Film Review is a critical judgment of a motion picture.

It focuses on the art of the

film maker and evaluates the techniques employed by the director. As part of the
introduction, it is a must that you mention and give credits to the screenwriter, director,
cinematographer, actors, production designers and executive producers. In order to
provide the readers with the needed information and for you to analyze the movie/film
review very well, the following elements are of great help. Try to expand your review or
critic by answering the following questions for each element:

GENRE - is the kind or type of film. Is it comedy? Tragedy? Musical? Action? Thriller?
Horror? Sci-Fi? Romance? Historical? Melodrama? Animation?

SYNOPSIS - is the gist or summary of the film. What is the film all about? What are the
objectives of the film? How were the elements of the story interrelated with one another?

CHARACTERIZATION - is the development or portrayal of the characters. How will

you describe the characters in the film? What are their deprivations and motivations? Are
their acting skills convincing and powerful for the viewers?

SOUND - is the essential aspect of the film and it consists SPEECH as the voice of the
actors, the MUSIC, as the soundtrack or song laid in the film, and the SOUND EFFECT
or embedded sound in the film.

CINEMATOGRAPHY- is the manipulation of the filmstrip and photographic image by

the camera. How was the coordination of one shot with the succeeding shot? Does the
speed, motion, and transformation of each photographic image help in the quality of the
film?

PRODUCTION DESIGN - refers to the costumes and make-ups matched to the

characters’ role? Do the props stimulate the ambiance for the scene? Does the production
design depict the setting of the story?