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and provides useful tips on ways to begin writing about film. The book includes a glossary of technical film terms, and a section of the book deals with these terms in more detail. It also features sample essays and a section on conducting film research. Bordwell, David and Kristen Thompson. Film Art: An Introduction. New York: McGraw Hill, 2006.
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Aug 19, 2023 · 🧱 Outline. 💡 Useful Phrases. 👀 Examples. ️ FAQ. 🎬 How to Critique a Movie: the Basics. Writing a movie critique means offering your insight and opinion on what was good and not that good with the movie and what made it intriguing to watch. There’s always something you like about the film and something you don’t.
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complicated, and harder than you might think. Write only major points. Do not judge the article – not yet. The summary is free of emotion; it’s ice cold. EXAMPLE – When summarizing a movie, for example, it’s tempting to say, “Kevin Spacey was the main character, and his acting was superb.” But in the summary of an essay, we remain ...
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This essay presents three nontechnical elements of film that can be analyzed by a viewer new to movie criticism: theme, story, and genre. Themes describe the overarching goals
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Examines how a director has put together a movie about a particular subject. Analyzes what works and what doesn’t. Offers an opinion as to whether or not the movie is successful/valuable/worth seeing. Critiques not the topic of the movie, but how the director treats that topic.
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3 Plan and write your critique Write your critique in standard essay form. It is generally best not to follow the author’s organisation when organising your analysis, since this approach lends itself to summary rather than analysis. Begin with an introduction that defines the subject of your critique and your point of view. Defend your point
Exercise 7.3. Take a look at a text you will potentially critique. If you’ve already done a close reading of a text for your critique, be sure to use the text you used for that exercise. Either individually or collaboratively, come up with a list of possible criteria for critiquing the text.
