Review Analysis: Ancillary Research

This blog shows research for film reviews. Individual sections will be analysed so that I can make my review as conventionally accurate as possible. I will analyse a web based review and a magazine review for a wider range of techniques.

Below is a web based film review, which is very clearly laid out. I have highlighted some sections in colour to explain them further, others have been labelled in green. The plot is shown in blue and outlines the film, summarising it whilst mentioning key actors in the process.

The star rating shows not only the star rating, but the highest possible rating, as the maximum is shows in grey. This shows the audience a rough guide as to how good the film is. In addition, there is a key in the top left corner of the page which explains this. The image is a frame still which has been taken from the film itself. There are further images and a link to the image gallery is clearly visible below the picture. This is good as active film watchers will want to see behind the scenes footage and more frames.

The review takes up the majority of the page, highlighted in green it is clear that most of the page's text concentrates on this. There is a large paragraph space to indicate a change of topic. The first paragraph of a review usually is used to draw the reader in, the second is more of a detailed analysis.

In the bottom corner the site advertises more pages on it's site - suggesting more reviews for the user to read.

Below is an analysed magazine review, please click on it to enlarge it.