Movie Review Assignment Sheet

Movie Review Assignment Sheet

Overview: Using art to teach and covey messages has been a vehicle used in our society for a long time. Comedians use their craft to talk about very contradictory issues and to express their disdain for politics, stories often give us a different viewpoint to a major social problem and movies have become a popular means of entertainment to illustrate various stories. This movie review (analysis) assignment asks you to look at the film that you watched in class from a different perspective. What message is the director trying to send to you in about 120 min?

Description: A film analysis is not a review or summary of the plot, it should go deeper into analysis and reaction. It should discuss the issues raised by the film, address the film’s importance and purpose, state reactions to the content and quality of the film, and connect it to ideas and material presented in class. It should be a minimum of 2 pages and include the following (in any order you choose).

Procedure:
• Describe the film in general terms. What subjects does it cover? Describe the plot and setting. What issues does it raise? What do you see as the main purpose of the film?

• What are the major theme(s) of the film?

• Relate the film to class discussions, readings, notes or knowledge. Is the film historically (or factually) accurate and realistic? Does it contradict or support anything you have learned? Be sure to include at least 15 sociological terms including at least one theory to connect it to the class.

• Summarize briefly emphasizing the strengths and weaknesses of the film.

Requirements:
• All papers must be typed, double spaced with a 12 pt. font.
• All pages must have appropriately sized margins.
• All papers must contain information detailed in the procedure section of these guidelines.
• Please make sure that you write at least 2 pages but no more than 5.
• Bold your 15 terms

*Remember that sections should be at least a paragraph or more and that you should fully answer and analyze the four points (last page) in the body of your paper.

Movie Review Assignment Sheet: Analysis Grading Sheet
Introduction:

5 – Demonstrates an excellent understanding of the assignment. It has an engaging introductory sentence, context, raises excellent questions and has a strong thesis.
4 – Demonstrates a thorough understanding of the assignment. It has a good introductory sentence, some context, raises some excellent questions and has a good thesis.
3 – Demonstrates an good understanding of the assignment. It has an good introductory sentence, limited context, raises some questions and has a competent thesis.
2 – Demonstrates an understanding of the assignment. It has an introductory sentence, context, raises some questions and has a thesis.
1 – Demonstrates a less than competent understanding of the assignment. It has little or no introductory sentence, context, or questions. The paper may lack a thesis statement.

Body:
5 – Demonstrates an excellent understanding of the assignment. All questions are answered fully with in depth analysis and interpretation. The answers are accurate and the writing is articulate and sophisticated. The facts are vivid, explicit, effective and multiple. There are few grammatical mistakes and overall the paper is well written.
4 – Demonstrates a thorough understanding of the assignment. All questions are answered fully with analysis and interpretation. The answers are accurate and the writing is articulate and sophisticated. The facts are vivid, explicit, effective. There are some grammatical mistakes and overall the paper is well written.
3 – Demonstrates an good understanding of the assignment. Most questions are answered with in analysis and interpretation. The answers are fairly accurate and the writing is articulate. There are a few facts. There grammatical mistakes and overall the paper is acceptable.
2 – Demonstrates an understanding of the assignment. Most questions are answered fully with some analysis and interpretation. The answers are somewhat accurate and the writing is standard. There are few facts. There are many grammatical mistakes and overall the paper is poorly organized and written.
1 – Demonstrates a less than competent understanding of the assignment. It has little or no analysis. The paper may lack answers and the writing is poor. Limited facts and multiple grammatical error. Organization is poor and over quality is not present.

Conclusions:
5 – Demonstrates an excellent understanding of the assignment. It has an engaging conclusion that summarizes the evidence and connects to the thesis and body.
4 – Demonstrates an thorough understanding of the assignment. It has a good conclusion that summarizes the evidence and connects to the thesis and body
3 – Demonstrates an good understanding of the assignment. It has a conclusion which restates the introduction and summarizes the evidence somewhat.
2 – Demonstrates an understanding of the assignment. It has a standard conclusion that summarizes somewhat and is poorly written.
1 – Demonstrates a less than competent understanding of the assignment. It has little or no conclusion.