Ancillary Task: Magazine Article - First Draft

On top of the film poster, the other ancillary task each media group has been asked to complete is a magazine article about the short each we have created. In can be in any magazine that we desire, but we feel that it would be more appropriately placed if it was in a film magazine (Empire, Total Film etc.). The idea behind this, much like the film poster, is to make this project look as authentic as possible, making it look like this short film will genuinely be realised to the public eyes.

What I have done with the first draft is basically give us something to work with. The idea of this article is that the reader is having a conversation with the writer of this article (coincidentally me), so it needs to contain 3^rd person context throughout to keep that conversation style going. This style is a lot better than ordinary analysis style writing because the reader feels more engaged in the text, so they feel more comfortable to read on, and aren’t really bored as they read on.

The magazine so far has been split up into 4 paragraphs. I didn’t want the article taken up to much room as I felt it unrealistic of a magazine article on a short film to take up more than one page. The paragraphs go in order of: Introduction, introducing the audience to the ideas of short films and it’s high regard for this film; Opening the film to the audience, telling them a brief background about the film (like the makers, cast etc.); Characters: the roles in which they play within the film and how effective that is and the conclusion: a realistic overview of what the magazine thinks of the film, including a rating out of 10 and where to find the short film.

The article obviously needs more work on it because it’s only a first draft, but my main concern with it so far to make it less formal, and more of a conversation with the reader. This most likely will include more humorous comments, and less statistics and general points about the film. But so far, I feel a good start has been made and it can only get better from here.