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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...



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



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”



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!)



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?

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