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Describing Films
Good funny bad boring scary exciting interesting astound- ing clever silly long hilarious spellbinding OFFENSIVE action-
packed r omantic f ut ur is t ic classic superb diabolical cheesy annoying cool
r ecommended enjoyable predictable original ridiculous mind-boggling
crazy
Can you think of any other words to include?
Films you like are...
Films you don'tlike are...
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The Parts of a Film
Story / Plot
Words to describe: unpredictable / predictable, original, full of twists,
realistic / unrealistic, complicated, simplistic…
Characters
Words to describe: funny, nice, mean, happy, miserable, cute…
ActorsActors are the real-life people who play the charactersWords to describe: talented, convincing / unconvincing, versatile…
Director
The director is the person who makes all the big decisions about how a
Words to describe: talented, famous, skilful…
Scenery
Words to describe: beautiful, ugly, spectacular, cinematic, city,
Dialogue
The way the characters talk and the things they say.Words to describe: witty, amusing, fast-paced, slow-paced, smart,boring, offensive, confusing, obvious…
Style
Words to describe: comedy, horror, romantic, scary, magical, actionpacked,
adventure, old-fashioned, futuristic…
country,recognisable, foreign, fantastical, colourful…
The story or plot is what happens in the film
Characters are the people who the film is about
Scenery is what is the background of a film - this could be the furniture in a room orthe surrounding landscape
film is made
The style is the overall feel of a film, the result of a combination of all the other parts
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What Makes A Good Film Review?
1. INFORM
• Summarise - Give a brief explanation of the plot (but don’t give away the end-ing or any surprise plot twists, that’s called a “spoiler”) e.g.“New kid at school
Will (Gaelan Connell) is roped into managing a band by the chirpy lead singer”
• The Talent - Tell the reader who the director, writer and actors are (have a look
on www.imdb.com, if you’re not sure) and give some relevant background infor-mation e.g. “Disney Channel alumnus Alyson Michalka”… “HSM grad VanessaHudgens” “Todd Graff’s slicker follow-up to Camp”
• Contextualise -
2. ENTERTAIN
• Describe - Use your language to recreate for the reader the experience of
funny! Readers love to laugh. e.g.
“Earnest performances – but you can’t dance to those, can you?”
• Reference -
wave of High School Musical imitators.”
• Exaggerate - -atively by using ‘hyperbole’ or over-the-top, exaggerated language e.g. “Avatarhas the best special effects since cinema was invented”
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3. EVALUATE
• Evaluate - Tell the reader which bits were good and which bits were bad. Also,
or sentence e.g.
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ly resent the poor ratio of musical numbers to clunky, contrived emotional scenes.
(Nothing like an elderly character’s death to spur resolution…)”
• Explain - Don’t forget to use your language tools to explain why it was good or
why it was bad (see ‘Describe’) “clunky, contrived…”
• Rate -
Glossary of Useful Words
director (noun) -
evaluate (verb) - to judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount or value of
something
genre (noun) -other artworks
hyperbole (noun) - intentional exaggeration to create an effect
plot (noun) – -
ed, sometimes by unexpected means
simile (noun) -
heart attack’
spoiler (noun, slang) - Any element of any summary or description of any piece
of that reveals any plot element which will give away the ending (avoid these!)
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Bandslam (PG)
Some kids at high school getting musical...seem familiar?
TOTAL FILM RATING**
BY: Ellen E Jones Jul 28th 2009
Release Date: Aug 14th 2009
Starring: Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Lisa Kudrow, David Bowie, Alyson MichalkaDirector: Todd Graff
imitators.New kid at school Will (Gaelan Connell) is roped into managing a band by its chirpylead singer (Disney Channel alumnus Alyson Michalka). But will leading the group to a
record contract interfere with Will’s romancing of edgy – well, brunette, anyway – out-sider – Sam (HSM grad Vanessa Hudgens)?Todd Graff’s slicker follow up to Camp sports a respectable set of reference points –
Will listens to The Velvet Underground and David Bowie; Sam loves Evil Dead 2. In
past their own adolescence.
resent the poor ratio of musical numbers to clunky, contrived emotional scenes. (Noth-ing like an elderly character’s death to spur resolution…)
Earnest performances – but you can’t dance to those, can you?