Film review (writing skill)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k
• Leerjaar 2,3

Review

What type of reviews are there?
Work in pairs and try to come up with as many types of reviews that you can think of

What type of reviews are there?

• Film reviews

• Product reviews
  
• Experience reviews
  

• Book reviews
  

• Written reviews
• Spoken/verbal reviews
• Video reviews
  

Why do people write reviews?

Work in pairs and try to come up with as many reasons why you would write a postive/negative review about something.

Think of 

• Games
• Films
• Experiences
  

Why do people write reviews?

Why do people write reviews?

• To inform
• To help others make a choice
  
• To express feelings (positive/negative)
• To help improve
• To warn
  

What type of language do we use for a review?

• Descriptive language
  
• Sense language
  
• Opinion (I think, I like, I disliked)
• Present tense/Past tense
  
• Formal/Informal language
• Recommendation
  

Your turn now:

Write a review about a film.

1. What is the title of the film?
2. What genre is it?
3. What is it about?
4. Is it based on a book?
5. Where is the film set?
6. When is the film set?
7. Who stars in the film?
8. Who plays the main role(s)?
9. Who is your favourite character in the film? (Why?)
10. What kind of person would like this film?

Phrases to use:

http://uki.vdu.lt/wp-content/uploads/sinergija/EN/geografija/geografija2/useful-phrases-film-analysis-kv-cornelsen.pdf