I have examined reviews conducted by the likes of 'Screen Daily', 'Sight & Sound', 'Total Film', 'The Independent' and 'Empire'. I decided to analyse the above reviews in order to understand the main conventions used in order to produce my own film review for short film, 'Dumped'.
Below I have inserted anotated drafts of film reviews inside of Total Film and Screen Daily magazines:
It is clear that these reviews follow a strict format and are layed out in a particular way. I found the most common conventions:
- Typography on the titles are large and bold in dark black. Screen Daily uses upper case.
- The titles are positioned at the top
- A slogan is given and positioned just underneath the title
- A star rating is used
- The reviews are layed out using columns
- The names of the stars are stated throughout the review
- A 'Verdict' which is either a small paragraph or sentance is positioned at the end of the review.
- They all include information such as release date, director, producer, distributor, the running time and certificate in small text either at the beggining or end of the review.
While the review remains to include the same features, such as a star rating, running time, certificate and synopsis, it is layed out slightly different being it an online article rather than a printed.
I Have decided to create a film review page for Sight & Sound, which do not usually review short films, but I aim to create a 'one off' special focusing primarily on new emerging talent from young short film producers. Sight & Sound layout is much more formal than those above, and uses sophysticated language rather than comic. Sight & Sound is a respected magazine with a niche clientle of film fanatics, whose of whom belong within our target audience.
This is a scanned article of short film 'Frozen' in Sight & Sound. I used this article to guide me when creating my own short film review.
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| This is the layout plan of my film review which reflects the layout of films featured within Sight & Sound. |
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