cinematography

How to review/critique videos or articles

You must follow ALL these rules

All reviews should be done in 12 pitch/letter size, and 1.5 line spacing.

You should review the entire content of each assignment folder.

A. You should critique each film in a given folder in at least 2 pages. So, if there

are 3 videos in a folder, the document you send me must be at least 6 pages. Do

not send separate pages for the same folder. Combine them all into one single

document. Write down the name of each film when reviewing it.

B. Keep your paragraphs short, no longer than 5-7 lines, but use as many

paragraphs as you like.

C. You must answer five/5 questions for EACH film you review. NUMBER YOUR

ANSWERS 1 to 5,

Below are the five questions you must answer in each review.

1. Tell the reader what is the subject matter of the video/article and a short summary of

the content.

2. Then give an account of the positive aspects of it—expressiveness, clarity of the

message, staying on the subject, usefulness, etc. Do NOT review the cinematography.

This is not a course on cinema.

3. Another account on the negative aspects but NOT the cinematography. Some

documentaries are nearly 100 years old, or taken on a cell phone camera impromptu.

Naturally they will be black & white, grainy, or totally amateurish technically).

4. Follow this by another account explaining how helpful the film/article is to you to

better learn the course subject matter.

5. The last section should be your personal opinion: did you like it or not and why?

The five answers should be about equal in length.