This assignment asks you definition of documentary based on the course readings/screenings covered during weeks 5-15.
Your paper must be 1,000 words (approximately 5 pages double spaced) and do the following:
Draw on one (1) understanding
of documentary found in any of our course readings from weeks 5-15 to
propose a revised definition of documentary. Provide one (1)
citation from this of the course readings following the Chicago Manual
of Style (no more than 1-3 sentences) and engage in analysis to support
your argument.
Explain your previous understanding
of documentary, pointing to how your revised definition engages, expands
upon, or challenges its ideas. Provide one (1)
citation from a different course readings following the Chicago Manual
of Style (no more than 1-3 sentences) and engage in analysis to support
your arugment.
Select one (1) representative
text from the films/media projects screened between weeks 5-15 and
explain how and why it supports your revised definition of documentary.
Provide and analyze two (2) concrete examples (do not merely summarize).
Select one (1) film/television/media project that was not screened in our course and explain how it suggests the possibilities or limitations of your revised definition of documentary.
Conclude by considering how you might continue to explore, test, or expand upon your definition of documentary.
Needed as examples for the essay then must include another one that isn’t included
Housing Problems (Edgar Ansley and Arthur Elton, UK, 1935)-Free on Youtube
Cinema Verite: Defining the Moment (Peter Wintonik, CA, 1999)
Uses files added below to create Documentary definition
Writing Style
12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced, with 1-inch margins.
Page numbers at the top right corner of the paper.
Work cited for written assignments must follow the Chicago Manual of Style (footnotes). See the course Canvas for a CMOS guide.
Film titles need to be italicized. After the first mention of the title, include in parenthesis the film’s director and year of release.
Ex: Nanook of the North (Robert and Frances Flaherty, 1922). Credits and release dates can be found at IMDB.com
Book titles need to be italicized.
Essay titles need to be in “quotation marks”
Do not use time stamps, get carried
away with plot summary, or quote/cite dialogue from the film, just
introduce your reader to the context of the scene.
