The genre of my style model
was an article, written using colloquial language in a persuasive manner
therefore, my article is written in a similar style and the same genre. The
audience of the style model was older (30+ audience), film enthusiasts and
readers of Empire Magazine. My audience was similar; readers of Empire Magazine
but slightly younger (late teens) due to the actor of choice being one of a
teen TV show and a new young adult book based movie. The purpose of my model
was to entertain meanwhile persuading and informing the audience, my article
tries to reflect this.
The style model played with
the lexical field of ‘stars’ throughout the article to reflect the complexity
and brilliance of its chosen actor Paul Newman. I used this lexical field
throughout my article too, along with repetition of ‘love’ lexis and the idea
of ‘destiny’. I did this to create continuity and hopefully engage the reader; ‘The
rising star, burns a hole in Hollywood. Destined for success is the lovable
youth…’. Such emotive language strongly portrays the passion and ideally encourages
emotive ideas for the reader.
The style model also
frequently used comparisons (between Newman and other actors) to highlight
Newman’s success and add humour to the piece. I tried to replicate some of
these techniques and used a pop culture reference which my audience would be
likely to understand; ‘Unlike Taylor Lautner, the audience
recognised his beauty first!’ this is added for comical impact. It refers to
the film ‘Twilight’ which Teen Wolf fans are likely to have watched and speaks
of the character ‘Jacob’ who was transformed throughout the sequel and suddenly
gained female attention.
Stephanie - your audience is limited in age range to those who read Empire, so you need to somehow make it appealing to them - maybe, I agree, the younger edge of that range but still make it suitable for Empire. I thnk you almost get there, actually, but you do need a little more sophostication and get the audience to work harder by layering your meaning more. I did get the Lautner reference, so that was the right kind of tactic. In your commentary, you need to go into more detail about exactly what you did and why - it is not enough to say I'I used the lexical filed of stars too' - say how Braund used it and then say how your choices worked in context PEE. You need to show that you adapted it for your purposes and why you didn't feel like you could change the lexical field (because of the series of articles it was in?). Good start, though!
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