Double Page Analysis 3

MR TURNER 

The poster is predominantly made up of the main feature article photo, as it is spread over the two page review and takes up the majority of the space. This photo gives many clues about what kind of film it is, as the man is dressed in old fashioned attire, suggesting that it is a period film. The picture also features a beautiful landscape and the man is carrying a satchel, which suggests he is going to paint the scenery, which gives a deeper insight into what the film is about, especially if people are aware of the British landscape artist J.M.W Turner. As well as this, the stand first ‘lovely framing’, further makes it obvious to what the film is about.

As this article is taken from ‘Empire’ magazine, it follows the same house style as all their other articles, using blue and white colours and the frequent use of blue arrows to make it more interesting to put information in and instead of using a drop cap to show the reader where the article starts.

The article is broken up with a light hearted factual filler, which makes it more interesting for the reader to look at and keeps it fun to read, instead of blocks of text. As well as this, it keeps up with the house style by using a blue arrow.

Unconventionally, the headline of the film is not the main feature on the page. It is unusually small and not particularly highlighted in a way that grabs the reader’s attention. This makes the photo on the article the main feature and attraction on the page.

As well as this, like most articles I have either analysed or seen, the star rating of the film is usually as the start of the article, which draws the reader in to read it, especially if it is good rating. However, this article’s star rating is at the end of the article, which makes the reader decide for themselves first if they think that it is going to be a successful film or not.

The article is very factual in that it tells the audience that it is in the cinemas now and the footer on the page tells the reader where they can find out more information about the film. This therefore prompts the reader at the start of the article and end of the article to find out more.