PHONOLOGYAlliteration is a phonological feature that has been used near to the beginning of the review with 'world of wolves.' Alliteration has been used to emphasise this idea of having a group of wolves introduced into the film, different to its previous film when they focused solely on the vampire characters of Edward and Bella. Additionally, the alliteration has caused the emphasis on certain phonetics in this sentence, creating a particular atmosphere, one that sounds mysterious. People generally like patterns and symmetry, and a reader will often subconsciously recall recent previous words starting with that same letter, highlighting them as being on the same topic; in effect, it's like they're re-reading the words each time they come across the repeated starting letter, hence this again emphasises what is being said. Within the review there is no representation towards a particular accent or specific dialect, due to the ongoing use of Standard English throughout. The use of interrogatives during the interviews incorporated in the review adds a specific tone that is expected when asking questions, giving the questions a certain sound when saying them.

PRAGMATICS/DISCOURSEThroughout the review the writer references the previous film, the use of cultural allusions like so indicates that the writer intends on targeting a audience of people who are fans of the franchise and have watched the previous the film. The use of names in the beginnings of some sentences like 'Weitz' infers that the audience will presumably know his name from the previous film perhaps, thus this is an example of the writer referencing back to the common grounds of the film, making it relatable with the audience. This piece of writing doesn't definitively have a beginning, middle and end - like a story would. The structure is simple so that it is easy for readers to follow. The review has been structured in paragraphs indicating the different ideas. The capitalisation and enlarged font of particular words indicate the change in information as well as highlight what is being said, thus also provides the readers with a visual representation of the possible importance of the following statement.

GRAMMARThroughout the whole of the review only Standard English vocabulary is used. This assures a clear and easy read. Declaratives are used within the review, like expected from most pieces of writings. Here they have been used to make statements and tell readers of the initial plot of the new film as well as introducing new characters. Moreover, interrogatives have also been used quite frequently throughout, with this we recognise that interviews have taken place and been incorporated within the review. There is a variation of sentence complexities, including simple, short sentences together with complex, long sentences. The use of some rhetorical questions give the piece a relatively relaxed and casual tone - 'But how much more is there to New Moon than added six packs?' This encourages a moderately laid back read as well as the build of a reader/writer relationship. The satire used, particularly within this sentence, appeals to readers and enforces a conversational style, whilst the reader can relate.

LEXISWithin the review there is some use of technical language like 'post-production.' The use of technical language adds a sense of intelligence to the piece of writing as well as reassures the reader of the writer’s knowledgeable background. However, most of the language used is simply formal written lexis; this is so that readers can clearly understand as well as ensuring an easy and fluent read. Thus, making it an article that can appeal to broad audiences rather than a closed, niche audience, as it is relatable and understandable. Facts about the film have been used to give readers information on things like the Director etc.

GRAPHOLOGYThe overall look of the review is relatively simple and would appeal to an audience aged 10 upwards. The layering of text boxes and images gives the review some sort of complexity in terms of its design. Thus makes it seem like there is lots of information to fill the space of the double page spread. The purple colour scheme used throughout the double page spread encourages more of a female viewer rather than a male, this is because the colour purple would be associated with a girl, and this idea predominantly comes from ideologies that the media itself has created over time. The still shots from the film itself included on the page gives readers an insight to the style and appearance of the movie. The column layout used to present the review makes it easy for the audience and readers to navigate the page.

IMAGE:This mid shot shows a young female leading the entrance of agroup of adolescents. The facial expressions appear as quiteintimidating, thus this could infer to the audience that this female character could possibly be a villain, or likewise someone not entirely liked by the other character within the story. The shot focuses its attention onto the female rather than the the characters behind as they appear relatively blurred and distorted, this could implicate that their character backgroundsaren’t entirely all that good and the path for their future is quite uncertain. The lower key lighting used within this shot implements a sense of darkness and thus the evil that may lay within this female character – the lower key lighting hence matches the females dark eye make-up, this link further encourages the idea of her being a villain. The way in which the female has her head facing forwards and up in the air shows her confidence and perseverance, with this, as an audience, we could assume that she might be bringing these young adults to her boss/leader and is proud in doing so.

This is a close up image of the presumable romantic couple that is presented within the film, in this shot they are looking at each other as if in awe of one another’s appearances, with this we can interpret there closeness as though in love with each other. In the bottom left corner of the shot you can just about see the two clutching each other’s tightly together with their quite disjointed positioning of their fingers, this could implement a sense of nervousness and worry. The background is presumably the female characters bedroom; this can be suggested through the types of colouring of décor within the house/room which are usually associated with that of a girl rather than a boy (purple.)

This is a close up shot of one of presumably one of the key male characters within this film. Fans of the franchise will know that this is the famous Taylor Lautner who plays one of the shape shifting wolves within the film. The rain in this shot has caused his wet look; coupled with the stern facial expression he is making results in him looking relatively seductive. Therefore, he has been presented in this way in order to appeal to the female target audience. The shoulder muscles visible at the lower half of the shot indicate that he is fit and healthy, possibly does sports and goes gym – considered as your typical ‘lad.’

As a film review, this is one of the few that I have researched into or even seen that contain as much writing. However, in some respect this can be an advantage for its audience, this is because we are given more of an insight into the film and what it’s like rather than being presented with multiple stills from the film itself. Although pictures do convey things more easily, in this case the writing is giving us lots of information. A nice touch to this film review is the incorporation of the short interview with the actors and actresses themselves; with this the audience are able to see the ones to create the drama themselves and what they think of it in their own personal opinion.

The alliteration used in this case is to enforce Kristen Stewart’s opinion on how she feels the first film was relatively simpler in comparison to the upcoming ‘New Moon’ film.

This is more of a colloquial phrase, which is expected from the casual interview that took place. Additionally, the idea that it was ‘one-note’ implies there might just be one disruption included within the film and that it sticks entirely to Todorovs narrative theory., rather than having quite a few.

On the side bar included within this review they have incorporated some information on similar genres of film – horror film, this film could be considered as a romance as well as horror, but predominantly because of the use of conventional horror characters and monsters, it would be more considered as a horror. Here the writer has assumed that the readers will likely to be interested with alternate horror films and provided them with a list of films that they could watch also with some background information to them.

The idea that Kristen describes the upcoming film as ‘complex’ informs readers that there is more to the narrative and thus different to Todrovs simple narrative theory structure. Hence implicating there might be more disruptions and thus others character.

I like the layout of the film review and in particular the way that the images and text overlap onto one another, showing their link, thus holding as a graphological cohesive device in itself. Additionally, I like the way in which a colour scheme has been consistent throughout the review making it look professional and clean cut. The over capitalisation and boldness of the beginnings of sentences emphasizes the topics being discussed within the review and focus the attention of the readers.