Pretend to be a journalist in your film essay

There are many different essays a student may be required to write. If today you are working on a film essay, consider yourself lucky: this kind of essay is quite simple, doesn’t require to read a lot of books and can even be fun to prepare. Writing about a film is in some ways similar as writing a literary essay about a book. The difference is that it takes a couple of hours to see the film… and sometimes a couple of months to read the book!
Are you in search for ideas? Read in your local newspaper the latest film reviews. Journalists write film essays for a living –even if shorter and simpler than the one you need to write-. Pretend to be a journalist for a while. Forget that the teacher asked for this essay. Write it as if you were working for a school publishing or an important journal. You may even end up having some fun while working!