Final Paper and Project

Final project:  Your grade will be based primarily on your final project, which will be in two parts.  These projects may (probably will) be tied into other work you are doing.   E.g., for 2nd-year MIMS students, this is likely to be a part of your MIMS final presentation.

1. Media presentation.  You will produce a multi-media presentation of some kind and present it to the class.   I encourage you to use as many different media as possible, and as appropriate — don’t pile on media just for the sake of variety. But don’t play it too safe — this is a chance to experiment.

Keep in mind the various issues we have discussed about story-telling and audience, as well as making good quality media and editing it appropriately.

Approximate length: 5 to 10 minutes.

   If necessary, we’ll find more time.

2. Paper.  Write about your media presentation, drawing on readings from the course. The readings and the media project should inform one another.  The making of the project should not be independent of what we’ve read and talked about.  The readings should inform your media-making. Your media-making experience should help you understand (and critique) the readings.  I don’t expect you to do other research or a lit review.  I want your time spent on the readings from this course and on making the media project.

Draw on as many readings and topics as are appropriate. Don’t pull in unrelated material just to up your reference count. But be careful that you don’t ignore useful readings, either.

Use the readings substantively, not superficially.  You should understand the readings and make incisive use of them; don’t just make vague references to them!

Approximate length: 10 pages single spaced.

Papers are due XXX, 5 pm. Papers are to be emailed to me, PDFs.

Final versions of media presentations should be posted online by that same time.  Vimeo or YouTube — please make sure I have access to the video!  I need to see the videos (or other media) again, not just in class.

Last year I asked people to do this but I still had to spend a ridiculous amount of time trying to track down videos and get access to them.

  • I will NOT accept thumb drives — online only
  • I will NOT try to track you down if I try to access an online video and don’t have permission to view it. Any video that I can’t view is not turned in — period.

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