Project Outline: Main Argument, Main Points, Scenes, and Sources

I need one page for each blog 2,3,4. And 6 pages for the final paper. The movie i choose is called “Metropolis”（2001，japanese anime）

DMS 333: Research Project

All of our work in the course, from blogs to readings to discussions, will culminate in a research project that investigates a topic of your choice in world cinema. This paper should be a close analysis of a chosen film or two films that are significantly related in some way. Your chosen film(s) cannot be from European or North American cinemas! You may analyze the content of the film, its cultural context, or the film industry that produced it, or some combination of these as is pertinent to your interpretation of the film. Because this is a short class, you should use the blogs and activities to help you draft 1-2 pages a week in order to have a complete 6 page paper by the end of the 3 weeks. Here are the requirements:

1. Minimum 6 pages (not including works cited), double-spaced, 12 pt Times New Roman font, 1” margins.

2. Use MLA, APA, Chicago, or whichever citation style you are most familiar with. Be consistent.

3. Use at least 4 sources including the film. 2 sources should be external scholarly sources located through the UB Library. Note that you may not find scholarly research written specifically on your chosen film—you will likely have to look more broadly at scholarship on cinema in the region and cultural context the film comes from.

4. Must have an argument! Do not just summarize or report on the content of the film. Analyze and interpret it: how should we understand the film? What do we learn from it? What is its meaning, and why is it significant? Back up your argument with specific evidence from the film and your sources.

5. Submit the paper through the Assignment submission in Week 3 of the course on UBLearns.

We will use your blog assignments throughout the course to help you work on your research project. The topics and content of the blogs are up to you, but they will contribute to the project in these ways:

Blog 2, Due 7/19: Topic Proposal. Pick a specific topic to research for your project.

Blog 3, Due 7/26: Locate and watch your chosen film(s). Begin research to find scholarly

sources related to your topic. Take notes on what you watch and read.

Blog 4, Due 8/2: Due Outline your project. What is your argument? What are the main points you’ll cover? Where will you use your sources? The outline will help you figure out where you need sources to back up your claims.

Blog 5, Due 8/9: Post the first two pages of your paper so you can share with your classmates and give each other feedback. It’s fine to copy/paste this from your drafting—the point of this blog is to share what you’re working on, not add more writing.

Blog 6, Due 8/12: Share your in-progress final draft of your paper for classmate feedback. As before, copy/paste what you have—don’t do additional writing here.