The review uses bright orange text boxes and highlights to draw attention to facts about the film Avatar. Images from the film dominate multiple pages and are arranged linearly with borders. Unlike some reviews, the text does not change color when quoting the film but maintains a consistent font, size, and color throughout the article.
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Magazine analysis
1. The bright orange text boxes are
The author of this article has put a box of ‘Avatar facts’, located on adjacent pages of the
which allow the audience to learn more about the film. review. The orange highlights the films
The fact the film is also in 3D is highlighted at the top, title and also the ‘Facts’ box on the
capturing the audience’s attention. other page. The author wants the Immediately obvious is
audience to view these two pieces of the large use of images
information. from the film. A3 spread is
dominated by images
Like the large
which are arranged in a
photo, the title
linear manner with a
of the film is
border around it image.
also
immediately
obvious,
although
appearing in a
different font
front the rest of
the text. Unlike
other film The review page
reviews, the consists of one main
article doesn’t large image, a smaller
change the adjacent image and a
colour of the series of smaller
text when it is images along the
citing a quote bottom and in the case
from the film. of the film 'Avatar' the
images show of the
modern CGI effects as
well as key events in
the movie.
The images don't overlap however the text boxes overlap
on to the image. The text used is of a consistent font and
size; accept, from the title of the film, which is in a larger
font. Furthermore the text is in the same colour
throughout the article. The only acceptation to this rule is
the text under the title however this fits with the layout
and design of the page.