First Year- Assignment on Film Studies

Writing Assignment: Film Appreciation

Students, your assignment is to write a film appreciation essay.

Film Review Guidelines

1: Offer your overall impression of the film while mentioning the movie's title, director, and key actors.
2: Summarize the plot of the film
3: How did the actors portray key character roles?

4: Were any particular film techniques used in key scenes? How did the film techniques and music enhance the setting and themes of the film? You may need two paragraphs to explain this information.
5: Ending paragraph--your last opportunity to guide the reader. Offer a clincher that tells the reader to attend the film or not.

6: Create your essay with 12 Point Text, single spaced, Ariel. You can write it with Word, Pages or Google Docs and email to me, and print and hand in. Submit as a Viva with the aid of Power Point.(Slide 10-15)

Guide to Critical Assessment of Film

BACKGROUND

• ·                     Who is the writer of the film? Has the screenplay been adapted from another work?
• ·                     Who is the director?
• ·                     When was the film made?

STRUCTURE / FORM

• ·                     What does the title mean in relation to the film as a whole?
• ·                     How are the opening credits presented? Do they relate to a meaning?
• ·                     Why does the film start in the way that it does?
• ·                     Are there any motifs (scenes, images) of dialogue which are repeated? What purpose do they serve?
• ·                     What three or four scenes or sequences are most important in the film? Why?
• ·                     Is sound used in any vivid ways either to enhance the film? (i.e. Enhance drama, heighten tension, disorient the viewer, etc.)
• ·                     How does the film use color or light/dark to suggest tone and mood in different scenes?
• ·                     Are there any striking uses of perspective (seeing through a character's eyes, camera angle, etc.) How does this relate to the meaning of the scene?
• ·                     What specific scene constitutes the film's climax? How does this scene resolve the central issue of the film?
• ·                     Does the film leave any disunities (loose ends) at the end? If so, what does it suggest? What might happen next that is left unseen.
• ·                     Why does the film conclude on this particular image?

THEME

• ·                     What is the definitive or overall theme of the film?
• ·                     Does the film present a clear point-of-view on this theme?
• ·                     Are there any aspects of the theme which are left ambiguous at the end? Why?
• ·                     How does this film relate to the other literary texts or films you have read or seen?

Asst. Prof. J.P Josephine Mary, baba.josephine@gmail.com

	To Write an assignment on  Film Studies
	Movie Name	Producer/Director	Registration No.
1	Aadukalam	Kathiresan	16VCE 1
2	Aadum Koothu	Light and Shadow Movie Makers	16VCE 2
3	Aanandham	R. B. Choudary	16VCE 3
4	Anniyan	Oscar Ravichandran	16VCE 4
5	Autograph	Cheran	16VCE 5
6	Azhagi	D. Udhaya Kumar	16VCE 6
7	Bharathi Kannamma	Henry	16VCE 7
8	Bharati	Messers Media Dreams (P) Ltd	16VCE 8
9	Bombay	S. Sriram	16VCE 9
10	Housefull	R. Parthiban	16VCE 10
11	Indian	A. M. Rathnam	16VCE 11
12	Iyarkai	V. R. Kumar	16VCE 12
13	Kaaka Muttai	Dhanush	16VCE 13
14	Kandukondain	Kalaipuli S. Dhanu	16VCE 14
15	Kannathil Muthamittal	• Mani Ratnam	16VCE 15
16	Kaththi	K. Karunamoorthi	16VCE 16
17	Kuttram Kadithal	Chris Pictures & JSK Film Corporation	16VCE 17
18	Mynaa	John Max	16VCE 18
19	Naadodigal	Michael Rayappan	16VCE 19
20	Natpukaaga	A. M. Rathnam	16VCE 20
21	Navarasa	Sunil Doshi	16VCE 21
22	Ooruku Nooruper	L. Suresh	16VCE 22
23	Paruthiveeran	K. E. Gnanavelraja	16VCE 23
24	Pasanga	M. Sasikumar	16VCE 24
25	Periyar	M/s Liberty Creations Ltd.	16VCE 25
26	Pithamagan	V. A. Durai	16VCE 26
27	Sethu	A. Kandasamy	16VCE 27
28	Subramaniyapuram	Sasikumar	16VCE 28
29	Thanga Meengal	Gautham Menon,	16VCE 29
30	Thenmerku Paruvakaatru	Shibu Issac	16VCE 30
31	Vaagai Sooda Vaa	• S. Muruganandham	16VCE 31
32	Vaaranam Aayiram	Venu Ravichandran	16VCE 32
33	Vazhakku Enn 18/9	N. Linguswamy	16VCE 33
34	Veyil	Shankar	16VCE 34
35	Visaranai	Wunderbar Films	16VCE 35
36	Pathemari	Allens Media	16VCE 36
37	Munnariyippu	Ranjith	16VCE 37
38	Drishyam	Anthony Perumbavoor	16VCE 38
39	Ayalum Njanum Thammil	Prem Prakash	16VCE 39
40	Traffic	Listin Stephen	16VCE 40
41	Pranchiyettan and the Saint	Renjith	16VCE 41
42	Pazhassi Raja	Gokulam Gopalan	16VCE 42
43	Thirakkatha	Ranjith, Maha Subair	16VCE 43
44	Kadha Parayumbol	Sreenivasan, Mukesh	16VCE 44
45	Notebook	P. V. Gangadharan	16VCE 45
46	Achuvinte Amma	P. V. Gangadharan	16VCE 46
47	Kaazhcha	Noushad Xavy and Manoj Mathew	16VCE 47
48	Manassinakkare	Maha Subair	16VCE 48
49	Nandanam	Sideeq	16VCE 49
50	Meghamalhar	M. V. Shreyams Kumar	16VCE 50
51	Karunam	Jayaraj, Antony Irinjalakkut	14 VCE 19
52	Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala	C. Karunakaran
53	Bhoothakkannadi	N.Krishnakumar
54	Thooval Kottaram	P. V. Gangadharan
55	Spadikam	R. Mohan
56	Sukritham	M M Ramachandran
57	Vatsalyam	H.M.Basheer
58	Sargam	Bhavani Hariharan
59	Perumthachan	G. Jayakumar
60	Thazhvaram	V.B.K. Menon
61	Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha	P. V. Gangadharan