Professional amateurs. Remarks on professionalism of movie e‑reviews (based on online reviews on Signs directed by Manoja Nighta Shyamalan) Cover Image

Profesjonalni amatorzy. Uwagi o profesjonalizmie e‑recenzji filmu (na przykładzie internetowych recenzji Znaków Manoja Nighta Shyamalana)
Professional amateurs. Remarks on professionalism of movie e‑reviews (based on online reviews on Signs directed by Manoja Nighta Shyamalan)

Author(s): Leszek Bedkowski
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Media studies, Communication studies, Theory of Communication, Social Informatics, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of the arts, business, education, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Sociology of Art
Published by: Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej

Summary/Abstract: The article investigates the issue concerning determinants of professionalism in movie e‑reviews in the context of theoretical reflection on genre determinants of a journalistic review and practices of past and modern online reviews. Referring to online reviews of the movie by Shyamalan, there was indicated that the presence of their elements and aspects (title, presence of information about the work, discussion on the work, ranking of the movie, review’s language, and usage of the specific nature of mass media) is building the press e‑review professionalism. First of all, the attention was paid to substantive competences of e‑reviewer, which in particular translates into the ability of interpreting the movie‑work and to discuss its different issues, and they were considered to be crucial when issuing expert review. Referring to Signs, the sphere of professional reviews would cover, among others, recognition of „double coding" and intertextuality of the movie, or even the play with conventions of genre and the range of expectations of the audience, being performed by Shyamalan simultaneously.

  • Issue Year: 43/2015
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 28-37
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish