film review

ENGL 1302 – Film Review Description

Reviews “make a judgement about something . . . based on certain criteria” (Lunsford et al., 857). For this assignment, you will review an Academy Award nominated film. The audience for this review is a group of educated adults; however, you might also wish to consider the traits and expectations of a specific group who might be drawn to this film. Your review should be about 3 pages, double-spaced. The format required is an APA paper with subheadings. Your title will be a level one heading (not emboldened). You will have four level 2 headings: plot summary, description, analysis, and conclusion. You may choose to add level 3 or 4 level subheadings according to the organization of your review. Use the information from the ​OWL at Purdue​ to format your subheadings.

Objectives

Develop habits of intellectual exploration Demonstrate knowledge of individual writing processes Communicate ideas and support conclusions effectively in writing Use Edited American English

Prompt

Write a review of an Academy Award nominated film in which you: Introduce the film, evaluation criteria, and your stance Summarize the film briefly Describe elements of the film that are relevant to the criteria Analyze pertinent elements of the film that support your evaluation Evaluate and conclude your stance on the film

Procedures

Read ​Everyone’s an Author​ by Andrea Lunsford, et al., Ch. 15 and ​supplemental text(s) Decide on a film and develop criteria based on the genre View the film several times to uncover new meaning and details related to the criteria Select one or two specific scenes or elements for the film on which to base your description,

analysis and overall evaluation Construct an outline based on the elements in the prompt; consider subheadings and

parallelism Draft the review with attention to quality paragraph development Revise the draft—consider the prompt, the audience, the tone, the supporting evidence and

the signposts (thesis and topics sentences) Ask someone to provide feedback about your revised draft and continue revisions as

necessary Edit the revised draft—consider grammar, mechanics, spelling, formatting (use the free

support services provided by SJC) Submit the finalized draft to Turnitin.com (Blackboard)

ENGL 1302 Review ___________________________________________________________

Pts. Requirements Comments Pts. 10 Introduce the film, evaluation

criteria and your stance

5 Summarize the film briefly

5 Describe elements of the film that are relevant to the criteria

10 Analyze pertinent elements of the film

10 Evaluate and conclude your stance on the film

10 APA Subheadings Logical organization, indention, bold/italics, capitalization

30 APA Citations and References Attribution, date in parentheses, in-text citations, punctuation, italics, spacing, p., missing info, hanging indent

20 Formatted properly APA formatting, cover page, title, header, 1” margins, left justified, 12 pt TNR font, Double-space, indentions

-30 5 or more errors OR failure to

meet word/page count

*cover page and references do not contribute to total count

-10 /day

On-time? YES / NO TOTAL