Are they single or double pages?
From my analysis I have found out that Sight and Sound and Little White Lies only have one magazine contents page, whereas Film Stories have a double page for their magazine content.
The layout of the different elements on the page
Each of them have their layout exactly the same in each magazine that has been published, however all three compared to each other are quite different; Sight and Sound is the only one that has no colour in it at all. The way it is set out is very organised as it is put into different boxes to show each section that is included within the magazine so that it is easier for the audience to find exactly what they are looking for. In every single magazine the layout is exactly the same, the only thing that is changed is the content that is being shown. Little White Lies has a very simple look to it as it includes the issue and then a heading called "feature contents" with a list below with everything included and the number pages. The layout is the same every time, the only thing that changes is the design and colour of the page, for example the first one is like a dark grey plain solid background, but the second is a light blue solid page with some graphic design drawn on top. Film Stories usually has a plain white background and also includes different sections for things like credits on the left, the content on the right, and the most important content right in the middle of the page with images included. The only thing that changes is the colour used for the page numbers and the shapes that are included within the page.
The different sections of the magazine that are shown in the contents page and what can be found inside
Sight and Sound has thirteen sections that are shown in the contents page and every time the sections are exactly the same, just might slightly be different pages in the actual magazine; editorial, opening scenes, letters, talkies, endings, film, television, DVD & Blu-ray, wider screen, books and contributors. There is also a section for a specific person that has been featured for example, for the first one it includes Howards Hawks and the second one is about Kurosawa Akira. The contributors in the first magazine includes Beatrice Loayza, Derek O'Connor and Ehsan Khoshbakht. The second magazine includes Catherine Wheatley, Phuong Le and Jonathan Rosenbaum. Little White Lies includes no images in their contents page, just typography. There are also no actual sections included, it just seems like a list of the featured content with the number page above each one. Film Stories includes the credits section, the contents section and the main features right in the middle of the double pages.
The use of typography (font, size, use capitalisation/ lower case, text direction, etc)
The typography used for Sight and Sound is very simple; the numbers used for the pages are large and in bold along with the subheadings. The writing within each section is in a sort of way that makes it look like a list and they have also included writing going vertically. The typography for Little White Lies is also similar as it has a bold subheading with normal writing underneath. Film Stories has big bold writing for the featured content and then smaller writing for the rest of the content at the side of the pages.
The use of images
Sight and Sound and Film Stories are the ones that include images, however Sight and Sound's small images are black and white while Film Stories has big images in colour. Little White Lies has no images at all, just writing.
The use of page numbers
All three magazines include page numbers, however Little White Lies is the only one that makes the numbers quite small whereas Sight and Sound and Film Stories make the numbers very large and bold so that they can be seen very easily by readers.
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