Codes And Conventions Of Magazine Film Review Pages
Film Review Pages
Avatar - Unlimited Magazine
Immediately obvious is the large use of images from the film. A3 spread is dominated by images which are arranged in a linear manner with a border around it image. The review page consists of one main large image, a smaller adjacent image and a series os smaller images along the bottom. In the case of the film 'Avatar' the images show of the modern CGI effects as well as key events in the movie. Furthermore the images give the audience a sense of the genre of the film. The images don't overlap however the text boxes overlap on to the image. The text used is of a consistent font and size accept from the title of the film which is in a larger font. Furthermore the text is in the same colour throughout the article. The only acceptation to this rule is the text under the title however this fits with the layout and design of the page.
Lady In The Water - EMPIRE Magazine
Many of the traits in 'Unlimited' magazine review are found in this 'Empire' magazine. For example this review contains one large image from the movie as well as one smaller adjacent image. Again the images don't overlap however instead of having a border the main image bleeds to the edges of the page. The text again is of the same font through out the article except for the title. As a result the title stands out from the text. Unlike the 'Avatar' review this article has highlighted a quote from the text by changing its colour and font size. In addition small amounts of text have been added to the top hand right corner of the images to explain what they are showing.
I Am Legend - EMPIRE Magazine
This review shares a large majority of similarities as the previous two articles.
The main difference in this review is that the main image chosen isn't a still image from the film. Instead they have chosen an image which shows the making of the film.
Overall the key codes and conventions of a review page are easy to spot and aren't often broken by magazine publishers.
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