Final Project Assignment

1. PROJECT PROPOSAL: Due THURSDAY 7/22
(1 proposal per video project)

Include the following information:
a. who's making the video (names and section #) - up to 4 members in a group
b. your topic / the gift of your story / 3 concepts key terms
c. plan for form of your video (interviews, youtube clips, screengrabs, photos, v.o., music, titles...)
d. project timeline

2. VIDEO PROJECT (1 - 4 students per video)

Rough Cuts due TUESDAY 7/27 and WEDNESDAY 7/28 (screening in class)
Final Video posted on the blog before class on THURSDAY 7/29

Individually or in a group, produce a short Video (5-6 minutes max) using 3 of the theoretical concepts and/or key terms discussed in the course material (in the reading, in films/videos viewed in class, class discussion, etc).

3. SHORT PAPER DUE THURSDAY 7/29

Write a short 5 -6 page paper analyzing your topic/issue using scholarly theory (do your research and find scholarly articles on the library website). Use your essay to articulate how the theory informs the choices you make as a media maker on this topic.

Key Words, Terms , Concepts & Media Frameworks:

• The Summer Bridge program


• Education / pedagogy


• Power of the media


• Media effects / media impact


• language & power / the power of language


• Dichotomies (good/bad, positive/negative) / binary thinking vs. Complexities


• Power


• Race


• Gender


• Class


• Sexuality


• Representation


• Stereotypes


• Ideology


• The gaze


• Subjectivity


• Positionality


• Privilege


• Propoganda


• Hegemony


• Ethnicity


• Culture


• White privilege


• White supremacy


• Capitalism


• Patriarchy


• Racism


• Sexism


• Misogyny


• Violence


• Homophobia


• Feminism


• Social constructiom


• Aesthetics


• Masculinity / manhood


• Femininity / womanhood


• Body / bodies


• Image / images


• Identity


• Citizenship


• Community


• Culture


• Religion


• Oppositionality


• Resistance


• Appropriation


• colonization / colonizing


• decolonization / decolonizing


• Difference


• Change


• Society


• sports


• faith


• spirituality


• Music videos


• Television shows


• Commercials


• Advertisements


• Music


• Films


• The radio


• The Internet


• Blogs / blogging


• News reporting


• Storytelling


• Art


• Creativity


• Poetry


• Music


• Drawing


• Painting


• Performance