Little White Lies Research - Nicole Laurie.

As our film review has to be in the style and format of the film magazine "Little White Lies", I thought I'd do some research into the background and features of this magazine.

- Little White Lies is a British Independent Film magazine released monthly, which includes writing, reviews, illustrations and photography on films featured at the cinema. It is produced by the Church of London.

- Each individual issue is based around a single film, which then the whole magazine is inspired and has related features throughout (e.g. interior design, editorial icons, chapter headings and custom typefaces). But the overall template of the magazine stays exactly the same.

Examples:

Star Trek Issue.


The Man On Wire Issue.


The Where The Wild Things Are issue.



- The magazine covers films from independent films to blockbuster releases.


- There is also a online edition of Little White Lies, which includes all of the reviews, in a slightly shorter word count but in the same style and simular layout.

Online version:


As I'm taking part in writing the copy of the review, through looking at some reviews online, I've developed a good idea and an insight into the language/setup of the copy and what the review consists of.

* Alot of advanced adjectives to describe characterisation

examples: 'a crusading journalist' (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo)
'loveable batty Mrs Docherty' (Nanny McPhee)

Also in class we have gone through a few examples online, such as the films '44 inch chest' and 'The girl with the dragon tattoo" so I thought I'd analysis a example myself. I chose to analysis a social realism film as this relates to our film the most.