The Hollywood Reporter is a sort of newspaper website, but for a paper just about the entertainment industry. The content is great with it listing all the latest news, big or small, happening in the industry. Unfortunately, the site's layout isn't the best, because it's not so easy to navigate and find articles. Another form of news and info, magazines, has followed the trend of putting it's stuff online, and one example is Total Film. The nice thing about their site is that the biggest news is right up in the beginning of the main page, easy to notice. One thing I noticed about the site, though, is that several of the stories are short, and often further details come from links they provide which take readers to a lot of the newspaper websites of mentioned earlier in this blog. Entertainment Weekly is also good about making things easy to find. Another great thing is the content, because it includes interesting little segments, like the "20 worst comic-book movies ever." The site only seems to lack the amount of news it covers, as it seems to cover the biggest news and movie blockbusters. Empire magazines' website is great in many ways (see image on the right). It covers a lot of the latest news, and often provides "first look" pictures of movies people are looking forward to. Plus, the look of the site is pretty sleek. The only problem is that it may seem a little bit cluttered, but that's hardly noticeable with all the interesting things it offers. Blogs are the internet's news source, and so, to add to this list of printed news that have moved online, here are a couple of good movie blog websites. The Movie Blog is a great site for the latest news and rumors in the film industry. The only downside to it is that the look is really simplistic, and a little boring. /Film is great about covering movie news and rumors, but it also looks into lesser known, interesting subjects related to larger films. The only problem this site faces is, again, the look of the site isn't so appealing. But something like look is not so big a deal when the content is good, because, in the end, that's what really matters. Hopefully these sites will further provide more resources to expand one's knowledge of film. With the internet's size, these sites are just a little taste of what one can find. Enjoy!
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After having read the article, I thought you might want to take another look at your subtitle simply because I’m not sure you differentiate enough between what each site covers.
I thought it was a good take to look at the way newspapers cover movies versus how they are covered online. Although I do wish you would have spent a little more time highlighting the differences between the two in your post especially since you have already picked up on the fact that interactivity is not really encouraged on the Los Angeles Times’ website. Why do you suppose the Guardian’s website examines the films of other countries more than its own? In the first paragraph, I am not quite sure that “to make up for that” is the best way to transition between talking about the Guardian and the Independent. Perhaps you could find a way to make that sound smoother, since you make the comparison very well. It made me want to check out the Independent and compare the two. I was also glad that you incorporated sites that are not all American into your post.
Is the Hollywood Reporter intended to cover more celebrity gossip or upcoming films? I just wasn’t quite sure what “all the latest news” referred to. I was glad you included the 20 worst comic book movies as an example, because that was entertaining and made me want to look at more of Entertainment Weekly’s site; I got a good idea of what sorts of other things that they might post.
It seems that you take issue with quite a few of your sites on the subject of navigation. Maybe you could speculate as to why movie sites are so all over the place. I would definitely agree that they can often be designed in the same way that magazines are, as if everyone who reads them has ADD.
I think perhaps at the conclusion of your analysis you may want to consolidate your findings. You have a distinct pattern in your observations, and certainly have favorites with the websites you focus on, so I would point those out more specifically for your reader. Overall it was a pleasure to read and made me think about which sites I might use to learn different information.
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