film review

This is a film review for the new film Monsters directed by Gareth Edwards, this is a classic layout for a film review on a double page. A main image is used to depict both film and narrative, text and add on's are placed around the image with some overlapping, again colour schemes are added titles in red and a star rating is a concept that is used in all reviews, The text moves around the centre image much like this blog post which keeps the text in columns for an easy read and a simplistic view.

Total film have introduced a predictive interest curve which has a graph with a line of interest which adjusts to the viewers interest throughout the film this is one aspect that is different, its a novelty and add a extra view on the film these concepts vary in magazine and could be something i make up and adapt into my own review be it a predicted curve line or a related idea.

This is an example of how reviews will pick out a key quote and put it in bolder text which for one gives the reader an initial feel for the text but also can draw readers in depending on the quote, i will use this technique and as they do change the font colour and size to draw a reader.

Again a unique quality to this magazine and review is that the writers have put a indent of other films related to this one that readers might enjoy, because of the similarities with the both.

By looking at this review the thing that stood out for me was the curve line and the other films that viewers would enjoy, this is a concept i will definitely incorporate. The writing style has an air of humor and relates to its reader the mood is not so in depth and tries to appeal to wide range of social backgrounds and people film is global and the reviews must apply to this, the columnist strays of on points which link to the film to give a wider range of view and reading combining opinion with fact.



Moving on reviews often use actresses and actors cast and crew alike to question to give a brief lighthearted question and answer interview, questions are in bold black and answers in a lighter smaller text, an example of these are :

. What will make this a must see in 2011?

when doing a question and answer extract for my review i would question Leah my main actress, and ask similar questions such as

. What did you think of the concept behind the film ?

finally here are examples of reviews in the same magazine just giving a variation in review layout but i will stick to the above.