Wednesday 30 July 2014

Inspirational texts- Magazine reviews





This magazine film review is very clear to its audience with its overall plain style. The article is missing any real colour , making the central image more appealing. We have a brief description of the certificate , release date , director , screenwriters and run time plus a short plot description in the left hand corner. All of this makes it easy for an audience to navigate to this section and find additional information. Additionally the title of the film is much larger and placed firstly to reduce confusion and the verdict is highlighted by a more prominent shade of black , as this is the most important aspect of the review and gives a summary on its quality.


This review for The Road grabs my attention as the main image and text are completely separated making the section look more professional and simple to read. Additionally , there is a larger pull quote highlighted in larger capital letters and an orange colour as it is an important comment in the article. The size of the text also seems important to me as it helps me to know what film I am reading about without much hassle with the title being crisp and clear. To make the article even more interesting to fans of the film , the page includes a trivia box , giving the audience more facts and
information.
Lastly, is this article which has a red black and blue colour scheme , tying in with the films main character. The written text is again separated from the main image making it much more easier to access the information. The verdict section is placed at the end as it is a  final summary of the films strengths and weaknesses. The small caption helps the audience to understand what is actually happening in the scene it is placed over. the film of the month title on the right corner tells us it is going to be a positive review.

1 comment:

  1. Again Brad, as with the posters, make sure that when you are discussing text, font, images, layout etc that you say what you would be willing to use in your own product and why and what you definitely would not want to use and why you would not want to use it.

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