Film Evaluation Form (German 330)


Name___________________________________

Film title________________________________

No. of viewings__________________________


1) HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR REACTION TO THIS MOVIE?
(very favourable - favourable - unfavourable - uncertain)
 
 

2) HOW ARE THE FOLLOWING TECHNIQUES USED?
(state which of the terms in parentheses you are discussing)
 

a) Narration (story, dramatic appeal, motivation, closure, point of view)
 
 

b) Sound (music, dialogue, silence, language, narrator, sound effects)
 
 

c) Photography (focus, angle, movement, space, sets, light, color)
 
 

d) Editing (order, cuts, duration, rhythm, continuity, montage, motifs)
 
 

3) OTHER (realism/representation, acting, costumes, genre expectations, art, politics, historical context)
 
 

4) HOW DOES THIS FILM TRY TO "MAKE ITS CASE" (for example by emotional appeal, alienation effect, manipulation of point-of-view, documentary authority, symbolism, etc.; give examples)? IS IT PERSUATIVE?
 
 

5) WHAT ARE SOME OF THE VALUES EXPRESSED IN THIS FILM (give examples)? WHAT ARE YOUR REACTIONS TO THOSE VALUES?
 
 


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