FINAL FILM - DELUSION

Film review

Our LWL review

Final film poster

Review Plan

Our review plan will:

Have 5 paragraphs
It will have a main image at the top
It will include a 3 digit page number at the bottom
It will include a rating at the bottom
It will mirror Little White Lies

• Paragraph 1 - Introduce directors, mention that they're starting up a low budget film company (AFJ). Link to genre.
• Paragraph 2 - Brief synopsis of the film, define "phantom pregnancy", mention audience, contain intertextuality if can think of similar films. 
• Paragraph 3 - Introduce main protagonist, mention cinematography, jump cut, flashback.
• Paragraph 4 - Mention key scenes of the film and genre conventions.
• Paragraph 5 - Summary of film, opinions and positive last sentence. 

What are the style coventions for Little White Lies?

Production company logo

What are the layout conventions of Little White Lies?

The image is always placed at the top of the page, with the film title underneath and centered - which is the largest font and also coloured. The directors name, release date and cast is placed beneath this, also centered and smaller. There are normally 5/6 paragraphs of text regarding the film review, the first letter is larger than the others and goes three lines down. At the bottom left there is a tripartite rating system.

• The film title font is 'Century Gothic' 
• The actors/directors name, release date and main text is 'Aparajita'
• The page is 196mm wide and 245mm long
• Each collum is 52.4mm wide and roughly 107mm long
• The image is 108mm wide and 70mm depth 

What is Little White Lies and Who Reads It?

What is Little White Lies?

Little White Lies is an independent British film magazine which includes reviews, adverts and interviews. It is released every two months, the first issue was released in 2005, and it features writing, illustration and photography related to cinema. It is published by London-based creative agency The Church of London and the editor is Matt Bochenski. Little White Lies currently retails at £6 an issue, although subscriptions can be set up. It is unique as each issue is inspired by its feature film, represented on the cover by an illustration of its lead actor. The content is split into six chapters: the lead review, an editorial introduction, a series of articles inspired by the feature film, theoretical reviews, the back section and future releases. It uses a tripartite ranking system where it rates the films on the categories: Anticipation, Enjoyment, and In Retrospect - they are ranked out of five and accompanied by explanatory text.

Who Reads It? - Target Audience 

The Church of London conducted a survey in late 2008, where a sample was taken from 250 UK readers. This allows us to have an idea of who reads Little White Lies and who its trying to target. They did this by asking the readers some questions, relating to their interests and other aspects. They found that:

Their readers visit the cinema:

• 0-4 times a month (72%)
• 5-10 times a month (22%)
• 11+ times a month (6%)

Demographics:

• Aged under 18 (3%)
• Aged 18-24 (34%)
• Aged 25-35 (51%)
• Aged 36+ (12%)
• Male (63%)
• Female (37%)

Employment:

• Earn £0-20k (50%)
• Earn £20-40k (42%)
• Earn over £40k (8%)
• Work in Media - Film, TV, Radio, Print (22%)
• Work in Creative - IT, Advertising, Graphics (20%)
• Student (12%)

From this, we can see that they are targeting mainly 25-35 year olds, males, people who earn less than 20k, and work in either Creative or Media. Their occupation, and the fact that they are regular cinema go-ers shows that you need a keen interest in films to enjoy the magazines as it is aimed for people with a passion for the film industry. They also discovered that just over half their readers play video games and buy DVD's  regularly, and 93% read almost all of the magazine and keep their copies.  

Fim poster draft

I have chosen a wobbly styled font, to emphasise the name and reflect the main character Claire's mindset. I have used a billing bock, and specially chose a picture of Theo smiling to add a sense of emotion to the film. For the final poster, I will add star ratings from sources such as the Daily Mail, actor names and be more creative with the photo to improve it.

Frances film poster

FILM POSTER

My film poster is split in half to represent the different point of views that Claire and Wesley experience throughout the film. 

The black background contrasts the opposite image of Theo - Wesley can't understand what Claire is going through and doesn't see Theo, but Claire does.

 I used a basic font for the title in order to look more professional, and to keep the focus on the image.