Online Film Magazine Reviews Analysis

Magazine: EMPIRE | Film Reviewed: AVATAR (DIRECTOR: JAMES CAMERON)

Magazine: TOTAL FILM | Film Reviewed: AVATAR (DIRECTOR: JAMES CAMERON)

Ratings explained:Lexis – vocabulary and range of words used.Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar – how good these factors are.Jargon – use of references to advanced industry jargon and existing films and directors.Professionalism – how well this review could fit into a film magazine.

Review No.Characteristics – Rating 1 to 10 (where 1 = “minimal” and 10 = “extremely high”) Average

Score (nearest 0.5)

Lexis SPAG Jargon Professionalism

1 8 8 9 6 8.02 5 7 7 5 6.03 7 8 9 6 7.54 8 9 8 8 8.55 7 7 8 7 7.56 3 7 6 4 5.07 7 8 4 6 6.58 7 6 6 5 6.09 5 4 3 2 3.5

10 8 8 9 7 8.0Total Average Score 6.5

Review No.Characteristics – Rating 1 to 10 (where 1 = “minimal” and 10 = “extremely high”)

Average Score

(nearest 0.5)Lexis SPAG Jargon Professionalism1 7 8 6 6 6.02 9 8 8 8 8.53 7 6 7 7 7.04 7 7 7 6 7.05 5 2 4 3 3.56 7 8 6 6 7.07 7 8 7 6 7.08 7 8 8 7 7.59 6 6 7 7 6.5

10 8 9 7 9 8.0Total Average Score 7.0