Objective: Due to online shopping and changes in marketing strategies we are asked more and more to review products and services. It is always useful to be able to offer a measured, logical, and honest response to any request for a review. Film reviews are a fun way to explore how to write a review and to determine what is appropriate and what is not appropriate when writing in this genre. To that end we will view a film, look at some reviews of some current films and write a review of 2-4 pages.
Here are some other types of reviews you may be asked to write:
1. Employee/employer reviews
2. Product or software reviews
3. Literature reviews (when doing research)
4. Book reviews
5. Process reviews (how well does a new process at your job work)
There are many others, but this gives you an idea of what you can expect going into a university or career.
Method: After seeing the film Europa Report writer a 2-4page paper that honestly and thoroughly reviews the film. Treat your essay as if you are writing for an audience that might be planning to go see the film. Do not just retell the plot of the film. Discuss other things such as the acting, setting, special effects, sounds (Foley work), and musical score. You can discuss the nature of how the story is told, but not the entire plot.
If you choose to work in pairs I will be looking for an essay that is 4 pages long and one that has two opposing views about the film. You will be writing a blended essay that works together to gives both a positive argument and a negative one (for and against). Be sure you both upload a copy to the drops box with both your names on it so I don’t get confused about who is doing what.
Keep in mind that writing a review is just another kind of argument. You are trying to get your audience to trust in and believe in your opinion about this film.