KIDS FIRST! Junior Film Critics Curriculum
Becoming a Film Critic
SESSION NINE: Evaluate a program of your choice, either a film, video, videogame, or web site
Time: 60 minutes
A. Welcome transparency up. Sign in.
B. Review Homework:
Media Log. Any new choices. Old programs looking different?
Give us your 2st solo evaluation. Share 2 or 3.
Are you writing about your film like no one has ever seen it before?
Are you writing in complete thoughts or sentences. Use the back if you need to.
C. Review
The KIDS FIRST! Evaluation form
Define Evaluation.
Define Appeal, content, production values, benefits.
Endorsement criteria
Rating Guidelines
D View the new title for this week, either KIDS FIRST! selected or selected by a member of your group.
It should be only 30 - 45 minutes in length.
Evaluate it, KIDS FIRST! use evaluation form.
E. Homework Assignment: Volunteer reads assignments.
Media log.
Write your 1st review that incorporates your evaluation responses from the film watched with the group. . Choose a program from your media log or KIDS FIRST! website. Give handouts of star rating guide to take home.
Remember . . . (Your Review Guidelines)
Remember the evaluation rules: Make notes while you watch. Use complete sentences. Give your reason for your opinion. Use a comment only once. Have fun. Use enthusiasm as you write. And remember, there are no right or wrong opinions.
OPTIONAL Learn about the professionals.
Visit one of the film critics you studied in exercise one and interview them. Ask them about their job, why they like it, what they feel about the films they watch, why they became a film critic. Visit a video or film editing facility or a local TV station. Spend some time with one of the editors and find out what kind of computer hardware and software they use for editing, how professional equipment differs from home equipment, where they learned how to do their job, and how many different kinds of people it takes to run their business.
