A film review has 5 major components Introduction Plot Summary Description Analysis ConclusionEvaluation Introduction Components of the Intro Questions to ask What moment in the film best encapsulates the big idea of the movie ID: 781760
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Slide1
How
To Write a Film Review
Slide2A film review has 5 major components
Introduction
Plot Summary
Description
Analysis
Conclusion/Evaluation
Slide3Introduction
Components of the Intro
Questions to ask
What moment in the film best encapsulates the big idea of the movie?
Who are the key creative forces involved?
What has been the legacy/reaction to the film?
Start with a hook – A striking image, key piece of dialogue or important moment from the film.
Provide some basic information about the film. You may include film’s name, year, director, screenwriter, and major actors.
Allude to the central concept of the review. A film review does not have to contain a thesis or main claim, but it should focus on a central analysis and assessment.
Slide4Plot Summary
Components of a Summary
BRIEF synopsis of the plot.
Avoid spoilers if possible.
Questions
What happens in the movie?
Who are the major characters?
What are the major conflicts?
Slide5Description
Components
While the plot summary will give the reader a general sense of what the film is about, also include a more detailed description of your particular cinematic experience watching the film.
include your personal impression of what the film looks, feels, and sounds like.
Questions?
What stands out in your mind when you think about this particular film
?
Moments that are particularly
styalized
/different/noteworthy?
Slide6Analysis
Components
Take those descriptions an analyze them for meaning/intent.
Some form of consideration of the meaning of the formal
techniques and thematic content.
Questions
How do the film’s formal techniques (such as cinematography, editing,
mise
-
en
-scène, lighting, diegetic and non-diegetic sound, genre, or narrative) affect the way the film looks, feels, and sounds to you?
How does the thematic content (such as history, race, gender, sexuality, class, or the environment) affect your experience and interpretation?
Do the formal techniques work to forward the thematic content?
Slide7Conclusion/Evaluation
Components
The closing of your film review should remind the reader of your general thoughts and impressions of the film
You may also implicitly or explicitly state whether or not you recommend the film.
Make sure to remind the reader of why the film is or is not worth seeing.
Questions
How did it all add up?
Did it have an emotional effect on you? Do you think it would feel the same for others?
Slide8Read other film reviews
One of the best ways to learn how to write a film review is simply by
reading good film reviews.
You can find examples in most major newspapers and magazines. Check out the arts and entertainment sections of The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, or Rolling Stone