The Orphanage Magazine Article Reveiw

This review of “The Orphanage” displays 3 images which guide the readers eyes across the pages. It is a three page spread, the page with the white background has more detailed information into how the film was produced and what influences the producers had.

The first two pages have a large image spread in the background of a young child standing in a dark corridor with a bag on their head which looks quiet bizarre and frightening. The other images are screenshots from the film in a sideways collage style which draws your eyes back and fourth making you take in more information each time drawing you more interested which is also quiet deluding. From the moment you place your eyes on the page you can tell that the images connote the film is of the horror convention.
The text on the left image is slightly blurred and blended into the wall, it says “HOME SWEET HOME” this at first suggests that there may be a comical element within the film but then gets you thinking and feeling its and even more cold and evil story behind the walls of this house which is exactly what happens in the story.
It is explain in a short section on the second page that the family move in to the house feeling it as their home but then the evil starts to take over. This is good as the audience gets a direct idea of the story and theme from the first glance.

The first page is just a review of audience reactions to the film which mentions youngsters gathering to go to a horror festival. They watch the film and are shocked with the same screaming and jumping reaction throughout the film which draws the audiences attention and also identifies a target audience.
Once you reach the third page you start to understand the story behind the idea which is more appealing to older viewers as there is also a small box in the bottom right hand corner which shows related and inspirational films to the story which attracts their attention further as they understand what they’re getting into.

There are some small quotes in highlighted text like “The Orphanage” which opens a question in the viewers mind and directs them to the story outline which is handy for those who want to just get a brief synopsis, these then direct you to the area you wish to read about in the main text body.

Altogether the article describes briefly the outline of the story for those who wish to consider watching the film but then move on through the magazine and them more in depth information for those who wish to reminisce over past experiences and get deeper into the idea of the story. There is a lot on offer to all sides of the audiences information wise although it could do with some more standing out text titles or images like the speed racer review.

This poster is conventional, throughout this magazine article we see a strong sense of brand identity and the layout is a very conventional magazine article as it is very easy to follow, the descriptive language engages the audience to read more therefore creating a successful conventional magazine article.