Critique Guideline

Critique Guideline

Reference: http://www.wikihow.com/Be-a-Film-Critic

• Be aware that all movies have a hero, which will be the main character, and an enemy. The enemy might be another character, object or situation. Analyze the hero and the enemy and how the story develops around them. Are they similar? Are they different? Do they both want the same thing? Why do they hate each other? What are their background stories?
• Find the color scheme. Most movies will have a color scheme to define emotions, character growth, personalities or places. Understand the meaning of color and that color in many cases is a metaphor for something else.
• Imply what message was the director trying to send in choosing a certain color.Write about what you think about that use of color.
• Pay attention to the music. Music and sounds are also used to define the character's feelings and growth. It also "sets the mood" and lets you know how to feel about the following scene.
• Look at the camera movements in each scene and the lighting. What is the message you´re getting from the take and lighting? Is the main character in love? Or is someone following him or her?
• Find out what kind of story it is. Does the timing go regularly (past, present, past), circularly (present, past, present), backwards (future, present, past) or in any other way? Does the timing make the movie better or worse? Is it going too fast or too slow?
• Write about the different emotions you felt during the movie.
• Write about what the movie's message is.
• Write about the costumes, their color schemes, and whether they were appropriate for the characters
• Were all the actors consistent in their parts? Was their performance convincing? Were any of them especially good or terribly bad? In other words, did you buy it?
• Taking all of these into account, write your review of the movie. Write about if it was avaunt grade or the same story as always. Was it original or cliche? Was it lacking or over the top?
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