This film review provides analysis of New Moon across four sections - phonology, pragmatics/discourse, grammar, and lexis. Regarding phonology, alliteration is used to emphasize the introduction of wolves. Pragmatics/discourse examines how the review references the previous film and targets fans. Grammar analyzes the use of standard English, declaratives, and interrogatives. Lexis notes the use of both technical and formal language to make the review accessible to broad audiences.

1. PHONOLOGY:
Alliteration is a phonological feature that has been used near to the beginning of the review with 'world
of wolves.' Alliteration has been used to emphasise this idea of having a group of wolves introduced
into the film, different to its previous film when they focused solely on the vampire characters of
Edward and Bella. Additionally, the alliteration has caused the emphasis on certain phonetics in this
sentence, creating a particular atmosphere, one that sounds mysterious. People generally like
patterns and symmetry, and a reader will often subconsciously recall recent previous words starting
with that same letter, highlighting them as being on the same topic; in effect, its like they're re-reading
the words each time they come across the repeated starting letter, hence this again emphasises what
is being said. Within the review there is no representation towards a particular accent or specific
dialect, due to the ongoing use of Standard English throughout. The use of interrogatives during the
interviews incorporated in the review adds a specific tone that is expected when asking questions,
giving the questions a certain sound when saying them.
PRAGMATICS/DISCOURSE:
Throughout the review the writer references the previous film, the use of cultural allusions like so
indicates that the writer intends on targeting a audience of people who are fans of the franchise and
have watched the previous the film. The use of names in the beginnings of some sentences like 'Weitz'
infers that the audience will presumably know his name from the previous film perhaps, thus this is an
example of the writer referencing back to the common grounds of the film, making it relatable with the
audience. This piece of writing doesn't definitively have a beginning, middle and end - like a story
would. The structure is simple so that it is easy for readers to follow. The review has been structured in
paragraphs indicating the different ideas. The capitalisation and enlarged font of particular words
indicate the change in information as well as highlight what is being said, thus also provides the
readers with a visual representation of the possible importance of the following statement.

2.
GRAMMAR:
Throughout the whole of the review only Standard English vocabulary is used. This assures a clear and
easy read. Declaratives are used within their view, like expected from most pieces of writings. Here
they have been used to make statements and tell readers of the initial plot of the new film as well as
introducing new characters. Moreover, interrogatives have also been used quite frequently throughout,
with this we recognise that interviews have taken place and been incorporated within the review. There
is a variation of sentence complexities, including simple, short sentences together with complex, long
sentences. The use of some rhetorical questions give the piece a relatively relaxed and casual tone -
'But how much more is there to New Moon than added six packs?' This encourages a moderately laid
back read as well as the build of a reader/writer relationship. The satire used, particularly within this
sentence, appeals to readers and enforces a conversational style, whilst the reader can relate.
LEXIS:
Within the review there is some use of technical
language like 'post-production.'The use of
technical language adds a sense of intelligence
to the piece of writing as well as reassures the
reader of the writer’s knowledgeable
background. However,most of the language
used is simply formal written lexis; this is so that
readers can clearly understand as well as
ensuring an easy and fluent read. Thus, making
it an article that can appeal to broad audiences
rather than a closed, niche audience, as it is
relatable and understandable. Facts about the
film have been used to give readers information
on things like the Director etc.
GRAPHOLOGY:
The overall look of the review is relatively simple
and would appeal to an audience aged 10
upwards. The layering of text boxes and images
gives the review some sort of complexity in
terms of its design. Thus makes it seem like
there is lots of information to fill the space of the
double page spread. The purple colour scheme
used throughout the double page spread
encourages more of a female viewer rather than
a male, this is because the colour purple would
be associated with a girl, and this idea
predominantly comes from ideologies that the
media itself has created over time. The still shots
from the film itself included on the page gives
readers an insight to the style and appearance
of the movie. The column layout used to present
the review makes it easy for the audience and
readers to navigate the page.
As a film review, this is one of the few that I have researched into or even seen that
contain as much writing. However, in some respect this can be an advantage for its
audience, this is because we are given more of an insight into the film and what it’s like
rather than being presented with multiple stills from the film itself. Although pictures do
convey things more easily, in this case the writing is giving us lots of information. A nice
touch to this film review is the incorporation of the short interview with the actors and
actresses themselves; with this the audience are able to see the ones to create the
drama themselves and what they think of it in their own personal opinion.

3.
This mid shot shows a young female leading the entrance
of a group of adolescents. The facial expressions appear as
quite intimidating, thus this could infer to the audience that
this female character could possibly be a villain, or likewise
someone not entirely liked by the other character within the
story. The shot focuses its attention onto the female rather
than the characters behind as they appear relatively blurred
and distorted, this could implicate that their character
backgrounds aren’t entirely all that good and the path for
their future is quite uncertain. The lower key lighting used
within this shot implements a sense of darkness and thus
the evil that may lay within this female character – the lower
key lighting hence matches the females dark eye make-up,
this link further encourages the idea of her being a villain.
The way in which the female has her head facing forwards
and up in the air shows her confidence and perseverance,
with this, as an audience, we could assume that she might
be bringing these young adults to her boss/leader and is
proud in doing so.
This is a close up image of the presumable romantic couple
that is presented within the film, in this shot they are looking
at each other as if in awe of one another’s appearances,
with this we can interpret there closeness as though in love
with each other. In the bottom left corner of the shot you
can just about see the two clutching each other’s tightly
together with their quite disjointed positioning of their
fingers, this could implement a sense of nervousness and
worry. The background is presumably the female characters
bedroom; this can be suggested through the types of
colouring of décor within the house/room which are usually
associated with that of a girl rather than a boy (purple.)
This is a close up shot of one of presumably one of the key
male characters within this film. Fans of the franchise will
know that this is the famous Taylor Lautner who plays one
of the shape shifting wolves within the film. The rain in this
shot has caused his wet look; coupled with the stern facial
expression he is making results in him looking relatively
seductive. Therefore, he has been presented in this way in
order to appeal to the female target audience. The shoulder
muscles visible at the lower half of the shot indicate that he
is fit and healthy, possibly does sports and goes gym –
considered as your typical ‘lad.’

4. The alliteration used in this case is to
enforce Kristen Stewart’s opinion on
how she feels the first film was
relatively simpler in comparison to the
upcoming ‘New Moon’ film.
This is more of a colloquial phrase,
which is expected from the casual
interview that took place. Additionally,
the idea that it was ‘one-note’ implies
there might just be one disruption
included within the film and that it
sticks entirely to Todorovs narrative
theory., rather than having quite a few.
On the side bar included within this review
they have incorporated some information on
similar genres of film – horror film, this film could
be considered as a romance as well as horror,
but predominantly because of the use of
conventional horror characters and monsters, it
would be more considered as a horror. Here the
writer has assumed that the readers will likely to
be interested with alternate horror films and
provided them with a list of films that they could
watch also with some background information to
them.
The idea that Kristen
describes the
upcoming film as
‘complex’ informs
readers that there is
more to the narrative
and thus different to
Todrovs simple
narrative theory
structure. Hence
implicating there
might be more
disruptions and thus
others character.
I like the layout of the film review and in
particular the way that the images and text
overlap onto one another, showing their link, thus
holding as a graphological cohesive device in
itself. Additionally, I like the way in which a colour
scheme has been consistent throughout the
review making it look professional and clean cut.
The over capitalisation and boldness of the
beginnings of sentences emphasises the topics
being discussed within the review and focus the
attention of the readers.