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Animated Film Review Reporter

You are a film reporter. Read the short-film briefing, collect details and write a lively review for an Australian audience. You may use the briefing film or a different animated film you know. Give opinions with reasons, and do not reveal the ending in your plot summary.

Film briefing: The Lantern in the Storm

In this imaginary animated short, a curious little penguin called Pip finds a glowing lantern on a windy Antarctic shore. Pip carries it across the ice to help a lost seal pup find its family. The wind keeps blowing out the lantern, so Pip shields it with a scarf and asks a group of seabirds to help. The film uses cool blue colours, warm golden light, sweeping shots of the icy landscape and music that grows faster as the storm gets stronger. The briefing does not tell you how the story ends.

Plan like a reporter

Use details from the briefing or from an animated film you have watched. Make your choices specific enough to support a review.

1.Write the title of the animated film you will review. If you are using the briefing, write The Lantern in the Storm.

2.Choose the strongest reporter-style opening for a review. A. “The film was good.” B. “G’day, film fans! A tiny lantern is about to light up a very big adventure.” C. “This film has characters in it.”

A. The film was good.
B. G’day, film fans! A tiny lantern is about to light up a very big adventure.
C. This film has characters in it.

3.Select two details from the briefing that could help you describe the film’s mood or atmosphere.

Cool blue colours and warm golden light
A bustling city and traffic noise
Music that grows faster as the storm strengthens
A sunny picnic in a garden

4.Write three precise adjectives to describe Pip’s personality, using clues from the briefing. Explain one of your choices.

5.Match each film technique with the effect it might create in this story.

Sweeping shots of the icy landscape
Warm golden lantern light
Music growing faster during the storm

Draw attention to hope or safety
Show the scale and setting
Build excitement or tension

6.Complete this review sentence with a connecting word: “Although the storm seems frightening, Pip keeps going _____ the seal pup needs help.” Choose because, but or unless.

because
but
unless

Write your review

Build a review that informs and entertains. Use evidence from the film, explain your opinion and keep the ending secret.

7.Write a two-sentence plot summary for your chosen film. Introduce the main character and problem, then describe what happens next without revealing the ending.

8.What message or theme might the film explore? Support your idea with one detail from the briefing.

9.Write an engaging reporter introduction of two or three sentences. Greet your audience, name the film and include a hook such as a question or surprising detail.

10.Write a review conclusion of two or three sentences. Give your opinion, recommend the film to a particular audience and support your recommendation with a reason. Include because, although or since.