Double page spread, film research

This is another double page spread I have looked at. It is a double page spread film review about the film WALL.E.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I scanned in this double page spread from popular film magazine, Empire. which is not the type of film I expected to see in this magazine as I thaught it only looked serious films, not family films like the WALL.E, the animation film.

At the top of the first page is a very large and bold heading. Its an orange box tilted to the side, that reads “in cinemas” this tells the readers that this film coming out to cinema and underneath in a white box and red text it tells them the exact dates it is out in cinemas. I like how the big heading box has been placed outside of the page border, as this makes stand out more as its not in line with the rest of the text or picture. Underneath the heading there is considerable amount of white space before another heading which states the name of the film, WALL.E. This is wrote in a bold black text that stands out from the white background and clearly tells the audience what the name of the film is. In red text bellow WALL.E  it says “Meet the little robot with the big heart”  This draws people into reading the review as a little robot sounds cute. It also makes you want to go see the film so you can “meet the robot”.

Before the review starts there is a small fact box in the left hand column, which covers all the basic information on the film, like its running time, certificate, cast, release date and a basic overview of the plot. I think this is a good idea as it gives the audience all the basic information they need to go see it and some aspects of the film to tempt them into seeing it, like the list of people who do the voices in the film. The well know people will attract people to watch the film if they have heard/seen them in other films they liked or that have a good representation. For those reasons In my double page spread I will consider  making a fact box, to display the information on my film.

The review starts off with a heading, that reads “there is no earthly reason” which leads onto “why pixar…” the review talks about pixar’s success and failures with its films and leads onto saying the WALL.E is a totally new type of film for them that people are going enjoy unlike the other films they have produced. In the right hand collum  it starts to talk about WALL.E the robot, his love for rubbish and the main chracters in the film like his cockroach friend ick and the robot from outer space called     Eva. It also talks through some of what happens at the beginning of the film but does not mention the middle or ending so it gives nothing away, otherwise there would be no point in watching it. overall the text is very formal and talks about pixar quite a lot which can be boring if you only want to here about the film.