如何写英语影评.ppt

How to Write a Film Review
What to Write about?
A film review is typically 250 to 500 words. It serves to
Sum up the film
introduce themes and issues that you have identified in the film.
show your own reflections (思考) and interpretations of themes presented in the film.
The General Structure?
A good film review usually have the following parts:
1. title
2. synopsis
3. your opinion
4. conclusion
The General Structure?
Title
The title gives a very brief idea of the nature of the film and provides a starting point for the reader to focus on. Your title needs to be imaginative.
The General Structure?
Synopsis梗要 or summary of the plot:
Make sure that your summary makes sense to a reader who does not know the movie. You might also include the following items, but not as different parts (they may be included in your description of the story):
    Place and time: Where/ When does the action take place?
      Background: society, country, kind of people (age, culture social class...), historical time...  Genre: horror, comedy, drama, adventure film, thriller...
The General Structure?
Your Opinion
In this part of your review, go into detail about what you think of the film. Think and write about the following:
1.  What message is being told? What was the director's purpose or intention or the theme of the film?
2. Compare with other realities you know (your country, historical fact or event, other film from the same director or genre…)
3. What's your opinion?
The General Structure?
Conclusion
You could state your early opinions in the synopsis part , but here don’t give too much away too soon. Your aim is to make the audience want to finish the article.
Even though your article should show from the start what your opinions are, at the end of the piece you should give a conclusion that states strongly what you think.
Steps
1. Review the film thoroughly.
     On your first viewing, enjoy. Good films cannot be properly appreciated if they are only