Sunday, 26 September 2010

Similar texts - Sub task 2 - Magazine Review - The Lady in the Water


The magazine article I have chosen to analyse is a review of the film 'The Lady in the Water' which is a 2006 fantasy film, written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.

This review uses one large still image from the film as well as one smaller adjacent image. These images don't overlap however instead of having a border the main image bleeds to the edges of the page. The text again is of the same font throughout the article except for the title. As a result the title stands out from the text. This article has highlighted a quote from the text by changing its colour and font size. In addition small amounts of text have been added to the top hand right corner of the images to explain what they are showing.
There is a conventional box in the bottom left hand corner, with an overview of the main information the readers need to know about the film, including who it stars, certificate and director. It also uses the star rating system at the end of the text, summing up the overall rating. 

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