Answer:
Although the criticism of every art will be based in the particularities that arise from its specific media, I am interested here in highlighting aspects of criticism applicable across the arts (and which are therefore relevant to film criticism). Equally, although the characteristics of evaluative criticism have developed through and in relation to written criticism, most of the aspects listed below would be germane to work currently taking place within audio-visual formats. I offer this interdisciplinary résumé because my experience is that many students of film studies ‘in the 21st Century’ are currently lacking an awareness of the practice of evaluative criticism.
Step-by-step explanation:
Some might consider the phrase “evaluative criticism” tautological because the etymology of the word “criticism” implies evaluation. It is derived from the Greek word kritikos, which means to judge, and the kritikoi were the judges or jurymen who gave verdicts (often in competitions).