Post 15: Ancillary Task 2- Film Reviews

In class we have looked at many different film reviews from different film magazines. Here are some examples of what we have done in class. 

This review is from Sight and Sound magazine. I read through their review of the film Frozen. I have highlighted bits which I have found to be a common factor of film reviews. For example the title is in bold and is followed by information about the film itself. It also talks about locations and gives a synopsis of the film. And at the end there is the critique. All of these were common codes and conventions I have found for many film reviews. 

This review is from Screen International. Again, there is the title followed by film information, including running time, and cast and crew. It also gives a synopsis of the film and critique throughout. It also ends on a verdict and gives it a rating out of five stars. 

This review is from Total Film. This one also followed the majority of the codes and conventions in which I have found throughout. This review however, has more of a humourous tone as we can see from the captions on the two pictures. The picture for Beastly has a caption which reads 'She didn't have the heart to tell him his pen had leaked', which is taking the mick. It still gives film information, a verdict and a rating out of five stars.

For my own review I think I will choose a similar style to Sight and Sound magazine. I have chosen this one as I feel the writing style is easier to understand. The writing in Total Film is quite whitty and I think for my first film review it would be quite difficult to try and write in a similar style to them. In my film review I will include information about the film, for example the location and year it was released, running time and cast and crew information. I will also try and include a synopsis of our film in the review as this is similar to the style of Sight and Sound.