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Elements of a Film Review
Elements of a Film Review
Overview: Reviews are evaluations, so all of them at some point state the author’s judgment about the value of the item being reviewed, usually discussing both strengths and weaknesses with support.
However, a review of a film, book, or other related artistic production is a flexible form with many options, as I hope you have noticed from the models we’ve been discussing. To give some sense of your options when writing your own review, below is a list of elements one might find in a review.
Choose which of these elements will work best for your particular book or movie; then decide on a pattern of organization based on what will hook your audience’s interest and keep them reading, leaving them with a strong impression at the end. Your text gives you two possible organization patterns, but there are many more options.
Please resist the magnetic pull of the 5-paragraph essay format! Restricting yourself to simplistic formulas paralyzes the mind and bores the reader.
Elements of a Review:
Required elements
• A thesis: an arguable claim about the value of the work with reasons.
• Evaluative statements, usually a combination of overall evaluation and specific strengths and weaknesses of the work.
• Description of the work: How it looks, sounds, feels, tastes, smells (if relevant). Sometimes more esoteric elements are described, such as the tone, stance, or political orientation. Sometimes its effect on the viewer is described.
• Plot summary, sometimes a separate section, sometimes woven in with evaluation and analysis.
Elements usually or often included
• Discussion of relevant criteria, with maybe an explanation of why these are the most important. For films, consider which elements of a film get awards. Most often discussed are directing, acting, plot, and cinematography. More general criteria include depth of thinking, emotional impact, authenticity in relation to what is being depicted, wit or cleverness of the writing, and originality.
• Background information to provide context. This can be information about the historical setting, people, or events;the society depicted; other works produced by the filmmaker or writer; key ideas involved in the work (e.g. political, philosophical, or artistic ideas), and production history.
• Comparison/ Contrast with other similar works, with the source material, with sequels or prequels, etc.
• Classification/Division: a work can be placed in a class, such as a particular genre (e.g. sci-fi, historical drama, documentary, French New Wave) and then distinguished from other items in that category.
• Reception: How the film was received by audiences and/or critics; awards it has won.
• Analysis: Discussion of how the film works, what makes the characters tick, what the film says about the society that produced it, why audiences responded as they did, etc.
• Narrative: Sometimes a story of the reviewer’s experience with the film or the issue it depicts is relevant and interesting. For example, a war movie reviewed by a soldier who fought in it or a refugee who fled from it has an added emotional heft if the reviewers discuss their experiences, particularly while evaluating the film’s authenticity.
Mini-review for Analysis: How many of the above elements can you find in Mark Kermode’s 1-paragraph review of Slumdog Millionaire, which he published when the DVD came out?
With its “feelgood film of the decade” status assured and a best film Oscar under its belt, it’s easy to forget just how grim Slumdog Millionaire (2008, 15, Pathe £19.56) really is. Yet despite a ludicrously misleading advertising campaign, Danny Boyle’s cross-cultural masterpiece is unflinching in its ground-level depiction of the streets of Mumbai in which homeless children are abused and exploited while TV screens spew forth win-a-million fantasias. It’s a credit to the film-makers that Slumdog is such an uplifting experience, with Boyle focusing on the vitality of the human spirit just as he did in Trainspotting, even as his characters are literally plunging down life’s lavatory. Anthony Dod Mantle’s vibrant camera races from gutters to rooftops, injecting life into the squalor – there’s nothing “abject” about this poverty – while AR Rahman’s score keeps the heart pumping and the pulse racing. Full Monty screenwriter Simon Beaufoy works wonders with Vikas Swarup’s source novel and the cast, led by Skins star Dev Patel, rise to the challenge with aplomb. Honestly, it’s hard to remember a better “best film.”
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How to Treat HangOver
During fiesta and birthday celebrations, drinking sessions with karaoke on the side is a normal visage of lively households. The celebrant host will always toast a bottle to commemorate the occassion while the guests appreciate the hospitality.
They will drink till the wee hours of the morning if the house owners are kind enough to offer the liquors they keep in the bar or cellar or the friends and relatives who came over are gallant to buy their own supply of beer and brandy. In our case without promoting the brand I prefer, Emperador Light is always on the table.
During and after those events, we will always end up drunk naturally coz while the brandy tastes good during funtime , your head will contradict in the moning or right after you vomit like a baby when you have enough. Yet you still want to drink more as you enjoy the singing and dancing with your family and friends forever.
So while your head is spinning like an earthquake is happening but only in your head, you will collapse and sleep wherever you are. Lucky you if you dont’t fall in the stairs, drainage or in the comfort of the toilet without banging your head to die or have a concussion or hemorrhage as the worst thing you may look for as a sign to stop and get sober the sooner and forget about brandy,whiskey,rum,beer, gin , wine and vodka
So help me God, going back to our problem, how is to cure hangover? Why do I always ask the same question yet I dare to follow the habit that my father used to do when he’s still alive on earth years before he died at 59. I remember one time my friend gave me a paracetamol to counter the headache after cups of coffee. So I always think of taking one whenever I feel nauseous. Lately someone told me to boil Malunggay leaves then drink it to lessen my suffering. While I massage my diaphragm with a rubbing ointment. But before that, I resort to drinking coconut juice, water melon shakes and eating bananas and a loaf of bread as another drunkard referred to eat tasty bread while drinking to let it absorb the acid, though she drank a shot while a piece of bread was stuck at the roof of her mouth so you can imagine what happened next.
According to Mayo Clinic via their website http://www.mayoclinic.org
Treatment
Time is the only sure cure for a hangover. In the meantime, here are a few things you can do to help yourself feel better:
- Fill your water bottle. Sip water or fruit juice to prevent dehydration. Resist any temptation to treat your hangover with more alcohol. It’ll only make you feel worse.
- Have a snack. Bland foods, such as toast and crackers, may boost your blood sugar and settle your stomach. Bouillon soup can help replace lost salt and potassium.
- Take a pain reliever. A standard dose of an over-the-counter pain reliever may ease your headache. But aspirin can irritate your stomach. And if you regularly drink alcohol to excess, acetaminophen (Tylenol, others) can cause severe liver damage even in doses previously thought to be safe.
- Go back to bed. If you sleep long enough, your hangover may be gone when you awaken.
Alternative medicine
Proposed alternative remedies for hangovers abound, but studies haven’t found any natural remedies that consistently improve hangover symptoms.
Talk with your doctor before trying any alternative medicine. Keep in mind that natural doesn’t always mean safe. Your doctor can help you understand possible risks and benefits before you try a treatment.
According to Harvard Medical School via their website http://www.health.harvard.edu
Dr. Robert Swift, a researcher at the Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Rhode Island, coauthored one of the few review papers on hangovers in 1998. It’s still one of the most frequently cited sources on the topic. The rundown on hangover remedies that follows is based on that review, an interview with Dr. Swift, and several other sources.
1. Hair of the dog. Drinking to ease the symptoms of a hangover is sometimes called taking the hair of the dog, or hair of the dog that bit you. The notion is that hangovers are a form of alcohol withdrawal, so a drink or two will ease the withdrawal.
There may be something to it, says Dr. Swift. Both alcohol and certain sedatives, such as benzodiazepines like diazepam (Valium), interact with GABA receptors on brain cells, he explains. And it’s well documented that some people have withdrawal symptoms from short-acting sedatives as they wear off. Perhaps the brain reacts similarly as blood alcohol levels begin to drop.
Even so, Dr. Swift advises against using alcohol as a hangover remedy. “The hair of the dog just perpetuates a cycle,” he says. “It doesn’t allow you to recover.”
2. Drink fluids. Alcohol promotes urination because it inhibits the release of vasopressin, a hormone that decreases the volume of urine made by the kidneys. If your hangover includes diarrhea, sweating, or vomiting, you may be even more dehydrated. Although nausea can make it difficult to get anything down, even just a few sips of water might help your hangover.
3. Get some carbohydrates into your system. Drinking may lower blood sugar levels, so theoretically some of the fatigue and headaches of a hangover may be from a brain working without enough of its main fuel. Moreover, many people forget to eat when they drink, further lowering their blood sugar. Toast and juice is a way to gently nudge levels back to normal.
4. Avoid darker-colored alcoholic beverages. Experiments have shown that clear liquors, such as vodka and gin, tend to cause hangovers less frequently than dark ones, such as whiskey, red wine, and tequila. The main form of alcohol in alcoholic beverages is ethanol, but the darker liquors contain chemically related compounds (congeners), including methanol. According to Dr. Swift’s review paper, the same enzymes process ethanol and methanol, but methanol metabolites are especially toxic, so they may cause a worse hangover.
5. Take a pain reliever, but not Tylenol. Aspirin, ibuprofen (Motrin, other brands), and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may help with the headache and the overall achy feelings. NSAIDs, though, may irritate a stomach already irritated by alcohol. Don’t take acetaminophen (Tylenol). If alcohol is lingering in your system, it may accentuate acetaminophen’s toxic effects on the liver.
6. Drink coffee or tea. Caffeine may not have any special anti-hangover powers, but as a stimulant, it could help with the grogginess.
7. B vitamins and zinc. A study recently published in The Journal of Clinical Medicine evaluated the diets for 24 hours before and after excessive drinking occurred. It was a small study and results were based on the participants saying what they ate. However, they did find that people whose food and beverage consumption contained greater amounts of zinc and B vitamins had less severe hangovers.
Cats on the Hot Tin Roof
A white cat and a tiger cat started to be our pets since they frequented our garage or frontyard after lunch and dinner to eat our lefovers, or simply the bones, fats, parts and skins we couldn’t digest till my nephew took them as his pets to the point that he asked us to buy them food and gave them names based on the characters of a soap opera so we keep them loitering around the open air lanai especially in the tiled backyard where they sleep and eat near the plants in the soil. He just stopped caring for them when the white cat scratched him but that’s after the kittens came coz each of them got pregnant and bore kittens though the white cat was not able to keep hers, she ended up as the feeding mother to the kittens of the tiger cat.
Not a cat person, or just not keen to share the room with any animal though they come inside when the door is open so I have to chase them away in fear of having allergy, germs or asthma , aside from having a toddler and a kid in the house , but there was one time when I slept with a cat, which died years ago when I was alone, getting old but still afraid of the dark. I must say my penchant for them is so casual that I only give them time when I am feeding them in the backyard. We have at least 5 cats consisted of 2 stray cats plus their white and brown striped kittens now big as they are, and an old dog in his cage. To my surprise that I had to initially name my blog after them as worthy as what influenced Edgar Allan Poe to write about ravens perching and croaking above his chamber door and windows. So thanks to our cats which always hang out and run around our hot tin roof. Most of the time, they annoy me coz they make sounds at night while I am trying to sleep, it turns out that there are male black and gray cats taunting them to mate as they also want to procreate like humans so I try to ignore them. I wonder why they don’t like to chew rice, vegetables, crackers and bread unless they are so hungry. Have to check for scientific reasons soon.
Credits to the owners of the cats and their pictures here.
Coming up Next: Alchemy Of Souls Season 2
After the teaser released on Nov. 9, 2022 as the first glimpse to Alchemy of Soul: Light and Shadow proving the resurrection of Jang Uk, came the second teaser annoucing the return of the Korean series for another set of episodes featuring the mages of Songrim, Sejukwon and Cheonbugwan dealing with heaven and earth , released on Nov. 19, 2022 by tvN, a South Korean nationwide pay television network.
Season 1 presented the flourishing battle of affection between Mu-deok and three characters in the series. Who must be the one to win her heart is still at large coz she has her own plans to accomplish before she would be able to put herself in the chaos that she is already full of. Yet the romance with Jang Uk is the most favored one to excel, not with other admirers who just stay in the sidelines of the story arcs. No matter how flagrant that they look better for her. But in Season 2 there must be an incoming factor from within that will change the texture of the story. Hoping that they can resolve the issue about these blue-eyed lovers.
Back from his apparent death, Jang Uk (Lee Jae-wook) sprang in the air in the finale of Season 1 to continue his path proving himself in the epic setting based on Joseon era in the fictional kingdom of Daeho after he tried to save Mu-deok (Jung So-min). Together with Nak-su (Go Yoon-jung) , Jin Cho-yeon (Arin), Seo Yul (Hwang Min-hyun) and Park Dang-gu (Yoo In-soo) , they are back for good in Season 2 to have another parade of their traditional costumes on their quest for romance, fantasy , period drama and action.
As announced, the series will commence on Dec. 10, 2022 via tvN at 9:20 PM KST, to be simulcasted via Netflix Korea. With the same director-Park Joon-hwa and of course the writers – the famous Hong sisters, Jung-eun and Mi-ran, backing up this Korean fantasy series from the drawing board while burning the midnight oil till the wee hours of the morning as they prepared successfully to continue the saga about love and magic. This time though, Mu-deok (Jung So-min) as the love interest of Jang Uk , is not part of the teasers and posters affirming her absence in Season 2 yet her character is a vital part of the story. While Yoo Jun-sang as Park Jin and Oh Na-ra as Maidservant Kim are figured to reprise their respective roles from the previous season. Yet it must be a technique to cause intrigue and rumor so the fans will swarm to check if their lovestory continues to confirm whose hands are shown in the photo to tickle their fancy.
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