via the forum or website); 'Instant Expert' (which gives a rundown of the key facts that you need to know about an actor, director or more genre) and 'TF Loves' (which picks out a certain scene or character rated by the magazine).
Editions of Total Film are release in many countries including Turkey, Russia, Serbia, Croatia, Indonesia and many others as well as the UK.Total films online presence  includes the website and forum (http://www.totalfilm.com/), as well as pages on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. There is also a total film iPhone app. The website includes news, reviews, features, trailer, coming soon films, competitions, screening club and magazine. News is uploaded throughout the day and reviews are uploaded as they come in with a movie database of every film review that in featured in the magazine. It has 2.5 million unique users and 40 million page views a month. The forum had existed since 2004, and bespoke content is uploaded to facebook and twitter through the day. Total films official blog is located on Tumblr, with bespoke content for reviews, news, features, trailers, posters, office talk and covers posted throughout the day. The iPhone app was launched in August 2010. Since April 2012 total film had been available in an interactive version for iPad, the total film iPad app won Film Magazine Of The Year in the 2012 digital magazine awards.