Task: Building a vocabulary ‘toolbox’
- Read at least three film reviews. Find some examples here on film reviewer Roger Ebert’s site. As you read you will develop a vocabulary toolbox of typical words and phrases that describe different aspects of films by adding them to the table below.
Film Review Vocabulary Toolbox
Camera work visually stunning technically superb dull | Lighting sumptuous evocative atmospheric | Special Effects over-the-top stunning budget state-of-the-art | Acting and Casting wooden convincing believable accomplished inspired |
Costume award-winning period stylish | Plot predictable original muddled climax | Dialogue leaden stilted realistic contrived | Pace drawn-out bum-numbing tightly-scripted fast moving |
Copy the table above into a doc and add interesting words that you could use in your own review.