Film Review Twilight

Film Review
Agenda
 What is a review?
 Background knowledge about film making
 Different genres of films
 Using adjectives to describe films
 Activity: Think-Pair-Share
 Roundtable: Criteria for a good show
 Setting/ Characters/ Theme/ Narration
 Analysis the film: Twilight
 Linguistic features of writing a review
What is a Review?
A review is a report in the newspaper,

magazine, or on a website, that gives the
writer’s opinion of a movie or some other
item of interest
Film making
 Running Time: the amount of time it takes a

viewer to watch the film from beginning to end.
 Performers: Stars / supporting characters / extras
 Stars: best well-known actors who play the
leading role in the film
 Supporting characters: playing supporting roles
in the film
 Extra: occupy the smallest amount of screen
time
Camera Movement
1. Pans
A movement which scans a scene
horizontally, often use to follow a moving
object which is kept in the middle of the
frame.
2. Tilts
A movement which scans a scene
vertically, otherwise similar to a
pan.
3. Dolly Shots
 The camera is placed on a moving vehicle and
moves alongside the action, generally following
a moving figure or object.
 A dolly shot may be a good way of portraying
movement, the journey of a character for
instance, or for moving from a long shot to a
close-up, gradually focusing the audience on a
particular object or character.
Dolly Shots
Shot Length
1 . Extreme long shot

 It normally shows an EXTERIOR, eg the
outside of a building, or a landscape,
and is often used as the opening shot
in a news story and to show scenes of
thrilling action eg in a war film or
disaster movie.
2. Long Shot
 This includes the FULL SHOT showing
the entire human body, with the head
near the top of the frame and the feet
near the bottom.
3. Medium Shot
 Contains a figure from the knees/waist
up and is normally used for dialogue
scenes, or to show some detail of
action. Background detail is minimal.
4. Close-Up
 This shot magnifies the object and
shows the importance of things. The
close-up takes us into the mind of a
character. A film-maker may use this to
make us feel extra comfortable or
extremely uncomfortable about a
character.
5. Extreme Close-Up
 an extreme version of the close up,
generally magnifying beyond what the
human eye would experience in reality.
Different genres of the film
 Western
 Musical
 Thriller
 Action Comedy
 Romance
 Action Film
 Special Effects film
 Horror
Adjectives
 We can use these adjectives to describe films.

 Which ones are positive (+) and which ones are
negatives?
 Boring  Funny
 Brilliant  Romantic
 Dull  Scary
 Entertaining  Violent
 Horrifying  Sentimental
 Exciting  Overly violent
Think-Pair-Share
1. Which genre you like best? Why?

2. Which is your favorite movie?
3. What made the movie so enjoyable?
Use 3 minutes to think and

write down the answers in your
note-book
Pairs of students read and
discuss their responses. (3
mins)
Roundtable
Discuss the criteria of a good show
4 Students per group and divide yourself into

different roles: Organizer/ Recorder / Checker /
Presenter
the first student in each group writes one response
on a paper and passes the paper counterclockwise to
the next student.
Do you think “Twilight” is a good show?
Analysis the film: Twilight
 Genre
 Plot Summary
 Setting
 Characters: Bella Swan, Edward Cullen
 Theme
 Narration
 Colors
 Twilight and traditional vampire story
 Comment
Setting
 The setting of the story is its background,

location in time and space and ultimately, its
atmosphere. It is used to reflect the mood of the
film/ story.
1. Where is it set? At home? Outside? Etc.
2. What can you see here?
3. What does it feel like here? Hot/Cold?
4. What is the weather like? What so special about
it?
Foggy, rural woodlands of the rainy state of Washington
Characters
 You can comment / describe a character based

on the following items:
1. Straight description (visualise the character)
2. Clothes, Manner and habit
3. Dialogues and actions
4. Relationships with other characters
5. The way they do things
Bella Swan
17-year-old from Phoenix

Very pale (skin color)
She’s going to live with her dad, Charlie, the local chief of
police
Came from a devoice family
Very interested in Edward ; first meet him in a Biology
lesson  love at first sight
Moody but intelligent
Edward Cullen
Charming, quiet and compassionate

Theme
The theme of a story is its main idea and

can often be expressed as an abstract noun,
for example, revenge, truth, love, the
source of true happiness and so on
Activity
Theme of alienation
Both Edward and Bella are outsiders, they are very

different from the others
Bella: just came from Phoenix ; unlike her
classmates, she didn’t like going to parties; she
didn’t like rainy days
Edward: he is a vampire, very different from the
others; he and his family keep to themselves;
having odd habit of never eating; unlike other
vampires, he drinks animal’s blood; he chooses a
human (Bella) to be a lover
Theme of Love
 Love is…
1.Strong positive emotion of regard and affection
2.Acceptance (both good and bad things)
3.Experience happiness
 Is the love between Bella and Edward sounds normal? Why/
Why not?
 Transcendent Love: “About three things I was absolutely
positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a
part of him, and I didn’t know how dominant that part might
be, that thirst for my blood, And third, I was unconditionally
and irrevocably in love with him”
Narrative Techniques
Technique Function(s)
1st person narrative Involves the reader in the narrator’s
personal story; tell the reader the
narrator’s personal thoughts
3rd person narrative Retells the action from the point of
view of an all-knowing narrator;
thoughts of all characters included
Beginning at the end
Used to stimulate interest in the
reader
Colors
Color and lighting design extend the

dramatic and emotional effect of the film
Hard, blue light is used throughout the film
Feelings: violent of the vampire/ ghostly
effect/ gloomy feeling/ subtlety/ darkness
inside us
Facts and Fiction about
Vampires
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=U7RH1_KdQvk&feature=related
 The vampire: a huge bat; a beautiful woman, sometimes, a
man with a mania for sucking human life-blood.
 Lives in a castle sleep in a coffin, near a graveyard
 Appearance: purplish and dark in color; had long
fingernails
 Easily attacked by sacred items like garlic, holy water,
bible or the cross
Languages Features
 Use of technical vocabulary
- Genre
- People involved in the creation of the work
- Oscar-nominated; Oscar-winning; Commercial film
 Use of adjectives: to describe the work itself, its
characters and players etc. Adjectives give the reader the
reviewers’ opinion on what the experience is like
 Use of Simple Present Tense: to describe the action in
the work

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Film Review

A review is a report in the newspaper,

 Running Time: the amount of time it takes a

1 . Extreme long shot

 We can use these adjectives to describe films.

1. Which genre you like best? Why?

Use 3 minutes to think and

Discuss the criteria of a good show

4 Students per group and divide yourself into

 The setting of the story is its background,

 You can comment / describe a character based

17-year-old from Phoenix

Charming, quiet and compassionate

The theme of a story is its main idea and

Both Edward and Bella are outsiders, they are very

Color and lighting design extend the

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