Film review analysis

We have been asked to produce a film review based around the short film fatality which we have completed. I began reading weekly film reviews from the sun newspaper and those featured in empire film magazine to get an overall perspective into the constitution of a review. I found a common layout of a two column structure with the film title and star rating on the left and an image and concluding paragraph on the right hand side. A border of colour is also used considerably in reviews as a marker for the reader within the magazine. I looked largely at reviews for the David Fincher directed the curious case of Benjamin button a recent children’s sensation Rango. Each had an information row including the films certification, running time, release date and actors followed by film summary and a series of paragraphs addressing individual areas of the film such as factual and opinion areas such as cast, camera as well as including one major highlight and weakness. Paragraphs about the targeted audience and final verdict are also present with technical language film references and the writer’s opinion being expressed throughout all text. In general the writers possess a knowing and friendly relationship with the reader by using formal but light hearted language with some witty sentiments.