HOW TO WRITE A FILM REVIEW

HOW TO WRITE A FILM REVIEW

A GOOD FILM REVIEW MUST HAVE FOUR PARTS:

1.Credits
2.Plot
3.Characters
4.Conclusion

1.Credits

•title and year,
•genre
•director,
•main actors

2.Plot

•Synopsis or summary of the plot: . Make sure that your summary makes sense to a reader who does not know the movie. Do not refer to specific scenes and do not try to explain everything.

(Only a brief summary of the film.)

You must also include the next items, but not as different parts (they may be included in your description of the story):

•Place and time: Where does the action take place? When does the action take place? (present time, 19th century…) Is the story chronological (according to the order of time ) or flash back.
•Background: society, country, kind of people (age, culture social class...), historical time...
•Genre: horror, comedy, drama, adventure film, thriller, crime, reality, historical

3.Characters

Main characters:

•physical description
•psychological description
•age, nationality social/personal background

4.Conclusion

In the last part of your review you are asked to think and write about the next questions:

•What message is being told? What was the director's purpose or intention or the theme of the film?
•Compare with other realities you know (your country, historical fact or event, other film from the same director or genre…)
•What's your opinion?

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TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS

TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS

Scientific progress brings us many conveniences and advanced machines, such as computers, automobiles, and so on. Progress seems to have made life simpler and more comfortable. But if we look at this topic carefully, we will find that progress is not always good.

Modern industry brings us many conveniences. But at the same time, some problems emerge. For example, "the green-house effect" is a very serious problem that scientists try to solve. It increases the earth's temperature, causes icebergs to melt and the ocean level to become higher and higher. As a result, countries such as Bangladesh or Holland will be covered with water.

Progress enhances the effectiveness of industrial production, but it also brings us another serious problem -pollution. Pollution in some countries is so serious that ecological balance is damaged and many animals and plants lose their living environment and become extinct eventually. The air is polluted and it is not suitable for people. The water is also polluted and people are facing deficiency of drinking water.

Progress makes the pace of life faster and faster because of the application of computers and automatic machines. People have to work faster than before and it makes them nervous. More and more physical and psychological problems disturb people's life. Many people do not have time for recreation.

From the above statements, it can be concluded that progress is not always good. It has its own negative influences on our life. Let hope those problems can be solved by more progress.

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YOUTH AND COMPUTERS

YOUTH AND COMPUTERS

Computer is one of the most important things. Nowadays it is impossible to work, study, entertain, get pleasure, and communicate without computer. People need it in all spheres of their lives.

Computers play a special role in the life of youth. And they are more important for young people than for people in age. Teens easily come to know the particulars of its work.

Everybody will agree that if computer offered only possibilities to work and study, it wouldn't be so popular. It is world-spread because thanks to it people have the access to the internet. In fact internet is a universal network that connects all computers of the world.

One of the greatest benefits of internet is the possibility to do everything sitting in front of the monitor. You may buy things, read books, communicate with your friends, paint, get the latest information, book a room/ticket/seat in the hotel/train/ theatre, and you may even work in the internet.

There are people who consider internet to be the curse of humanity. First of all it damages the natural face-to-face communication. People prefer to get to know people with the help of e-mails, messengers and sites, they forget about real life living in the world of internet.

Even a term "internet addiction" appeared. As there are a lot of young people nowadays who spend all their time in the internet, forgetting about everything.
Internet is also considered to be a curse because it contains a lot of dump information that is untrue and uninteresting. Thousands of banners with advertisement annoy people and sometimes even cause irritation and indignation. And it influences the psych of youth. As if young people are regularly irritated, they become emotionally unstable and aggressive.

Computer games turned computers into the most used method of entertainment. They have become so popular that nowadays it is even considered to be sport. There are a lot of competitions held. And people from all over the world take part in them trying to win them and get the first prise. There are a lot of kinds of computer games of different genres, so every teenager may find a game that would correspond to his/her interests. Some of them have good impact on people as they are created to develop person's memory, attention and mental abilities. But some games are based on violence and pornography. Unfortunately these games are the most spread.

Anyway computers play an important role in our lives, but we should always remember that computers shouldn't substitute real life.

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YOUTH AND MOBILE PHONES

YOUTH AND MOBILE PHONES

Young people know a lot about innovations and modern technologies. They know everything about modern trends and fashionable activities. They are fond of everything new and extreme. They like to risk and to get everything of the latest fashion.

So, modern technologies very quickly adapt to youth having various colours, designs, options. Modern technologies are mobile phone, computer, laptop, television, cameras, cinematography, etc.

According to statistics 600 million mobile phones are sold every year. And most of them are bought by youth. Some young people have even two or more mobiles. In such countries as the USA, China, Japan you may hear the telephone ringing everywhere you go.

A mobile phone is not used only to call nowadays. It is also a camera, a messenger, a modem and a radio at the same time. Almost every day technologists and scientists invent something new and add new options to the self phone that changes its design, size, colour, etc. Mobile phone is the part of image and a comfortable way to keep in touch with other people. It is the way to show the social and financial status in the society and it is very important for youth.

A mobile phone has a lot of advantages. If someone needs to speak to a person he/she may simply call him/her. But at the same time mobile phones have a lot of disadvantages as they may influence people's psychological and physical health. According to researches mobile phone spreads radiation. Of course it is a little doze that can't harm a person. But if a person receives the doze of radiation regularly, even if it is a small doze, it may harm people. So it is not recommended to carry mobile phones in pockets of clothes.

Another problem is a concern for parents of young people, because they pay the monthly bill. And sometimes the bill may be too big to pay. Young people don't worry about money they spend when they talk using mobiles and may spend several hours chatting with friends.

Besides, young people prefer communication with the help of modern technologies to face-to-face communication. It is better to write a couple of word in SMS than to meet a person and say something looking into his/her friend's eyes. People tell about their feelings, share opinions and problems, tell news with the help of mobiles and SMS. If to add computer and internet possibilities to it, live communication has no chances to win this fight.

Telecommunication industries are very popular and spread nowadays. According to some psychologists this fact may be explained by idleness. People are too lazy to stand up and to cross the city just to have a chat with their friends. It is better for them to stay at home and communicate with others having the access to the internet with the help of mobile phone.

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