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Film title:
Reaction: -- select one -- very favorable favorable unfavorable uncertain
I. Emotional response:
II. Purpose/theme/aim of film as you see it:
III. Technical/cinematic qualities: what did you notice about . . . ? (Discuss one or two aspects per group):
A. Narration (story, dramatic appeal, logic, motivation, closure, point of view):
B. Sound (music, dialogue, silence, language, synchronicity, narrator, sound effects):
C. Photography (shot, focus, frame, angle, movement, space, sets, light, color):
D. Editing (order, cuts, duration, rhythm, continuity, disjuncture, montage, motifs):
E. Other (acting, costumes, social and cultural codes, stylistic devices, genre expectations, historical context for year film was made, self-reference, politics, art, realism/representation):
IV. How does this film try to "make its case"? (for example, by emotional appeal, alienation effect, special effects, manipulation of point-of-view, documentary authority, symbolism, etc.; give examples) And is it persuasive?
V. What are the values expressed in this film?
