writing about film
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What can writing about film can do for you?
What can writing about film can do for us?
Understand your own response better
What can writing about film can do for us?
Understand your own response better
Explain or introduce something about a movie, filmmaker or a group of movies
What can writing about film can do for us?
Understand your own response better
Explain or introduce something about a movie, filmmaker or a group of movies
Make comparisons and contrasts between films
What can writing about film can do for us?Understand your own response better
Explain or introduce something about a movie, filmmaker or a group of movies
Make comparisons and contrasts between films
Make connections between a film and other areas of culture that produce it
“Perhaps more than any other arts and entertainment, the movies frequently elicit a strong emotional or intellectual reaction.”
“Perhaps more than any other arts and entertainment, the movies frequently elicit a strong emotional or intellectual reaction.”
“Analyzing our reactions to themes, characters or images…can be a way not only of understanding a movie better but also of understanding better how we view the world and the cultures we live in.”
Timothy Corrigan~
Critical Analysis
Assume your audience or reader is familiar with the film you are writing about, this means there is no need to give a full plot summary.
Each Response Question is a mini-critical analysis that asks you to focus your response by providing evidence to support a claim.
Each Response Question is a mini-critical analysis that asks you to focus your response by providing evidence to support a claim.
It’s not about whether you liked or disliked a film. The Response Questions allow you to analyze a particular element in a film and write about it from a objective, third person, point of view.
Forget about terms like GOOD/BAD or LIKED/DISLIKED
Taking notes is an essential component of writing a critical analysis.
Taking notes is an essential component of writing a critical analysis.
Consider which question you wish to answer and then take notes.
Taking notes is an essential component of writing a critical analysis.
Consider which question you wish to answer and then take notes.
for example: In what ways might the character of Joe Gillis be considered an Anti-hero?
First consider the definition of an anti-hero
anti-hero
protag. who lacks traditional heroic attributes (courage, idealism, etc.)
instead has opposite attributes (ineptness, stupidity, dishonesty, etc.)
An anti-hero acts heroically, yet in an underhanded and deceitful way
Joe is an anti-hero because
Joe is an anti-hero because
He lies to Norma
Joe is an anti-hero because
He lies to Norma
He uses Norma for the security and material possessions she gives him
Joe is an anti-hero because
He lies to Norma
He uses Norma for the security and material possessions she gives him
He goes after his friend’s fiancé.
Joe is an anti-hero because
He lies to Norma
He uses Norma for the security and material possessions she gives him
He goes after his friend’s fiancé.
He lies to Betty about his situation with Norma
As you begin to construct your Response Paper it is important to use proper format.
As you begin to construct your Response Paper it is important to use proper format.
Type the question you are answering completely at the top of the page and begin your response in a new paragraph
Be specific in the first sentence of your response
Do not begin with a vague sentence like, “Joe Gillis is an anti-hero for many reasons.”
Your introduction should be strong and set up your response.
In what ways might the character of Joe Gillis be considered an Anti-hero?
Unlike the prototypical hero or good guy Joe
Gillis embodies the quintessential characteristics of
an anti-hero.
Things to remember
Things to remember
Put the title of the film in italics and capitalize the first letter of each word.
Things to remember
Put the title of the film in italics and capitalize the first letter of each word.
Always double space your word document.
Things to remember
Put the title of the film in italics and capitalize the first letter of each word.
Always double space your word document.
Type the question you are answering at the top of the page
Things to remember
Put the title of the film in italics and capitalize the first letter of each word.
Always double space your word document.
Type the question you are answering at the top of the page
Take notes during the movie.
Things to remember
Put the title of the film in italics and capitalize the first letter of each word.
Always double space your word document.
Type the question you are answering at the top of the page
Take notes during the movie.
Use the film grammar used in the lectures and the textbook.
Things to remember
Put the title of the film in italics and capitalize the first letter of each word.
Always double space your word document.
Type the question you are answering at the top of the page
Take notes during the movie.
Use the film grammar used in the lectures and the textbook.
Write in the 3rd person and avoid including opinions
Finally!
Write your paper in the third person and avoid using pronouns, like “you” and “I’
Finally!
Write your paper in the third person and avoid using pronouns, like “you” and “I’
Please proof read your paper before submitting it and make sure you are following the format explained in the writing packet