Movie review research
As part of the final package of my final media product, I need to design a magazine review along with the poster to complete the final submission of my work. Before I do this however, I decided to research a number of magazine reviews of films from various genres to obtain ideas in relation to layout and what content is essential. It was advised to me that I lay my review out as a double page spread with one page being text based and the other consisting of a photo taking specifically for the review (see my previous post on the Magazine Review Photoshoot).
The layout was a particular area of focus in my research as my review needs to be a double page spread and be executed to a professional standard like the examples shown here. To achieve this specific layout, we used Adobe InDesign's software as it gave us more creative options than Adobe Photoshop provides. The software was initially difficult to operate but after watching a number of step by step tutorials I grew more comfortable with the editing software. The examples of the reviews I looked at highlight a still from the film as a standout feature of the review as a way to entice the audience. The image usually promotes the main protagonist(s) and their role in the film which hints the film's content to the audience (the character interaction in the Pirates of the Caribbean poster is clearly an uncomfortable, unfriendly one in contrast to the romantic connection between two teenagers in the Twilight poster). Although we replicated the columns of text and bold, exaggerated title, we decided to
have a photoshoot for the magazine review to give a more professional, clean finish to our review.
The layout was a particular area of focus in my research as my review needs to be a double page spread and be executed to a professional standard like the examples shown here. To achieve this specific layout, we used Adobe InDesign's software as it gave us more creative options than Adobe Photoshop provides. The software was initially difficult to operate but after watching a number of step by step tutorials I grew more comfortable with the editing software. The examples of the reviews I looked at highlight a still from the film as a standout feature of the review as a way to entice the audience. The image usually promotes the main protagonist(s) and their role in the film which hints the film's content to the audience (the character interaction in the Pirates of the Caribbean poster is clearly an uncomfortable, unfriendly one in contrast to the romantic connection between two teenagers in the Twilight poster). Although we replicated the columns of text and bold, exaggerated title, we decided to
have a photoshoot for the magazine review to give a more professional, clean finish to our review.
THE DRAFT REVIEW
Below is our draft review which we composed as a starting foundation from which we could build on and improve. We made adjustments in relation to spacing and included more text of large quotes from the review to fill up the blank spaces in vibrant coloured boxes. We also put the title in block capital letters to emphasise the title more and included a four star rating below as well as an additional photo of the male protagonist.
THE FINAL REVIEW
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