Conventions of 'Little White Lies' Magazine Reviews

Photo copies of work done in class - annotating conventions

In lesson we looked at a Little White Lies film review and labelled all the conventions the ones I found were:

• The image is always in the same place
• The title is bold and centred (different font than the main text)
• The film facts look like a billing block - also centred
• There are 3 columns with roughly 450 words
• The first letter of the review is bigger - Drop capital
• The rating section is in the area of the last column and denotes 3 sections: Anticipation, Enjoyment, In Retrospect. (Only justified to the left)
• The main text is justified left and right
• The image and the text is justified and equidistant to the edges on every side
• The page number is written in 3 digits
• The word review is placed at 180' at the outside part of the page
• The title is written as the format: date, month
• The writers name is placed at the end of the review in capital letters
• Italic, bold and capital letters are used in specific places.



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After looking at the article in class, I searched up other articles to check that all conventions were consistent - this was true. Therefore I will pay close attention when creating my LWL review to make sure that I create a piece that looks authentic of a Little White Lies review!