Assignment: Blog Post Film Reviews

I've decided that rather then random blog posts I will allow you to choose the film review posts that I will grade. I expect these post to be the best examples of your work.

You will be able to choose THREE post with the following criteria:

ONE review post will be based on a film screened in class.

(CAN NOT BE JAWS)

TWO review posts based on films screened outside of class.

ONE review post being based on a film of my chosen to be screened at a later date.

Making FOUR review blog post in total.

Each review will be 10 POINTS, making the entire assignment 40% OF YOUR Final GRADE.

What will I be looking for in these reviews?

Please go back and re-read the SYLLABUS on the explaination of what the blog post reveiws are meant to be.

What this is NOT meant to be is an assassination of a certain director/film. This is not film criticism but film critique. Imagine the film as a piece of art being reviewed at exhibit.

While I'm leaving the struturing of the reviews largely to you, here is an example of what would be acceptable:

Paragraph One: Short Synopsis of the film

Paragraph Two: Analyzation of the film's elements (camera work, use of soundscape, ETC.).

Paragraph Three: Evaluation of how well the director utilized these elements (or how he failed to utilize them).

I will make a second blog post on how to deliver the links to your reviews. Any lingering questions can be emailed to me at michael.stephenson@ucf.edu.