Past Experience With Reviews

The first thing I want to focus on for my double page film review (ancillary task) is the text so that I can then base the images around what is in it to help it all link in and for each aspect to relate to one another. When it comes to the text I do have some past experience as I have written some film reviews on 'Suicide Squad' and 'The Girl On The Train" for the NCS Blog (National Citizens Service.)
Suicide Squad Review - http://www.ncsyes.co.uk/themix/suicide-squad-review
The Girl On The Train Review - http://www.ncsyes.co.uk/themix/girl-train-review-maddy-flaherty-ncs-grad

From both my own knownledge and doing some research I know that the main things I need to include are:

• A two sided opinion/review because it shows the personality of the writer which could make it more personal for the reader but also it allows for varity and difference from other reviews as it's common for them to be one sided which in effect doesn't give the reader a full picture of the film.
• Some facts and figures because this gives them some insight to the behind the scenes of the film making them feel more knownledgable which is an audience pleasure but it also gives them an indication of what the expect for example, if the film review said that it had a very large budget then the reader is going to expect a well produced and high quality film with special effects.
• No spoilers! Telling the reader the storyline would just ruin the film for them so I want to avoid doing anything like that and leave any plot-twists a surprise but rather hint that that are some so that the reader can expect them which just adds to the suspense as they wait for it to happen. Also, if the readers knows that a particular writer gives out spoilers in their reviews they're less likely to read it which would result in less sells for that magazine or page views (depending on platform.)
• Credit to the actors, companies and individuals involved, this is usually more useful for mainstream films as they will have popular actors in their films which could lead to the reader going to see the film but also, giving credit to any production companies involved, similar to the effects of facts and figures, the reader can take the reputation of the production company and create expectations for the film so, good reputation = good and high expectations.
• A rating, this conventionally comes after a quick sum up of the whole review at the end and the rating is usually out of five stars, the higher the rating the better the film. Sometimes this can be very eye-catching and gives the reader a first look impression on whether the review is going to be good or bad on the sense of what they think of the film.

I am going to start writing up some drafts of a review for my film to help me with the starting point of the double review page.