History of Film MagazinesBy Nathan Brown

Early magazines•Cinematography and Bioscope - One of

the earlier Film Magazines was the „Cinematography and Bioscope Magazine‟, although this wasn't a magazine as such as a trade paper. This paper informed and discussed issues and developments within the film industry from around the 1900‟s. This paper also included reviews of certain films to be released such as “Dick Turpan's Last Ride To York‟ and “Desperate Swindlers”

Early Magazines•Kinematography - The Kinematograph

and Lantern Weekly‟ started in 1907 and focused on business developments in the world of cinema, whilst providing short reviews of current features.

Early Magazines•Variety - Variety originally printed trade

papers in 1905 but when the magazine business got popular they decided to make magazines, now the publication exists in many forms including a website. Variety used unique words in their articles which have been copied by many journalists in their reviews of films.

•Picturegoer - Picturegoer was one of the earliest consumer magazine about film, running from 1913 to 1960. This magazine posted articles about „How to get a job in Hollywood‟ and other things which the public would find interesting and exciting.

Early Magazines•Hotdog - Hotdog was a short lived

publication running from 2000 to 2006. It offered similar content to Total film, which put a quirkier edge on mainstream movies. They also introduced a concept called movie maths: “Se7en + Marilyn Manson x The Wizard of Oz = Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.”

Relevant Magazines•Empire - Empire is the leading film

magazine in the UK today, although it has only been around from 1989 to the present day it has had huge success, giving the audience insight into film stars lives, various film facts and reviews of upcoming and recently released films.

Demographic• The earlier trade papers were aimed mostly at

richer people, mainly adults who were in the film industry, this is why the content is mainly factual rather that articles interviewing actors. The film magazines created were aimed at a range of ages from teenagers to adults, they were produced as a cheaper commercial product which anyone could buy. In the film magazines the were more interesting articles and more film reviews. Modern day film magazines are still aimed at a similar age range, but have a higher quality of print as they are now digitally made, this makes the magazines more expensive.