Blog Review

The blog I am going to review is http://actingwithoutthedrama.blogspot.co.uk/ . This blog is written by Ben Hopkin who has different acting classes throughout America, the use of the blog is to inform previous and new people into the acting classes provided. The blog has a lot of information in its post and is really long and informative about the type of acting classes, what is would cover, how much it cost, who the class is aimed at (Newbies or experienced) .

I like the design and layout of the blog. The first thing that drew me in was the photograph of Shakespeare. Ben likes to use images a lot in his blog and I find that refreshing it breaks up all the information he gives to you, this is such a good thing to give to the readers as it gives their brain a break from loads of information. The images have a humorous caption with them too, something that is taught in acting (light comedy relief). The colour scheme represents acting as black is a colour that is used often within the area. The font was a clear one used like Calibri (Body) but the text was small and could have been bigger, but that is totally a personal thing as I like bigger text as I find it easier to read and I liked the fact that the majority of the text was white as it kept it neutral. The things that the blog wanted to emphasise to the reader was in red or blue and pieces of the blog were even underlined for extra emphasis. This helps the readers see the important information quicker and clearer because if it was all in red and the important bits were in white I don’t think it would stand out as much. I also noticed that any payment information was in a light blue and was underlined for the reader to notice the difference in colour and it was important information.

Ben has also put his twitter feed down the side of his blog so you could also follow him on social media, this is very clever to link your blog and social media together, as it can link the people from social media to the blog and vice versa.  

 Overall after looking at a few blogs, I think this has been a good blog for me to review as I was unaware that you could use a blog to inform audiences in this way about acting classes as I have never seen it done and I think it is a really good way to advertise acting classes. Blogs are often something used by performers to inform people about their work on a production. But for Ben Hopkin, the creator of this blog has gained a following through his blog and used it to advertise his acting classes.