Monday 10 May 2010

Magazine movie review analysis (Dirty Pretty Things)

As we know films are reviewed differently in the magazines, blogs or even newspapers. In magazines even the layout of the review reflects the film (if it’s a double page spread for example).

In my analysis of TotalFilm’s Dirty Pretty Things review, I found that the review was quite short. I found this to reflect the budget of the film because other films with a larger budget (e.g Avatar) had more in depth review. This would prove that is a link with better scores with big budget films.

The review is written informally, but in a way in which it still remains professional. There is also a lot of little jokes, (sometimes at the expense of the film and the actors).

This review is mostly talking about the plot of the film, as if this meant to be a summary. It doesn’t talk about ‘mise en scene’ or any feelings that the film is meant to portray. However it does talk about the acting, and if the actors looked right for the part, ‘Dirty Pretty Things benefits greatly from its excellent, international cast’.

The reviewer doesn’t really describe the story. They only quickly go over it, while only mentioning the key parts. This is strange because this is the bulk of the review. It seems that they didn’t actually care about this film, or actually show much interest in it.

The conclusion of the review is short, but it summarises what the review was trying to say. This is useful for someone who doesn’t have time to read a whole review.

In this film analysis I found that there is in fact a link between film’s budget, and the way the film is reviewed. I also found out that some reviewers tend to talk about the plot a lot. In my opinion it seems more effective to talk about the whole of the film (e.g characters, actors, locations).

Source: http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/dirty-pretty-things

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