Magazine Review Research

After getting the majortity of my short film done and doing research into the conventions of a documentary poster, I decided to do some research into magazine reviews. Reviews come in various styles and sizes and I wanted to understand what conventions apply to most reviews, no matter what size or style. To do this, I looked at various sizes of film reviews to see what each of them had in common.

 

 

 

 

 

So, after looking at various magazine reviews, I can conclude that there are certain conventions:

1) Stills from the movie - used to make the review look bolder and capture the audience's attention.

2) Large title - the title is emphasised to capture the audience's attention and easily plant the film title into their mind subconsciously.

3) Putting the review text into columns - makes the review easier to read and doesn't look like a hard block of text to read.

4) Basic details about the film - basic details like the director and actors as well as a rating to easily convey some information about the film to the audience.

5) Tagline - an easy to remember summary of the film to help an audience make a quick judgement about the film and hopefully entice them to read the review.