Writing a Film Review

● What are Reaction Papers, Review, and Critiques?

- are specialized form of writing in which an author reviews or evaluates a subject.
- usually range in length from 250 - 750 words.
- have similar format

Reaction Paper vs. Review vs. Critique

● What is a Reaction Paper?

- represents your reasonable response to anything seen, read, or experienced.
- focused on personal appreciation of the subject
- can be made by anyone

● What is a Review?
- is an objective judgment of something
- focused on highlighting the good and bad points
- made by knowledgeable people of a field

● What is a Critique?
- us the most academic and most elevated evaluation among the three
- is made by experts of the field
- is usually made to provide direction for future improvements of the subject

● Reaction Paper - any movie goers

● Review Paper - movie fans
● Critique Paper - professional film critics

Critical Approaches

● Formalist Criticism (Formalism)

- claims that literary works have intrinsic properties and treats each work as a distinct work
of art
- Elements of a story
- Formalism - Text Form

● Reader-Response Criticism
- is concerned with the reviewers reaction as an audience of a literary work
- criticism is focused on the message of the text
 ● Feminist Criticism (Feminism)
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