1. Writing reviews:
For films, books, TV, theatre, Art exhibitions, concert, music events, recorded music, restaurants…

2. For the love of bands: work experience

3. Kent on line: Submissions page
ws/submit-a-story/
For your stories and reviews: sports, culture and politics.

4. Aims of session
To discuss and identify what a review should look like?
To research, acknowledge published examples and use to influence our own writing.
Identify the steps and requirements of writing a review.
To research and review a musician, song or album. (see on-line for other reviews to compare and contrast with yours)
To write a review of two different mediums/forms from: For films, books, TV, theatre, art exhibitions, concert, music events, recorded music, restaurants, sports event…

5. What do you know? What is a review?
What does the reader or viewer expect from the reviewer?
How do you deliver theses expectations?
Who do you go to when you want to find out about a song, a film, a match, an exhibition, a concert etc.
Research a review and note down your initial thoughts (10 mins)

6. Writing reviews: http://www.slideshare.net/no1jenn/jo-ureviews
For films, books, TV, theatre, Art exhibitions, concert, music events, recorded music, restaurants…

7. Step One: Decide What To Look At
The first thing you need to do before you start your review is decide what aspects of the item you are going to evaluate. What I mean is this: what is it that can be good or bad about something you're going to review? An example: when you're watching a movie, you can look at the acting, the special effects, the camera work, or the story, among other things. Those are all items you can examine and decide if they are well or poorly done. With a book, you can look at the plot, the characters, and the way that the author puts words together. With a restaurant, you can look at the food, the service, and the setting. In fact, everything has qualities you can analyse and evaluate; you just need to sit down and figure out what they are.

8. Step Two: Decide What Makes Things Good or Bad
Before you can decide whether something is good or bad, you have to figure out what you mean by "good" and "bad." Do you like stories that have a lot of action or a lot of character development? Do you like acting that's realistic or acting that's wild and nutty? Do you like authors to use a lot of complicated words, or very simple words? You decide. Whatever you like, apply those standards to the thing you are reviewing.

9. How to do it:
It is now time to start putting your essay together. Here's a pretty simple format you can follow:
1.Open with an introduction paragraph that does the following things: ◦catches the reader's attention;
◦identifies the thing you'll be reviewing (e.g., the title of the book or movie);
◦identifies the author, star, or director, if appropriate.
2.Write a full paragraph about each of the aspects you want to examine, making sure each paragraph
does these things: ◦opens with a topic sentence that says what the paragraph is about; has several
detail sentences that prove the point you are trying to make; uses quotes or examples from the
book or movie, if possible, to help prove your point.
3.End with a conclusion paragraph that does the following: ◦*briefly* restates the main ideas of the
review; makes a judgment about the book or movie or whatever, saying whether it is good or bad
(some reviewers give ratings, like four stars or two thumbs up); recommends that the reader
go to the movie or read the book or buy a meal at the restaurant (or not, if it is no good).
How to do it

10. For the love of bands: work experience

11. Tasks:
To research and review a musician, song or album. (see on-line for other reviews to compare and contrast with yours)
To write a review of two different mediums/forms from: For films, books, TV, theatre, art exhibitions, concert, music events, recorded music, restaurants, sports event…

12. Learning objectives For this first Project:
Critically compare a range of communication methods (newspapers, novels, TV programmes, films etc.) used to convey meaning in creative media production (the making of newspapers, novels etc).
Understand the characteristics and methods of communication within a media context (the main ingredients to writing a story, and article, a poem, a review etc. ).
1.1 Critically compare a range of research tools, method and skills.
2.1 Critically compare a range of primary and secondary research sources.
Be able to use design and research tools, methods and skills to inform ideas for creative media production.
Understand critical perspectives that influence the analysis of creative media production activities
I.E. evaluate others work and use this to reflect back upon your work.