A section of our Ancillary Task was dedicated to analysing the reviews of films that peeked our interest. While examining these film reviews, we took note of how the layout, main image, social media links, headlines, sub headlines and colour schemes were used. This task was carried out in order to create an idea of how our film review would be displayed and what details it would entail.
The blockbuster film 'Creed' was closely analysed in the film review process.
Rotten tomatoes served as a great guideline for how we would construct the layout for the film review |
Metacritic served as a great template for how the social media websites, score and rating would be displayed.
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Short film review # 1
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SHORTREVIEW.CO.UK is an online review site aimed at audiences that watch short films. Team member Karen Nguyen closely analysed this short drama by the name of Rocks That Bleed. The review is unlike many other film reviews as it did not consist of any other star ratings. The first thing that you can see Karen's video is a mid shot of two men, showing a relationship between them from the way the images are placed next to each other with one character looking back as the other looks forward representing their relationship. Lastly, the review includes social media which kinks back to the idea of adhering to the younger generation of individuals who are technology savvy and try newer methods to read film reviews.
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Short film review # 2
The second film review that we analyzed is from
SHORTFILMREVIEW.ORG, an online review website aimed at audiences that watch short films. This film review was on a short named Kungatory, a Action, Comedy hybrid. The film layout is fairly simple, clearly showing that the film was awarded a rating of 4 stars out of 5, and a trailer in plain view. The review format was very typical, non creative and did not serve as a very good template for what we would potentially model our film review after. Tags were also used below the film which helps an individual find reviews of similar films. This is very important because it provides a category for people to search and find a review as quick as possible. |
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Short film review # 3
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The next film review that we analyzed is from
THEINDEPENDANTCRITIC.COM, another online review website aimed at audience that watch short films. This film review is a film by the name of 'One Word' a Short, Biography and War Genre. The film was uniquely rated as it was given a B+ which goes against the conventions of ordinary film rating systems. Most films are rated by using a stars on a scale from none to 5. However, the layout of the film review is very traditional and is well presented with a main image/video highlighting the main character. |
Short film review # 4
The final film review that I analyzed is from SHORTOFTHEWEEK.COM an online short film viewing website that also consists of online reviews below each short film clip.
This website is aimed at audiences that view short films as their are many short films on this website that can be viewed, their are many different genres. This particular film review is for the film RUN a SHORT and SOCIAL REALISM genre. As you can see from the images this website film review is different from the other websites that we have previously analyzed this is because this review mainly consists of text their reviewers opinion on the short film and other details such as ratings and film details are not as highlighted as they are other reviews making this film review different. This review is detailed through the text given and inspires us to use it as template to write our review. This review on the other hand only uses one social media platform to promote the short film and also the review this may be a disadvantage as young adults of today usually use many other social media platforms not just 'facebook'.
This website is aimed at audiences that view short films as their are many short films on this website that can be viewed, their are many different genres. This particular film review is for the film RUN a SHORT and SOCIAL REALISM genre. As you can see from the images this website film review is different from the other websites that we have previously analyzed this is because this review mainly consists of text their reviewers opinion on the short film and other details such as ratings and film details are not as highlighted as they are other reviews making this film review different. This review is detailed through the text given and inspires us to use it as template to write our review. This review on the other hand only uses one social media platform to promote the short film and also the review this may be a disadvantage as young adults of today usually use many other social media platforms not just 'facebook'.