Write a film review where you analyze the rhetorical and persuasive strategies employed by the filmmaker and film. You should then evaluate how those rhetorical and persuasive strategies impacted you. What were your views on the topic before seeing the film and what are your views now? If the documentary changed your views, will you change your actions? Why and how, or why not?
Format:
A film review is often posted to public forums. Therefore, this assignment requires you to create an account on Medium and design your film review on this platform to match the rhetorical situation of your writing.
Helpful Tips:
Make an argument about the effectiveness of the documentary including a reflection on your views before and after viewing the documentary
Analyze the rhetorical situation, artistic appeals, and other film elements of the documentary to support your argument
Provide relevant quotes from the documentary as well as the “Writing About Film” information page to support your claims
Command language by writing coherent sentences that display a control of diction
Thoughtfully design your film review on Medium with respect to the digital genre using images, hyperlinks, pull quotes, etc.
