You should have already created a Google Doc called Movie Review and you should have done some research last class about the specific movie you want to review. This means you should have a lot of information about the movie including the main cast of characters, the producers and writers names, the cost of the film, what movie house produced the movie, etc.
Now it is time to go watch the movie and write the review. Below you will find the structure and information you should include in the review.
On the Google Doc you already created where you took some notes last class begin writing after you read below.
The review must at least be 400-500 words long
These are things you need to include:
1. A title (headline for your review; keep it less than 30 characters long)
2. The names of the main actors and the names of their characters (top 5 actors/characters). Include both full character name and actor name. Incorporate them into your review. I don’t just want a list.
3. A summary of the plot of the story (without giving away the ending)
4. A possible theme (or moral) of this story
5. Give the “audience demographic” or who would like this movie
6. Your opinion of the movie as a whole (include details you thought were interesting or awful).
7. Use two of the “movie review terms” from below in your review. Use them appropriately to earn full points.
8. A score/rating system (other than “two thumbs up”)
Extra credit – If you include a clever “pun” in the TITLE OF YOUR REVIEW
· Note: Write this review as if you were trying to convince someone who has not seen the movie to either see it or avoid it, and NO SPOILERS!!!
Here are some terms you can use to help your story:
MOVIE REVIEW TERMS
1. Critic –
· A professional who publishes his opinion on a particular movie/play/book
· (ex – Roger Ebert, Richard Roeper, Leonard Maltin, Pauline Kael)
2. Mediocre –
· Competent but not especially outstanding
· (ex – “The film wasn’t bad and it wasn’t good either, it was just mediocre”
3. Cliché –
· Something that’s been used so many times that it no longer surprises or interests the audience; overexposure
· (ex – In a scary movie, a black cat jumps out and scares the character, but the real danger is RIGHT BEHIND HIM/HER!)
4. Character Driven –
· When the characters in a fictional work develop over the course of the story into people you care about
· (ex – “Twilight” is about vampires, but more importantly, it’s the relationship between the characters that makes us care about the story)
5. High-Concept –
· When the idea behind the story is interesting enough to get people to see the movie without knowing anything else about it
· (ex – A young clownfish gets kidnapped and put into an aquarium and it’s up to his father and a misfit group of fish to save him {“Finding Nemo”})
6. Plot –
· What the story is about
· (ex – “Kung Fu Panda” is about a clumsy, overweight panda bear who dreams of becoming the ultimate kung fu warrior, etc… {note that a plot summary is about a paragraph long})
7. Hype –
· Using different techniques to get the audience excited about the story
· (ex – “Come see ‘Coraline’ in amazing 3-D! It’s like nothing you’ve ever seen before!”)
8. Ensemble effort –
· When the cast (actors) work well together to tell the story
· (ex – the ensemble effort of the cast in Harry Potter sets the stage for the big battle between the wizards from Hogwarts to finally vanquish Voldemort’s henchmen.)
9. Audience demographics –
· When the critic recommends that only a certain group of people should see, or not see, the film
· (ex – “Kids will like ‘Madagascar,’ but adults will get bored.”)
1. Montage –
· When a film editor rapidly cuts several shots together to tell a story or communicate a message that is shown through the images.
(ex – A series of clips that show how someone makes a painting.)
Make sure your Google Doc is SHARED PROPERLY AS A CLICKABLE LINK on your Google Site on a new subpage called Movie Review.
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