Empire also chooses to use a continuous colour scheme, shown through how the yellow once again forms a perimeter around certain parts of the page. It adds emphasis to the continuity of the section and makes each review feel contained within a certain part of the magazine.
Even for films that are only given 1 page for the article, the layout still adopts that of the bigger reviews, where a plot summary, release date, star rating, certification, running time, director and cast are quoted. But for the smaller articles the plot summary is excluded to preserve the word count for the actual review. The layout here is very basic and easy to access in order to reflect the bluntness of the information being conveyed.
The image here approximately fills half of the page, once again emphasising the cohesive relationship between the photo of the film and the text being used. Like Total Film, there is also a tagline to the photo, but because the page is slightly folded in the middle this is hard to find in the photograph I took.
These other two photos display different layouts of the review pages, and they all vary slightly to fill the areas of the page and give the magazine more flow rather than structure. It also seems that there isn't a necessary correlation between pages dedicated to good films and bad films, there always seems to be a mix, showing a need to keep reviews balanced so that readers aren't overwhelmed with a page of critical flops. These articles are also begun with a few words written in capital letters. Whereas Total Film just capitalised the first letter, Empire capitalises the first few words in order to direct readers to the starting point of the review.
These other photos are still from Empire, but are visually different layouts. Firstly, there is no primary colour to act as a border, and I think that this makes the magazine look more formal and less engaging. The colours around the reviews acted as dividers and helped to distinguish each review from the next whereas here there is less of a distinction. The variation in the colour of the text for the bigger reviews is a notable change and something I approve of. By writing the plot summary and verdict in blue then the article is bookended by the the blue text, with some at the start and some at the end. It helps to add typographical change because it draws attention to the important parts of the article. I definitely find these two photos a little more bland and not as immediately captivating, so I think it is helpful to compare the various layouts and colours used by Empire to highlight what works effectively and why other aspects aren't as engaging.
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