Film Review

Research
I have looked at some film reviews from Empire magazine, Empire is a film and TV magazine and has many reviews of films. Today I looked at two articles from the film and have picked up a few tips which I will use in my own review.

This is a video of an article from Empire Magazine the film is called The Help and the video has made me realise I could use some of the techniques used in Empire. The parts I most like about this article is definitely the important quotes as they stand out from the rest of the review, I will definately use this in my own magazine. I also like the name of the magazine Empire and I will use a name which also relates to royality and importance.



This is a video of Moneyball an article from Empire magazine. This was my favourite article from the whole magazine and will look a lot like my own magazine. I like the outline of the page and how it is appealing. The image of the man standing their  who is the main character in the film dominates the page which is effective as it is Brad Pitt who is a very famous actor.


Ideas for my own film:

1. Similar layout to Moneyball
2. Shapes of colours outlining the pictures
3. Page numbers
4. Main focal picture and one other smaller picture (different scenes)
5. Title of REVIEW at the top of the page somewhere
6. Small information about picture in top corner
7. Title of film on top of the picture.
8. Text on the picture
9. Maybe using the DVD case on the review
10. References to other reviews in the magazine
11. URL of my magazine for online reviews
12. Star ratings are definitely needed.
13. A key facts box
14. Double page not singular
15. An icon which makes the magazine stand out and recognisable. (I will have to create a logo for the magazine)
16. A good, short and catchy name so its memorable

I will not be able to use all ideas but would like to incorporate as many as possible. This is my rough plan of my review I have also numbered the picture to compare to the list above to see how many concepts I could use:

Finished Product:

(This is a double page review and would have a line running down the centre.)
This is an insight to why I made the choices I have for my review.

MY REVIEW -A presentation about my review

 

-A video about my review

Overall I am very happy with my final review and it looks a similar layout to the Moneyball article which is what I was aiming for.