Film Reviews: Part I

Written reviews in magazines and newspapers...

Here are a few reviews I analysed in terms of layout:

This first example, from The Sun. As can be seen this is two reviews on one page rather than a page spread devoted to one singular film, which is more often for large "Hollywood Blockbusters."

My second example is from Sight&Sound magazine, created by the British film institute, reviews far more independent films.

"The BFI was founded in 1933. We are a charity governed by a Royal Charter. We combine cultural, creative and industrial roles, bringing together the BFI National Archive and BFI Reuben Library, film distribution, exhibition at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX, publishing and festivals. We award Lottery funding to film production, distribution, education, audience development and market intelligence and research."-BFI

As you can see there are many similarities between the two reviews, for example they both feature large screenshots from the films and are written in columns. 

In strong contrast I have also analysed a review from ZOO. However, for obvious reasons I did not buy a ZOO magazine so I have analysed their online review. There are a few similarities between the three in that they all show large screenshots of the film. However, ZOO'S review is very different to that of either of the other two as it's writing is in chunks, not columns.