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September 13, 2013

Choose an area of interest and where there is lots to read and lots to say.

SELECTING YOUR FILMS

How the rise of Pixar saved Disney

The Iraq war in recent Hollywood

combat movies

1) an Annotated Catalogue (approx 15 items)

2) a Presentation Script (1500 words)

So what will you be doing?

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Developing a question (this should be an area of interest for you)

I am interested in Scorsese as he is my favorite director and his films are full of recurring themes and motifs.

Scorsese's obsession with guilt, sin and redemption

Jotting down initial ideas (what would I really like to find out) and defining my films.

My focus - it has a number

of themes I want to focus on, which are highlighted by

his filming style.

This is another Scorsese anti-hero.

The visual style (especially sound and

editing) are really important for

addressing the idea of a tormented soul.

It's obvious to me that Scorsese's film are

influenced by religion. I am interested in looking

how he ambitiously portrays the humanity of

Christ.

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Textual analysis of about 2 scenes from each film.

A focus group with a film studies teacher who using clips of the film to discuss.

Books (my starting point is Scorsese on Scorsese by Michael Henry Wilson but there are so many on him)

Magazines (interviews with Scorsese and retrospectives on his earlier films.)

Internet scorsesefilms.com gave me some initial insight.

Journals Images Journal is great place to start.

Gathering research from as a many different places as possible. (Collecting useful quotes and making notes along the way as keeping a record of where I got the information from)

RSAResearch Select Apply

Skim an article

Pick out some points/select a quote

Turn it into something interesting to say

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Reflecting on what I think I have found out, what it

all means and what ideas this has given me.

Write the Annotated Catalogue.

Numbered

Correctly referenced.

Clear notes This is a list of the best bits of research you uncovered.How it is related to the area of investigation What value the item offers to the projectThe nature and the reliability of the sourcesHow it compares to other itemsThe basis for its inclusion.

References to unused items(these are items I won't use in the Presentation script.)

A concluding paragraph on how the research went and my key findings.

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Writing the presentation script.

Print your presentation script, including the notes.

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Relevant research

Broad range

Excellent notes

Excellent reasons for non-inclusion

Excellent insight

Ideas are developed

Well-structured

References to source items

Well-chosen examples

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QN

Question for now....

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