1) The title is almost always at the top of the page in bold writing, and this writing is almost always generic to that film magazine cover. For example, Empire always follow the same layout for their magazine title with it being red, in capitals, bold and using the same font. However, whenever there is a special edition magazine out such as the Skyfall edition of the magazine, they changed the colour of the title to gold which attracted a wider audience as it was different.
2) The main image in the middle of the film magazine cover is usually a mid shot of one of the lead characters/actors in the film it's promoting.
3) Magazines use things called 'buzz words' that will attract audiences to buy the magazine such as "free", "exclusive", "shocking" etc. People are always looking for gossip or free stuff so this is part of a marketing scheme to make people buy the magazine and boost publicity for the film it's promoting.
4) Barcode, issue date and the date. All magazines have them. All magazines need then.
5) Magazines also have information around the sides of the magazines with snippets of what else is in the magazine without the reader having to pick it up and read through to find out. For example, it could be something small like "Angelina Jolie sits down with Empire for an exclusive interview", or it could be a gossipy title such as "Can Katie Price ever control her weight gain" or something to that degree.
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