I have written a review on the film Inception, with the purpose of expressing my opinions on the film clearly, to inform and also to entertain my target audience
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joshfraser (student)
Josh Fraser
Film review Commentary
I have written a review on the film ‘Inception’, with the purpose of expressing my opinions on the film clearly, to inform and also to entertain my target audience. I have used many different linguistic devices in order to appeal to my target audience; the intended reader of my review is primarily film enthusiasts or those that are particularly interested in the psychological genre of film. The primary age of my target audience is anyone aged fifteen upwards, as that is the rating of the film itself.
There is a common theme regarding my lexical choices in my film review. For example: ‘fabulous’, ‘tremendous’, ‘captivating’ and ‘exceptional’ are all lexis that can be found in the opening paragraph of my review, I have specifically chosen these lexical items and placed them in my opening paragraph as it exploits the theme of my review from an early stage, it shows the reader my opinion of the film as the lexis all have very positive connotations thus creating a positive feel to the review as they are all similar in range of meaning and purpose, thus creating a textual cohesion as the purpose of my review was to inform the reader of my opinions on the film, by specifically choosing the above lexis I have stated clearly my opinions as they are all synonyms. The idea of creating a lexical field using synonymy was inspired through the same technique being used in my style model. For example: ‘Thriller’, ‘staggering’ and ‘unpredictable’ are all lexis in my style model, they create a clear sense of what the writers opinion on the film was. I utilised this and used it myself in my review.
