Presentation rubric
CATEGORY
Presentation
a
Well-rehearsed with
smooth delivery that
holds audience
attention.
Claim is clear. Keeps
referring back to the
claim throughout the
presentation.
b
Rehearsed with fairly
smooth delivery that
holds audience
attention most of the
time. Claim is clear.
Keeps referring back
to the claim
throughout the
presentation.
Content
Explains topic in detail.
Subject knowledge is
excellent. Includes
relevant
historical/cultural/filmic
context. – convincingly
relates it to the
film/films
Organization
Content is well
organized
Effort and Risk
Taking
Excellent, original
analysis of the
film/films. Claim is
debatable and
convincingly backed up
Utilized at least 4
reliable sources;
sources excellently
integrated into
presentation
Cited sources on all
slides.
Includes essential
knowledge about the
topic. Subject
knowledge appears to
be good. Includes
relevant
historical/cultural
context, relates it to
the film/films
Content is logically
organized, but the
overall organization
not clear.
Solid original and
debatable claim,
convincingly backed
up
Sources
Utilized at least 4
reliable sources; well
integrated into
presentation.
Cited sources on all
slides.
c
Delivery not
smooth, but able to
maintain interest
of the audience
most of the time.
Claim fairly clear,
but not always
clear how each
part of the
presentation
relates to the claim
Included essential
information about
the topic, but there
are 1-2 factual
errors. Some
attempt made at
relating the film to
cultural/historical
context
Content is
logically
organized for the
most part.
Attempt at
making an original
and debatable
claim; fairly wellbacked up
Utilized 4 reliable
sources; cited
sources on all
slides. Sources not
as well-integrated
into presentation
as they could be
d
Delivery not smooth
and audience attention
often lost. Audience
not interested in
presentation
Content is minimal
OR there are several
factual errors.
There was not clear o
logical organizational
structure.
No attempt at original
analysis.
Less than 4 sources
used; not well
integrated into
presentation
Research Paper Guidelines
You will write an original analysis comparing two films from two different cultures. Analyze
both films, come up with your own original claim about both films. Find something in both
which you can compare and contrast in detail. Clearly, with 5 pages for each film, you will need
to focus. You can’t talk about everything in the film. Pick a scene or two from each film to
compare and contrast. Stills should be included, but they do not count towards the 10 pages,
please include these in an Appendix. Use Endnotes, not footnotes.
You will spend your time backing up your claims. Obviously think about the film’s culture and
history, when coming up with your argument. Think about its intended audience, the time period
in which it was made, if it is reacting to a style of cinema, or trying to create a new style of
cinema, etc.. It wasn’t created in a void. This will help you make more insightful claims about
the films. I would suggest you send me your claim/thesis before you hand in the paper.
Remember to send me a minimum of 6 scholarly sources – three for each film—by next week.
For the final product, I expect at least 8 sources. You may certainly cite the book, but this will
count as a ninth source.
You may not submit a survey paper, i.e., a paper whose thesis simply claims that you will
present what others have said about the films. Do not recycle any other papers/projects, from any
class for this paper.
Your paper must have a debatable and interesting claim.
The research paper must be a formal, academic essay, following MLA style guidelines. It must
be 10 full double-spaced pages with one-inch margins, using Times New Roman, 12 font. Your
Works Cited does NOT count towards your 10 pages. Please do NOT include a title page. You
will upload your paper to LiveText. You will not receive a grade for this class until you upload it
to LiveText. LiveText links to Turnitin.com directly. Check what Turnitin tells you. It not only
tells you if you’ve plagiarized, but also indicates how often you quote. Make sure that you
haven’t quoted more than 15%.
Anticipate reader arguments against your claim and refute these arguments to bolster you paper.
i.e. You could choose to compare two films which are normally read as political films.
Obviously, you would need to define the term political film in your paper. Your thesis could be
that these films should not primarily political films, but …. (here you would have to come up
with your what they are instead). If you can prove this, that’s fine. However, you would need to
refute other people’s claims that the films are indeed political, as well as explain why reading
them politically is detrimental to truly understanding the films.
A reader might agree that there are other lenses through which to read the film, but conclude that
the non-political layer is just another layer. You’d need to explain why the political layer is a
nice bonus, but not the most important lens through which to read the film, because __________.
Or, if in your research you find that someone reads a symbol in a way that you find ridiculous,
you must respectfully address this reading and explain the weaknesses of that reading. Explain
why the other point of view is not logical, not relevant, is outdated, etc..
Your paper must have a List of Works Cited. You must actively use and cite a MINIMUM of
EIGHT scholarly sources. These are from scholarly journals and/or book chapters. You will use
the UE databases to access the journals. You may include texts we have read in this class as well
as texts from other classes, but only IN ADDITION to the other six sources.
Short film reviews from reputable sources, interviews with directors and/or actors, encyclopedia
articles can be included (and must if you got information from them), but should also be counted
as additional sources to the eight.
The research paper assignment is meant to promote thoughtful scholarship, and careful, critical,
and convincing writing which includes respectfully acknowledging and evaluating other points
of view.
At any point during the research paper process, please do not hesitate to ask me questions in
class or in office hours. In addition, take advantage of the personalized Research Assistance
Program offered by the library (ask at the Reference Desk) as well as the Writing Center.
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