Movie Review Terms- Week 3 Vocab

What is a "blurb"?

• When a quote from a review is used in a commercial/advertisement

• A professional who publishes his opinion on a particular movie/play/book

What is a "spoiler"?

• When the critic cannot review the film fairly due to a personal problem with something in the film

• When a critic reveals secrets and plot points that could ruin the surprise for the audience and lessen their enjoyment of the movie.

What is a "rating system"?

• When the critic uses a scale to show the degree of how much they recommend the movie

• When the critic recommends that only a certain group of people should see, or not see, the film

What is "audience demographic"?

• When the critic recommends that only a certain group of people should see, or not see, the film

• When the critic cannot review the film fairly due to a personal problem with something in the film

What is "Critic Bias"?

• When the critic cannot review the film fairly due to a personal problem with something in the film

• A professional who publishes his opinion on a particular movie/play/book

A "critic" is someone who.....

• A professional who publishes his opinion on a particular movie/play/book

• When handing over a review to a publication, the editor has the power to create a title and cut things out of the review

What are "Editorial Rights"?

• When handing over a review to a publication, the editor has the power to create a title and cut things out of the review

• Competent but not especially outstanding

When something is "mediocre", that means it is....

• Competent but not especially outstanding

• Something that’s been used so many times that it no longer surprises or interests the audience; overexposure

When someone says "cliché", they are speaking of...

• Something that’s been used so many times that it no longer surprises or interests the audience; overexposure

• When the characters in a fictional work develop over the course of the story into people you care about

What does it mean when something is "out of context"?

• When the idea behind the story is interesting enough to get people to see the movie without knowing anything else about it

• When quotes are mixed up and changed around to give the words a different meaning