Film Magazine Deconstruction

I focused my analysis on Empire Magazine because I liked the style of their review pages.

EMPIRE

Industry info: Commercial magazine; for the general public. Mainstream publisher.
Audience: General public; 18-24 is the demographic audience. Mainly men.
Quantity of film coverage- Lead review: Kiss Ass and Clash of the Titans- lead reviews. Wide variety of films are reviewed ranging from a two page review, to half an A4 review. 

Film Review Deconstruction

The entry point is the large photo of DiCaprio and Ruffalo from the film, and this takes up the majority of the space- perhaps even three quaters of the spread. This is something that I will consider when making my film review- I like the idea of having one large photo which can sum up the film. The title of the film, written on the top left hand corner of the review, is written in turquoise, it is bold and capitalised yet does not take up a large amount of space on the page. The slug written beneath the title is done in what looks like Times New Roman (black italics) and is significantly smaller than the title. The use of different fonts and font sizes here differentiates the title and the tag line and encourages us to focus on the title of the film first.
What makes the layout more interesting are the little effects it includes, such as the pull quotes from the main article; this is written in white capitals and is framed in a box the same colour as the title of the film. Similarly there is a bleed on the right hand side of the spread where a text box covers a picture; it says 'Look Closer'; we are told that the two actors in the film worked with eachother previously. I think this small bit of information is a great idea as it takes us away from the film for an instant and informs us about the actors. I think it would be a good idea for me to include a bleed on my review page perhaps giving the readers some facts and figures about match.com- I feel this would interest the people reading the review.