Overview
You will use your personal viewing practice notes as primary source, focusing on one moving image artifact: a film, a video/video channel, a tv series, etc.
Consider the situation in which you view/viewed the artifact chosen: place, time of day, etc. Consider also how it arrived at you.
Link it to a broader context and articulate it to a conceptual framework. Choose your theoretical framework: which concepts, why, what argument, what implications?
Write a short essay, considering the “viewing situation” and the content. You can think of it as an extended in-depth viewing report, in essay format.
Follow the directions below:
- Pick one audiovisual object (tv series, internet video, film, etc) from your viewing practice diary
- Choose one theoretical framework from weeks 1-6
- Choose one theoretical framework from weeks 7-10
- You will write a critical “situational” essay that addresses the context of your watching, the motivation/role that artifact fulfills (“mode of address” and “mode of use”), and the artifact (representation: form, content) itself.
- Consider the following (these are not questions, just directions! Don't answer them separately):
- Describe the artifact you chose
- How did it arrive to you? What motivated you to see it?
- In what situation did you see it? What does it tell us about it?
- How would _____ (theory from weeks 1–6) help read it?
- How would _____ (theory from weeks 7–10) help contextualize it?
- What questions does this open in relation to our moving image culture?
Format:
5-6 pages, Times New Roman 12 pt, double-spaced, for citations and quotes use the Chicago Manual of Style (Links to an external site.).
Submit it with your viewing practice diary notes.
Rubric:
- Proper choice and articulation of theoretical concepts
- Clarity in exposition of ideas
- Creative proposition of critical argument
- Effective contextualization
- Relevant and suitable choice of moving-image object