Generally speaking, the common analysis of film and television works is as follows. It should be noted that which film review to write depends on the purpose and specific readers.

I) introductory comments

Introductory comments are mainly about a film, but also critical. Such comments are especially needed for those who have never seen a movie or are not very familiar with it and want to know more. He focuses on providing people with basic information about movies, such as theme, plot, director and actors. This kind of comments generally show obvious commercial orientation and undertake the task of attracting people to watch movies. Therefore, in the general exam, it is not appropriate to make such comments.

2) appreciative comments

Appreciation criticism is also an important style of common film criticism, or appreciation article. This kind of criticism mainly focuses on the comments on a certain aspect or a certain angle of the film, and its main purpose is to enhance the audience's feelings and understanding of a certain aspect of the film through the analysis of some characteristics of the film. The service object of appreciative criticism is the public, and the purpose is to let more people have a deeper understanding of movies by reading articles. This kind of comments can generally ignore the whole picture and overall characteristics of the film, and only comment on one aspect of the film, such as a paragraph, a plot and the characteristics of a character. They can focus on the description and analysis of a point from an ordinary appreciation angle to express their understanding and feelings, even without excluding a little emotional expression.

3) Theoretical review

Theoretical criticism, also known as explanatory criticism, is the most typical and common way of criticism in film criticism. The comments people usually read in newspapers and periodicals mainly belong to this kind of comments. The writing purpose of this kind of comments is mainly to make a scientific and objective evaluation of the film through the understanding and analysis of the film, so that more people can have an accurate grasp and profound understanding of the film through reading comments.

4) Research-oriented comments

Research review is the analysis and comments of professional researchers on the film team. Their research articles are more theoretical reviews and sometimes academic papers.

When we take the professional examination, we mainly ask to write two kinds of comments, the second and the third. Because of the different requirements of examiners, candidates must choose one of them to write-the second required by creative major and the third required by theoretical major. As far as the enrollment requirements of art colleges are concerned, there is no need to distinguish them clearly in theory.

Second, the content of film review writing

1) Starting from the theme

Theme is an essential element in all literary and artistic works, and movie scripts are no exception. Theme plays a fundamental role in the screenplay. Without this foundation, it is impossible to create a movie script. The theme of the film should include two aspects: first, the meaning of the life phenomenon expressed in the work itself; The second is the film creator's ideological and emotional tendency towards the life phenomenon he shows. Therefore, when commenting on the theme, it is required to have original opinions and dig deeper.

(2) Start with the characters

This is a common comment style, which is divided into single comment, similar comment and comparative comment by different people. Literature is a human study, so is film art, and the core of film works is the image of characters. A character is a role, and its main components are personality, behavior and mentality. There are many angles and methods to appreciate the characters, which can start from the relationship setting, behavior and action of the characters, and also from the language use and psychological outlook of the characters. You can consider whether the task is distinctive, vivid and original, and you can also analyze the development and changes of the characters. We can pay attention to the characteristics of the characters, and we can also analyze what artistic techniques are used to shape the characters in the works. You can grasp the characters from one aspect, and you can also grasp the characters comprehensively from many aspects.

3) Comment from the perspective of film aesthetics.

This kind of criticism is more difficult for students, because it requires students to have a considerable understanding of film aesthetics and a holistic grasp and understanding of film style. For this kind of comments, we usually adopt the common thinking, that is, from a familiar aesthetic style, to analyze the film in this style, so as to avoid the off-topic phenomenon that may be caused by insufficient knowledge preparation.

In the film My Father and Mother, we can clearly feel the strong local poetry in the film. The whole film review is like a prose poem. It will be more accurate and in-depth to grasp the artistic style of the film and then analyze the poeticization created by the film in terms of lens use, plot arrangement, characterization and narrative rhythm.

4) Comment on the characteristics of the film.

This kind of critical writing has a strong professionalism, such as comments on the language, structure, rhetoric, suspense, sound, color, music, photography, special effects, performance and director of the film. The main ways and contents of comments are:

Film director comments, film performance comments, film language comments, film structure comments, film rhetoric comments, film rhythm comments, film suspense comments, film sound comments, film color comments, film details comments, film music comments. When I understand and get familiar with the characteristics of movies, we can start with these important elements, or comprehensively discuss the artistic and technical composition of movies around one or several points.

Third, the examination methods and skills

The most difficult thing in film criticism writing is probably the presentation of the central argument. How to ensure that the central argument is clear, prominent and correct? A good beginning is half the battle. The key to the beginning of a film review is to show your central argument. Views must be clear and avoid ambiguity.

In the process of demonstration, if we focus on social significance, we should pay attention to the artistry of the film and use the screen image provided by the film to explain and demonstrate.

Finally, it is necessary to pay attention to the language of argument, the vivid image of comment language, the appropriateness of sentence length and the harmony of phonology, both theoretical and fluent, so that theoretical articles can give people linguistic beauty and emotional strength.

To sum up, when talking about movies, we should have clear ideas, standardize arguments and make it clear with emotion.

Three misunderstandings: the research and discussion of pure film technology, because the experience and ability can not reach such a research level, otherwise it is thankless; Avoid empty flattery or derogatory remarks; Avoid casual, fragmentary, illogical feelings or feelings divorced from the film itself.