Description

Description: A film analysis is not a review or summary of the plot, it goes deeper into analysis and reaction.
IT MUST BE TYPED and double spaced using a 12 point, easily readable font.

Introduction Paragraph –
Provide basic information about the movie, and a sense of what your review will be about. Include:
_ Brief introduction to the movie. Title + Director
Publication Information: year released
Genre-i.e. comedy, animated, drama
Movie’s thesis / theme / purpose?
Body
There are two main sections for this part. The first is an explanation of what the movie is about. The second is your opinions about the movie and how successful it is with examples used to support your opinion.
_ Explanation –
Give a brief summary of the plot in which you identify the main characters, describe the setting, and give a sense of the central conflict or point of the movie. Include where pertinent:
Opening
Plot/conflict/resolution
Camera techniques or angles, sound, or other things you notice.

_ Analysis and Evaluation –
In this section you analyze or critique the movie. Write about your own opinions; just be sure that you explain and support them with examples. Some questions you might want to consider:
How did the director achieve his or her purpose?
Is the acting / writing / music effective, powerful, difficult, beautiful?
What are the strengths and weaknesss of the movie?
What is your overall response to the movie? Did you find it interesting, moving, dull? Why?
Would you recommend it to others? Why or why not?

_ Satirical Elements
If satire is the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, corruption, etc., you will need to explain how the movie is satirical and the satirical devices the movie employs to make its point. I’m looking for a minimum of three examples. Use the LINCs Vocab- Humorous Devices to help you with this. Consider the following:
What issue(s) does the film address?
What is the film’s message regarding the issue?
Does the film effectively convey its point of view? If not, how does it fail?

_ Conclusion –
Briefly conclude the review by pulling your thoughts together. You may want to say what impression the movie left you with, or emphasize what you want your reader to know about it. Be sure to include a grade, A-F, in your review with a recap of why it earned that grade.

_ Additional Details –
Spelling and grammar count.
Write in a logical and coherent manner; it should be easy to read.
Proofread it before turning it in.
No plagiarism!

REQUIREMENTS:
Use of Conventions/Mechanics
The text demonstrates standard English conventions of usage and mechanics along with the language of critique.
The text intentionally uses standard English conventions of usage and mechanics along with the language of sophisticated critique.
Substance, Style and Content:
The text presents a formal, objective tone and uses precise language and topic-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic.
The text presents an engaging, formal, and objective tone and uses sophisticated language and topic-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic.
Satirical Elements
The text identifies the purpose of the film and how it uses satirical elements to achieve its purpose.
satirical elements are identified and explained in an insightful, sophisticated manner.