When researching other magazine reviews I found numbers of convention that appeared in many reviews including conventions of review layout and language. There are a number of layout conventions of magazine reviews, one layout convention that I found that appeared in many film reviews was a snapshot image of a certain moment in the film usually the most exciting scene. Another layout convention that is common is a pull quote that is sometimes enlarged to stand out. Obviously in all film reviews you have the title of the fum and other details of the film including time and actors names. Layout conventions also included how the review itself is represented which is often laid out in columns sometimes involving a bullet point list and of course the classic star rating system.
There are also a number of language convention of magazine reviews as well. One language convention i found to be common was that most film reviews were written informally as to appear more casual to appeal to young audiences as appear less intimidating to readers, this was also done by making most film reviews short and to the point. Another common feature of language in film reviews was the use of rhetorical questions, puns/jokes and references.
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