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1. Ancillary Task - Review Feature
Page
Research into similar products

2. Sight and Sound
Sight and Sound was founded in 1932
and is published by the British Film
institute. It acts as a British monthly
film magazine.
Sight and Sound is probably one of the
most successful film magazines of
all time which is why i decided to
use this particular magazine to
conduct my research into similar
products.
They normally attract big Hollywood
names as shown by the images
either side, they attracts the likes of
Johnny Depp and Michael
Fassbender showing the magazine
attracts mainstream audiences as
well as showing us that it is a very
successful magazine.

3. My Research
Here we see a still shot of the film
which shows the characters within the
film, which allows the film to engage
with the audience members as it
shows what the film entails. This is a
common type of form and convention
as it act as an exclusive insight for the
readers which makes the article more
engaging.
Another form and convention that
most review articles have is they
normally write it with an angle for
example in the article the storyline is
the angle however, the writer also
shows aspects of an angle from the
director does a ‘mini feature’ on the
director.
Has logo of magazine, has the
same font and logo throughout
showing consistency.
Masthead – does follow
common forms and
conventions for example
they use a quote from the
film as a start up which
makes it an interesting and
intriguing aspect for the
readers.
Follows code and
convention of film
Title, Director and
release date.
Name of actors and
actresses also
written in red in for
them to stand out
and we see names
such as “Eddie
Murphy”, “Beyonce”
and Jamie Foxx

4. Empire
Empire is a British film magazine published
monthly by Bauer Media (one of the
companies i looked into in my foundation
portfolio. Empire is one of the most highly
recognised film magazines especially as it
is the biggest selling film magazines and
is also published in the US and Australia,
it tends to focus on mainstream films that
are probably produced by conglomerates.

5. Age certificate
at 15 - classic
form and
convention of
a review page
above the tag
line.
Some
information
about the film
showcasing
the director,
actors,
production
company and
release date.
Showing a new
feature of the
the film review
‘What the story?’ shows the
easy layout which makes it
more pleasing to the eye and
easy for the audience to read.
Forecasting future success of the
film - could possibly make the
readers want to read the article as
they see it’s suppose to be good.
One of the
most common
forms and
conventions is
a ‘final verdict’
including a
rating normally
out of 5
A caption
within every
image
showing
the actors
in the film.

6. Before we went into creating our own magazine we were given a taster lesson in using
Indesign. This allowed me to gain my knowledge and skills in using InDesign so when it came
to the the actual review page here are a few images of what i created...
As you can see this images show the basic skills that i learnt over the lessons of using InDesign, the
main aim of this task was so i could get my bearings of the software so when it comes to t review
page i have some knowledge which will allow it to be more effective.

7. Drafts of textsThe down low…
Ever thought there could be so much drama around one bench? Well you are about to be surprised, in Just 15 we follow a
conversation between a group of friends with deep secrets amongst them. The film allows us to be the ‘fourth wall’ in what it seems
to be like a normal conversation between group friends, however, we see the effects that society has on the young group and that
eventually all succumbs to the pressure.
The plot…
The film starts off with Molly (Jodie Neighbour) and Lucy (Sian Madigan) discussing the relationship between Lucy and Tom (Sam
Casse) however, we see Molly look uncomfortable and distressed about the situation, showing us that she is hiding something. We
are then introduced to Cameron (Zach Haines) where the audience get to understand the awkwardness between to two main
characters where Lucy reveals something went on. During the end we see the whole group of actors together talking about alcohol,
drugs and underage pregnancy as if it is a modern trend, here the big secret is revealed by challenging forms and conventions of
British Short Films.
One thing to note about this film is that even though the storyline is engaging we somehow get distracted by the amateur editing.
We can really see the first time filmmakers s ‘rookie’ mistakes in the way they edit, we
see them trying to reveal Molly’s raw emotion which is performed great by the inexperienced actress, however, cut short by the
need to see the other characters speaking their dialogue which is sometimes covered by the sound of the wind in the background.
The comparison
We can see clear comparisons with short films already well established, showing the influences they have over Just 15. The films
we can relate to is ‘Tight Jeans (Destiny Ekaragha) 2008 with the idea of have just one location and being more dialogue orientated
rather than fancy cinematography showing another aspect of amateur filmmakers. We also see references to Tom Harper’s Cubs
(2006) which also relate to peer pressure.

8. The first thing that i done when
creating the film review page, was to
ensure that the layout was prepare to
start editing, i made sure that it was a
double page spread to ensure i could
get as much contents in as possible.
The second thing i done enter the
main image in the review page, i
wanted to ensure that this was one of
the main focuses in the review page
as i believe the representation of the
characters is really importantly when
trying to attract the target audience.

9. The next thing that i done
when creating the
review was create the
‘footer’ it is common
that the footer includes
the name of the
magazine, the website
and date this helps with
the logo and how the
audience will be able to
identify with the film
magazine.

10. The next thing I done was add the name
of the article in the top corner. For
example I chose the colours red, white
and a navy black as this was a colour
theme throughout all my tasks. I also
decided to call it “short film of the week”
as it is uncommon for film magazines to
have such a big feature in a film
magazine like empire which is why i
created a feature. After this i decided to
make the layout of the review page
more exciting by additional images
including form and convention images

11. One of the most important aspects of the film is the masthead, as
this essentially the first thing that the audience read. I tried
several fonts with this however he first one on the left seemed to
be to formal and i am trying to attract the target audience who
are presumably teenagers. I decided to use the font in the
middle as this seems to be the most playful font and actually
looks very similar the font used in the opening sequence which
makes the combination of all the tasks look familiar and

12. Once i was able to
determine the layout
and masthead i then
needed to add the text
for the actual article. I
first started with the
introduction called ‘the
low down’ which is often
used regarding secrets
or gossip and a
common term for
students. I then decided
to enlarge the beginning
letter as that it is a
common code and
convention within
articles it also makes
stand out more, making
it more identifiable by
the audience
members. I then
finished of the article
by adding the
remaining article to
the review page with
an addition ratings to
finish it off.