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Updated 22 March 2007

Film Theory and Criticism, Spring 2007

Presentation Guidelines and a Note on the Final Exam

In order to allow sufficient time for classroom presentations and to deal with other course matters (and technology!), I am going to make the final exam a written take-home.  I will give the exam questions to you on the final Thursday of class, May 3.  It will be due at our official Final Exam period—8:00 am on Thursday, May 10.

In-class presentations will run during the last two weeks of class and the “Final Exam” period.  You should plan on a maximum of 15 minutes for your presentation.

General Guidelines:

All presentations should do the following:

• Offer a brief  summary of the film
• Isolate one particular issue that the film raises in relation to some element of film theory that we have studied
• Using one scene or one set of examples from the film, explain how the film either illustrates the theoretical/critical issue in question, or demonstrates a particular problem with that theoretical/critical issue
• Graduate Colloquium students should frame their presentation as a summary of their longer paper

Undergraduate presentations should be accompanied by a statement of purpose (what you want to demonstrate through your presentation), an outline of your presentation, and a bibliography.  You should draw on sources in Film Theory and Criticism and the Film Analysis books.  You may use additional sources if you wish.  All sources must be documented on a Works Cited page in MLA format.

Graduate (English 541) presentations should be accompanied by a statement of purpose (what you want to demonstrate through your presentation), an outline of your presentation, and a bibliography.  You should draw on sources in Film Theory and Criticism and the Film Analysis books.  You should also include 1-5 sources from a book or scholarly journal.  All sources must be documented on a Works Cited page in MLA format.

Graduate Colloquium presentations should be accompanied by an 8-10 page paper that draws on sources in Film Theory and Criticism and the Film Analysis books, and at least 3 sources from a book or scholarly journal.  All sources must be documented on a Works Cited page in MLA format.

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