Magazine Review Analysis

Empire magazine has been focusing on reviewing and distributing movie information since 1989, unlike other film magazines it isn't as serious and formal but instead with its focus on telling the audience the information they need to have an over view of the film.Empiresaudience consists largely of males as well as film fanatics who are wanting as much understandable information as possible as well as photos for visual purposes.

This article is very much orientated around the photo which is large and bold but also very relevant to the movies setting. The font is small and plain black to be easily read off the page and the blue and yellow colour scheme is also very simple but eye catching and the same through out each page.

The title isn't as large or bold but it is integrated over the photo and under the title is the information about the movie such as director, released, certificate, running time and plot. This is important for people who want short quick information of a film to see if it would be worth watching for their own reference.

Quotes around the page have been made in to bold with colour font and background to stand out against the photo which they also overlap. It is a very precise quote that has been taken from the review that sums up the movie in a positive light.

The LOOK CLOSER part of the photo gives facts that the film wouldn't have told you before and gives 'secret' information to the audience to further their knowledge of the film. The bold yellow that contrasts with the photo and then is stands out which makes it eye catching in the page.

The key to the ratings run across the top of the photo in a small font and at the end of the article which relates to the ending of the article.

The verdict is the full opinion of the writer and the rating of it is also at the bottom.

The article itself is full of puns and jokes that are used throughout the article to entertain the readers but they don't distract from the seriousness of the films plot. The plot is laid out throughout the article to introduce characters and themes aswell as gives the writers opinions and feelings from watching the movie. The article also has quotes from actors and directors from the film that show their opinions and feelings towards the movie, it gives a positive review of the movie to enocourage people to watch it themselves. Techniques such as rhetorical questions and jokes are used to keep the readers attention throughout the article.