Paper Writing the Royal Way
Instruction: Discuss the details of the lives, contributions and significance of two U.S. figures (James Madison and James Monroe). Since it’s a Biography paper, you are researching the story about 2 people’s lives and comparing/contrasting them. Historical era: Early to…
Requirements: ● 10-15 page paper ● 2 or more films or videos and compare and contrast ● Must derive from or address the history of experimental film and video discussed in the class ● At least 2 scholarly sources from the class readings and 2 from other sources. In total 4. ● Compare and Contrast by: + Subject of landscape, + Formal strategies, + Argue the possible aesthetic or political intentions behind them and the effects that they have on the viewer Grading Rubric: ● Analyzes key sequences, close attention to detail ● Compares and contrasts specific elements of the works ● Relates the film’s formal properties to the theoretical and historical arguments discussed in the course: legacies of European modernism in the U.S. and avantgarde and and against commercial cinema ● Engages with required texts and other research materials ● PROOFREAD! Paper Outline: ● Title: Should reflect the theme and the argument of the paper, suggested to be done in the end ● Abstract: Should be 13 sentence and should succinctly state the argument of the paper ● Thesis: Shouldn’t be broad and supports the relevant details from the films and texts…