For my reviews project, I am reviewing a movie and a book. Originally, I wanted to base my movie review off of a New York Times Review forum, but after doing a lot more research and reading several different New York Times reviews, I decided this may not be the smartest option for me after all. I thought it would be fun to challenge myself but like they say, the New York Times reviews are usually better than the object they are reviewing. On top of that, after having started the project I realize that it is a challenge in itself to write anything out of your comfort zone and to mimic a different "type" or style of writing. In other words, it is challenging to write a review in the style of an IMDB review because I need to change the style of writing that I am used to. In the end, I decided to stick with an IMDB review for my movie. I was also going to review a television show along with my movie, but after doing research on television reviews I found that critics only review either a particular episode of a television show or a particular season of the show and not the television show as a whole. It was hard to base my review off of any forum because there were no websites that reviewed a television show in general. Therefore, I decided to write a review on a book. I decided to write a review on my favorite book, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. For this review, I will be using an Amazon.com based forum for a relaxed and honest style of writing. Amazon reviews for any product (movies, products, books, albums, etc.) are easy to read and understand. They are written by every day people who genuinely care about other customers buying a product they will enjoy. They are honest and, unlike many other sites, do not focus mainly on summarizing the book.
No comments:
Post a Comment