Film Review Draft 1

This is my first ever draft of my film review. Firstly, I wanted to keep a subtle and simple colour scheme so I decided to include the colours white, black and green in order for them all to contrast with each other helping significant information stand out. For example, the masthead is bright green, although it is bright, it isn't too in your face as it blends with the greens in the picture. To also help specific texts to stand out I overlaid a white font on black, and then black on white to make it clear for the audience to see and read. Furthermore, I have chosen to use a serif font, this is because in my short film I have also used a serif font for the title, credits and other texts. The repetition of this simple yet effective font has heaped me produce a house style within all my products by using the same fonts and colour schemes. I feel as though it is very professional to do so as it will help my work become more recognisable because my aim is for them all to look similar and therefore rememberable. Secondly, the main images on my film review is of course another important element. My Primary image at the top is what I wish my target audience to see first, hence why my title is also there so straight away then get a grasp of what it may be about, who is in it, and what it is called. However, I still feel as though they won't definitely know what it is about, which is something I want to work on for my next draft. However, I have also included secondary images on my film review as I feel that the images are a very significant part of it as it is natural for everybody to be drawn in my the images with it being the first things they look at. I decided to include an image (the one at the bottom) from behind the scenes, in this case I caught the main character of my film looking at the camera. Although I am happy with the images, I still feel that my film review is lacking in something, so I decided to make a questionnaire and go around and ask different people what they think, tho enabled me to get an honest opinion on it.

Questionnaire...

1. What do you like about it?

Nathalie - I like the colours used as it isn't too in your face but it still stands out, if that makes sense. I also like the images and how it shows who is the protagonist in your film, this may vary your target audience by attracting a younger audience.

Michael - I like the choice of font. It is very calm and prevents it from looking really busy and messy.

Paige - I like how you've decided to add a black column on the right had side because it makes it a bit more colourful and livelier instead of it all being plain black. 

Ellie - I like the colours used.

George - The variety of different images, it provides a lot to look at.

Chloe - I think the information if really interesting when you start talking about being in the directors shoes and your opinion on it all, and then an interview with the main character of the film. 


2. What did't you like? What would you improve?

Nathalie - I think it is a bit plain and that you could add something else on it, I would perhaps add more information or images.

Michael - There's a lot of blank spaces that could be filled.

Paige - I think you could add more colour to it to fill the blank spaces.

Ellie - I don't like the emptiness.

George - I don't like the blank spaces around the edge, maybe you could add a border.

Chloe - it looks quite plain, there isn't a lot going on.


General Feedback...

"I really like the style but at the same time I feel that it lacks in colour, there's a lot of blank spaces that you could fill with important information or more pictures."

"I like the font, I feel that it really suits the genre. However, there are a few black spaces which you wouldn't see in a real magazine"

"I love the use of images and how you have pictures of behind the scenes with the main character operating the camera. It's interesting to see!"


This feedback has made be realise that I am on the right track yet there is still a lot I need to do to improve, for example, fill the blank spaces, more information and more colour. With this feedback I can now move on to produce a better film review.