A visual essay communicates ideas, hypotheses, and/or analyses of a particular topic through visual aids. It contains the same information one would use in a traditional written essay, including an introduction, body, and conclusion, with one notable difference -- an emphasis on visual cues to introduce, support and defend one's perspective, rather than an overwhelming reliance on prose as a method of communication.
You may submit your visual essay in one of the following formats (see hyperlinks for examples):
- Google Slide (preferred over powerpoint because of its ease of use in embedding youtube clips)
Format:
Please follow the format in your Visual Essay Outline for your Visual Essay Final Project, with three additions -- written in orange:
- Cover page/image (featuring your name, our course, semester, and title of project)
- Table of Contents (listing each section your visual essay will include -- i.e.: Introduction/Overview ---> Works Cited Page)
- Introduction/Overview
- Narrative Form
- Mise-en-Scene
- Additional Film Technique (Sound, Editing, Cinematography)
- Summary
- Works Cited Page (please feel free to use the following MLA Works Cited Page generator (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.to help with this submission.
- Note: Remember to include our course text (Film Art) as well as the film you selected in your Works Cited.
Additionally:
For Slide and Prezi Presentations:
- Write in bullet points, not paragraphs
- Use at least one slide per section.
- Be mindful to text to graphic ratio. If your slide is "too busy," because it has too much information and/or too many images, use additional slides so that your information stands out.
- Use a graphic example (youtube clip or still) to support each point.
For Visual Essay Documentary:
- Use on screen text to track your table of contents. For example, when we are discussing mise-en-scene, write mise-en-scene on the screen and write each element (ex: staging, lighting, etc.,) as you are discussing it in your essay.