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Summary of movie and

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details support reviewer's

opinion

Writer gives a brief summary

Summary is either a little too

Summary is either much too

Little or no significant

of the frame and the signs

long or not long enough but

short or much too long; may

summary; no details from the

and symbols that make up the

does not give away ending;

be vague or tell too much;

movie and little evidence from

mise-en-scene

not quite as compelling; fewer

few details from the movie

summary to support

details from the movie and

and little evidence from

reviewer’s opinion

evidence from summary to

summary to support

support reviewer’s opinion

reviewer’s opinion

Evaluation the theory of

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semiotics helps us

There is significant evidence

Contains some evaluation of

Contains insufficient

Contains no significant

constructs meaning in

that the student has used the

aspects of semiotics, but only

evaluation of the terminology

evaluation of aspects of the

cinema

semiotics terminology and

a superficial discussion of the

and theory of semiotics

film or semiotics

theory to discuss how the

signs and symbols and how

camera helps us construct

the theory helps us

meaning in cinema

constructs meaning in cinema

Effective organization and

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flow

Review is strongly organized

Review is organized and most

Review lacks strong

Review is choppy or in

with clear transitions and

transitions and connections

organization; jumps around

cohesive; organization is

logical connections that create

are clear, but either

too much or lacks effective

unclear; few effective

a sense of being tightly woven

organization is somewhat

transitions; not in logical

transitions

together

lacking or the sense of flow is

order

somewhat abrupt

Final evaluation

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Review offers a clear

Conclusion is satisfactory but

A conclusion is present, but

No conclusion is present.

conclusion or evaluation of

is lacking of a clear final

it's weak and lacking of a

the critical relationship

evaluation of relationship

clear final evaluation of

between the theory of

between the theory of

relationship between

semiotics and the construction

semiotics and the construction

semiotics and the construction

of meaning in the film

of meaning in the film

of meaning in this film

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