Here are the details for the next assignment. This essay is a movie review. You will choose any movie you would like to analyze and then approach the viewing of the film critically. You may not review from memory. So if you have already seen the movie, you have to see it again. You must have direct quotes and specific references to features of the film.
The review will be between 2-3 pages, typed, double-spaced.
At that length, there is not time to describe much. So, if you choose to write about the Hunger Games, for instance, you do not have time to get into wars, and peoples, and foods, and fights, and loves won and lost. You must get through the initial description of the movie quickly, as in, within the first paragraph.
If you are not describing, what are you doing? Good question, right? You are critiquing some theme that you find compelling in the film. Do you think that Star Wars is actually a commentary on people of faith and on good and evil? Good, dig into that. Do you think that the Muppets movie is social commentary on the mistreatment of farm animals? Find evidence and get after it.
Find evidence to back up some assertion you have about the film. Argue! Have a perspective! And then, find evidence to support your assertions. You may use outside sources and other reviewers, but most of the thoughts should be your own. In citing the film, just use your common sense. If you use a quote, put it in quotes and put the film's title in parenthesis, like this: "Luke, I am your father." (Star Wars)
The most crucial element here is to have a point of view. A simple description is a failing paper.
HOW TO TURN THIS PAPER IN...
On October 20th, we are meeting together here at CSUB. You will bring a copy of your completed rough draft printed out to revise that day. You will not be able to print here, so have it printed out the night before. Also, we will be doing our peer revision on that day. The only way you can get credit for peer revision is by bringing a completed rough draft of the movie review. I'll paste the Peer Revision info below.
Then, after you et back your peer review, you will revise the essay and upload the final draft to Turnitin on the 22nd.
Also, here are two pretty good sites with help for writing a film review:
HERE ARE TWO RESOURCES FOR YOU TO USE WHEN THINKING ABOUT HOW TO REVIEW A FILM:
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/7-tips-for-writing-a-film-review/
http://journalism.about.com/od/writing/a/reviews.htm
PEER REVISION: (10%) You will receive one rough draft written by your peers. You will make substantive comments on this rough draft for the purpose of helping your classmate to improve the overall written quality of the essay. We will complete this part of the course on the day we meet for the in class essay. You will bring a rough draft of your essay to be reviewed. Before writing the in class essay, we will complete a guided revision of each other’s essays.
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