Thursday, September 28, 2017

Review Analysis- Phase 1



 Let's look at tone for our phase 1 of our study of review writing.  It is important that you select the medium for your review (musicfilmtelevisionfoodvideo gamesbooks, etc.) so we can begin to drill down on features to improve our writing.  The preliminary step is to sharpen our eye to how writers use tone while describing their review topic.

A) Select your target.  (Film,Album,Show,Restaurant,Tech, Video Game, Books, etc)  *hint* Extremely positive/negative review elicit the best descriptions!
B) Find 4+ reviews of this "media" For example, 4 reviews of IT.
C) Paste the reviews into the attached Google doc from Classroom.
D) Now begin to read reviews.  In the doc, highlight all the tone words that help flavor the review to the desired tone.
E) Of course, observe the structure of the review.  Think about how the writer opened the review.  How were the areas of critique organized?  What were the comparisons? Use comment feature to observe this.

I have linked for you several quality professional reviewers below.  So what is your medium of choice for a review?  musicfilmtelevisionfoodvideo gamesbookstheater, etc.

AV Club (all
Here are some of my favorite reviewers of Film/TV
Some  might be blocked from school- Use ProQuest or ask me for NYT Review if you go over.
A.O. Scott       Manohla Dargis       Peter Travers  (Rolling Stone)

Roger Ebert- Suntimes          AV Club                       The Ringer       Paste
TV-Andy Greenwald ( Grantland)

 MusicRolling Stone (Brief)               Paste               Pitchfork             AV Club                              Steven Hyden 

TechnologyRecode   Wired

Video Games -AV Club

Television- Paste      Rolling Stone    AV Club 

AV Club has sharp reviews as well...MoviesMusicTVBooks,
Grantland

My buddy Toussaint Egan for comics & anime

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