Jacey Deleu 12/7/16

Today we started off class by Mr. River's going over criteria and guidelines for the podcast reviews that we started writing yesterday in class. This podcast is due Friday morning before class starts. The other day in class we went over a list of formal expectations. The list included the following:

1. Deliberately title article: Title is the first introduction of the tone/argument/purpose of your review (one of the last things you’re writing)
2. Credit relevant artists: who is important, director, actor, screenwriter, original authors, credit explicitly naming artists within your sentences/paragraphs
3. Provide necessary context: what we need to know about this film, series?, does it reflect a certain current event or trend, relating it to the outside world/background
4. Summarize plot: premise (the main basis/conflict of the film), should be able to explain the main focus of the narrative in a single sentence that is both clear and specific
5. Evaluate content: bulk of your review (specific paragraphs), paragraphs can be short, specific paragraphs about specific content, what has value

• Content includes: characters, conflict, setting, conclusion, lighting, camera angles and shots, sound, falling action, climax, rising action (these all sum make up a plot)

6. Evaluate meaning: consider the text as a whole, zooming back out (gearing up for an ending/conclusion, what does it assert
7. Conclude: be brief and specific, in 1-3 sentences you should be answer the question “so what?”

In order to make a strong well written review those expectations should be followed. Students should listen to their podcast analysis what the group did right and wrong. The podcast review should be around 500 words. No paragraph should be longer than 4 sentences.

An example of a podcast:Welcome to the 80's