HOW TO COMMENT ON A VIDEO?

0) SOME TIPS TO OPTIMIZE VIDEO VIEWING

A general observation to make is that viewing time and video analysis time are part of the same totality of time.

WATCHING must be optimized at all costs to avoid running out of time. 

Here are THREE TIPS to maximize your time: 

1- It is recommended to watch the entire video once, trying to understand the general meaning and context of this video.

2- Then watch the video a second time and, using a rough copy, note down the important elements identified in the video

3- A third viewing will often solidify your initial ideas by beginning to convincingly understand what the film is about, defining the actors' roles, their words and expressions, without forgetting to analyze and interpret the intonations (she is not happy, for example), the silences (she is thinking, for example) and the general atmosphere of the situation.

Once you've identified and analyzed all of these elements, answer the questions posed in the video, those that will be asked in front of the jury or those you will answer if you take a written exam. For example, you can delve deeper into what you see in the video and its ins and outs. You may also be asked or wish to do so on your own initiative, to write a mini-essay based on the central theme of the video or an issue raised in the video.

I) INTRODUCING THE VIDEO

The video is about ... / This video covers ... / This video gives us ... / This video highlights ... / This video shows ... / This video deals with the theme of ... / This video develops ... / This video presents some common problems that are ... / It seems to be focusing on ... / This gives us the impression that ... / The emphasis is on ... / From the very beginning, we can understand that ... / From the start, we see that ... / It should be noted that ... 

II) DESCRIBING WHAT YOU SEE AND HEAR

In the video, we can see ... / The video describes the situation of ... / In the video, we can notice ... / The setup of this video is as follows: ... / This video makes us notice that ... / We can see quite a few things / It seems the video takes place in ... / The video appears to take place at ... / The video could well take place in

III) GIVING YOUR OPINION

In my opinion, the video gives a clear message about ... / My point is ... / To me ... / According to my way of thinking ... / My opinion on the video is ... / The way I see it is ... / I think the video is trying to raise awareness about ... / This video deals with the situation of ... / The video makes us aware of ... / From my point of view, the video was effective because ... / My personal view is that ... / For my part, I must admit that ...

IV) SUMMARIZING THE MESSAGE

The main idea of the video is ... / The purpose of the video is ... / The ultimate goal of the video is ... / To sum up, the video tries to convey that ... / To summarize, the video attempt to convey ... / The video is trying to spread ... / The overall message seems to be that ... / The video makes us think about ... / The video sheds light on the ... / The video tells us about ...

V) MAKING COMPARISONS OR CONNECTIONS

This reminds me of ... / It can be compared to ... / This topic is also relevant to ... / You could say that it is ... / It looks a bit like ... / This point could be liken to this / / This point could be compared to this / To compare this article to this one ... / Similarly, ... / Contrary to popular belief ... / Converging ideas lead us to say that ... / The same views could apply to ... / We can make a connection between this and that 

VI) SPECULATING 

It could be that .../ Perhaps the video wants to show that ... / Maybe, the creator intended to ... / It might be ... / They might be ... / Maybe ... or Perhaps ... / They could be ... / It looks like they are going to ... / The video looks a little dark / The video looks quite bright / They are probably ... / The people look sad ... / The people look tired ... / It looks like they are ...

VII) STRETCHING OUT A POINT AS A CONCLUSION

The video calls on us to reassess the environmental issue that has plagued our modern societies for centuries. 

Below are some sentences to give you an idea of how to express your state of mind depending on the topic at hand:

- The video addresses the general theme of internships between and after studies to offer students what is generally considered their first experience in the world of work.

- From this video, we can infer that it wanted to shed light on the business world to bring to the fore the hands-on behaviour to be sported within a company.

- These images highlight a much debated question: should farmers continue to use pesticides in their fields or observe a total ban on their use?

- The video makes us acutely aware of the thorny problem that the creator of the images wants us to become aware of, that is, to make us understand its real impact on our lives.

- You will agree with me that this is the real news, the one that is the subject of all conversations at least once a month.

- The video reminds us that the topic remains a hot topic that needs to be examined from all angles in order to draw attention to it.

- The issue raised by the video concerns a subject that has been put on hold until now but, which must be urgently relaunched to move towards its resolution.