Film Magazine Analysis

In this review of the film "Speed Racer", we can see 4 main images which relates to the film, we see two images of futuristic cars in an intense scene, this connotes that the movie is based on an futuristic car events. We also see the main character in 3 of the images, in one of them, the main character is in a romantic scene with the love interest, this clearly shows that this movie follows the rules of convention of an action movie. However, due to the bright colours included in all the screen shots, breaks the rule of convention of an action film, showing that this movie is different from the rest and also fits into the futuristic location of the film, this review also suggests that this movie is based on a comic book, this is suggested by the colour and style of the font. This review would attract comic book readers and fans of the comic book "speed racer" or similar type comic. The headline font is yellow, bold and funky, a gives the feeling somewhat childish and humorous feeling.

The headline opens up brightly with the slogan, "FEEL THE NEED", this questions the audience on what the review is about, therefore attracting the audience. There is also a somewhat lure below the headline, which again gives a question to the audience which attracts them to read further on. The article starts off with the details of the movie, such as the stars, director and the release date, this gives the audience a chance to recognise any of the movies cast which will excite the audiences interest. The article opens up with a different technique, it explains a humour type conversation which the creators of speed racer had, this allows the reader to fit in with the film, also involving the audience with the creation of the movie. The article gives a very descriptive history lesson of how the creation of the movie started, this allows the audience to be a part of the movie further more and and have a keen interest which enables the audience to see how the development of the film had turned out to be.

Overall, the magazine review has been successfully created and follows a convention rule of a magazine article, due to the fact at the first sight, the target audience can immediately be able to relate to it due to its brand identity. This is successfully created by the use of colours and fonts, and the conventional method of the way the image is places around the double pages magazine. The headline of the movie also reflects upon the movie, giving the audience an idea of a futuristic comic style movie. The article uses a descriptive history story, which interests and excites the audience making the feel part of the movie, so they can later find out how the final movie had turned out to be.