Analyze and critique The Gold Rush. Craft a paper in which you create an analysis of the film’s story and how it is presented cinematographically. The point here is to offer your own analytical insights after critically viewing a film. This should be a 3 page paper, not including the Works Cited page.
Refer to the readings and sample essays in Gocsik and Monahan to help you with this first writing assignment.
Refer to the Glossary to help you with your analysis. (The Glossary can be found under Course Menu in the navigation bar.)
Remember that your analysis needs a thesis sentence to focus your insights around a central idea. For examples of analytical thesis sentences, review Thesis Characteristics in the Empire State University Online Writing Center. You may also wish to use the Creating Your Thesis resource.
Do not write a literary analysis, nor merely retell the story.
Remember your research from the first module regarding good vs. bad research!
Always use proper academic formatting and a scholarly approach to your assignments.
Check spelling, grammar and mechanics.
Write film titles properly in your paper; use italics or, in this course, you may also underline the name of a film.
All papers should be 12 pt. type, double spaced.
All of your Written Assignments must include at least two scholarly sources AND must include direct reference to your learning from the Belton and/or Corrigan texts assigned for each module.
All of your research research (scholarly or non-scholarly sources) and any ideas you got from from course texts MUST be cited in all of your written work using MLA, APA, or Chicago Style. Written work without proper referencing will be returned. Work in which you present the ideas of other people as your own ideas without quotation marks and in-text citations will receive a failing grade.
If you have questions about this, please do not hesitate to reach out and schedule a time to meet with me.
Remember you can use the Ongoing Film Discussion area to help you expand your thinking and share your ideas.
Review the course Syllabus (Written Assignment section) and Tips for Stronger Papers to provide you with further information about essay expectations.
