This document provides information about film review and criticism. It discusses the history of film from the 1890s invention of motion picture cameras to the establishment of film production companies. It defines what a film and film review are, and the essential elements of film reviews. It also discusses how to write a film review by gathering facts, taking notes while watching, and rewatching the film. The document defines film criticism and discusses academic criticism and journalistic criticism, providing examples of critics in each category. It notes how criticism examines how and why films work and their effects. Finally, it briefly discusses criticism of the Padmavat film and the role of blogging in film criticism.

1. Topic:- Film review and Criticism
Name :Khamal Krishna R.
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2. History of Film
• The history of film began in
the 1890s,when motion
picture cameras were
invented
• Film production companies
started to be established
• The limits of technology
• The first use of animation in
movie was 1899.
• 1927 motion pictures were
produced without sound.
• 1914, Continuity in cinema
was the established mode
of commercial cinema.

3. What is a Film?
• “A story or event recorded by a camera as a
set of moving images and shown in a cinema
or an television by using animation techiques
or special effects”
• A Film is created by photographing actual
scenes with a motion picture camera.

4. Film...
Film considered to be an art
form
Film as a source of popular
entertainment
Film a powerful medium

5. What is a Film Review?
• The film review is a popular
way for critics to assess a
film’s over all quality and
determine whether or not
they think the film is worth
recommending.
• Essential element of film
reviews:
 Background information
 Condensed plot synopsis
 Abbreviated arguments
about the film
 Evaluation

6. Film review should
Entertain
Providing
an original
opinion
Persuade
and
inform
A work of
art in its
own right

7. How to write a Film review:
How to
write film
review
Gather basic
facts about
the film
Take notes
on the film
as you
watch it
Watch the
movie you
have
selected
once more
Analyze
the
mechanic
s of the
film

8. What is a Film Criticism?
• Film criticism is the study
,interpretation , and
evaluation of a film and
criticism usually offers
interpretation of it’s
meaning , analysis of its
structure and style,
judgement of its worth by
comparison with other
films , and an estimation
of its likely effect on
viewers.

9. Film
Criticism
Academic
Criticism
Journalistic
Criticism

10. Journalistic Critics
• Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of
films and the medium
• Today arts criticism in general does not hold
the same place it once held with the general
public.
• James Agee (Time Magazine)
• Michael Philips(Chicago Tribune)
• Vincent Canby(The new York Time)

11. • Many critics analyze films by their
inexhaustibility , or the ranges of their
impacts, their appeals on to generations of
fans beyond original release date
• A number of website allow Internet users to
submit movie reviews and scores.

12. Academic Criticism
• More often known as film theory or film studies ,
academic critique explores cinema beyond
journalistic film review’.
• These film critics try to examine why film works ,
how it works , what it means and what effects it
has on people.
• Andre Bazin
• Devid Bordwell
• Kristin Thompson
• Jean Luc Godard

13. Criticism and review in Padmavat
film

14. Blogging
• Blogging has introduced opportunities for a
new wave of amateur film critics to have their
opinion heard.
• Websites like Movie-Blogger.com are blending
the gap between movie review sites