Typical Structure of Little White Lies Review

Lexis
The Lexis used in Little White Lies reviews is normally quite complex and whitty, we think this is because if the language used is complex than the audience begins to trust the opinion of the writer as they feel that they must be smart and well educated, this subsequently has the effect of validating the opinion of the writer, which helps to achieve the goal of the review which is to persuade and inform, and in this instance it persuades the reader by validating the writers opinion.

Structure

The structure of a review in the Little White Lies magazine is that there are between 5 and 7 paragraphs, however most of the time there are six. the first and/or second paragraph would be an introduction to the film and how the film was made, the third and fourth paragraphs are most likely to talk about the cast of the film and discus the movies basic plot with a short opinion, the final paraghraph/s is normally a review/conclusion on the film as a whole, this is typically where the writer signs off witha witty comment relating to the film to leave a lasting thought in the readers head almost like the strap line of the review.

Rating System
Rather than star ratings, Little White Lies rates films based on three things: Anticipation, Enjoyment, and in Retrospect, this allows for a broad and thorough review of each film that the reader can understand and enjoy as well as trust and relate too, it is hard to truly understand how good a film is based on 5 stars as everyones opinions are different and you can never see just how good the different main aspects of each film are, however this rating system is broad and covers all the aspects that a film lover (their target audience) would love to hear about.