NEA Task 8 : Research Into Existing Film Magazines For A Media Literate Audience

 Film Stories 

Film stories is a UK film magazine, which began in June 2018 when it was founded by Simon brew as a website and podcast. It was then launched in November 2018 and since then they've published hundreds of pages talking about all sorts of films, big and small. Film stories is an independent publication, meaning they have no big publishing company behind it. It is published once a month at £5.99 a copy or you can sign up to a subscription at £29 saving 20% on cover price. A typical cover features generic conventions of a film magazine, with a mix of films you may or may not have heard of and a variety of film actors, directors and producers.

Sight and Sound 

First published in 1932, Sight and sound is a monthly film magazine published by the British film institute. It conducts the well-known, once-a-decade poll of the greatest films of all time, ongoing from 1952. Sight and sound was published quarterly until the early 1990's, but in 1991 it merged with another BFI publication, the monthly film bulletin and started to appear monthly. Sight and sound is an internationally renowned film magazine championing the art of cinema and tv from around the world. An annual print subscription of the magazine is £50 in the UK and £75 worldwide, whereas the the annual digital subscription is cheaper at £35. The magazine cover follows generic conventions of a film magazine as it typically features bold typography and iconic cover stars. Sight and sound do not have their own website but instead, viewers can access any content or updates through the British film institute website. 

Little White Lies

Little White Lies is a bi-monthly British, internationally distributed, film magazine and a routinely updated website. Launched in 2005, Little White Lies is published by a London-based media company TCOLondon who also publish the DIY culture magazine Huck. It's a Magazine with the leading independent voice in film combining design, illustrations and journalism to champion great films and the people who make them. Each issue contains interviews, editorials and in-depth reviews with a great ranking system. A one year subscription of the magazine (5 issues) costs around £28 with a two year subscription (10 issues) costing £50. Little white lies has a unique sense of style with the front cover usually containing either an illustration, painting or sometimes even computer graphic pieces.