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This document outlines the structure and sections that should be included in the research report submitted as the dissertation for the Kino-Eyes European Joint Master's program. The research report should be a minimum of 10,000 words and follow APA formatting and guidelines. It should be a scientific, critical work that discusses a relevant topic in film and media arts research. The report can take a theoretical or empirical approach and should reflect the candidate's unique perspective on the chosen topic. The document provides guidelines for the content that should be included in each section of the report, such as the introduction, literature review, methodology, findings, and conclusion. Sections may be modified as needed but the report should follow the overall structure provided.

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7982251-RESEARCH REPORT - Structure

This document outlines the structure and sections that should be included in the research report submitted as the dissertation for the Kino-Eyes European Joint Master's program. The research report should be a minimum of 10,000 words and follow APA formatting and guidelines. It should be a scientific, critical work that discusses a relevant topic in film and media arts research. The report can take a theoretical or empirical approach and should reflect the candidate's unique perspective on the chosen topic. The document provides guidelines for the content that should be included in each section of the report, such as the introduction, literature review, methodology, findings, and conclusion. Sections may be modified as needed but the report should follow the overall structure provided.

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Kino Eyes – The European Movie Masters

European Joint Master Degree


Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias
Baltic Film and Media School / Tallinn University
Screen Academy Scotland / Napier University
IADT / Dublin

Introduction
This document outlines the structure and sections of the research report to be
submitted by the students as their final dissertation. This report should have a minimum
of 10.000 words and APA most recent guidelines should be used in the writing and
formatting. The research report is one of the two possibilities available for Kino-Eyes
students in order to complete their dissertation. The research report is a scientific and
critical work dealing with the discussion of one relevant topic in the area of film and
Media arts research. The research report could be both of a theoretical or empirical
nature and its final version should reflect the candidate unique and original view on the
chosen topic. Candidates should only reflect in their final structure the sections of the
table of contents below that are applicable to their particular work. Headings can be
changed in accordance with the work specific traces.
1. Cover
The cover should follow the graphical template made available by the course
board and include:
a) The name and Surname of the candidate
b) The name and Surname(s) of the mentor(s)
c) The title of the work – ALL CAPS
d) The date
e) The sentence “Research report submitted as a dissertation requirement for
program Kino-Eyes – The European Movie Masters, European Joint Master
Program in Film Directing and Production.
2. Cover Page
a. Words on top of page: “Dissertation written by” NAME CANDIDATE;
UNIVERSITY; NAME OF THE DEGREE
b. Acknowledgements
INSTRUCTIONS: Complete the acknowledgements section by listing
people who assisted with conducting the research/Project or preparing
the report. You can also thank beneficiaries / participants.
Example: We would like to thank the following people for their
contribution to the <insert> and preparation of this report: <Insert names
and titles of people to thank>.
3. Table of contents
a. Acknowledgements
b. Tables
c. Figures/Images
d. Abstract/Summary
e. Key words
f. Introduction
i. Questions and motivation
ii. Project Background
iii. Problem
iv. Objectives
v. Methodology
g. Part I – State-of-the-art
i. State-of-the-Art - Literature Review and relevant works
ii. Theoretical Background
h. Part II - Method
i. Research Questions
ii. Hypotheses
iii. Research Design
iv. Instruments
v. Sample
i. Part III – Field Work
i. Data Collection
ii. Data Analysis
iii. Limitations
iv. Results
j. Part IV - Discussion and Future Work
k. References
l. Appendices

4. Structure/Content per section


The structure of the dissertation should broadly follow this outline/contents.
 Abstract/Summary. 2-300 words long and give a very brief overview of the whole
dissertation, including your findings and relevant contributions.

 Introduction – Clearly state your objectives and motivations, the background of


the project and its objectives and motivations. If the thesis deals with a particular
project (i.e a film) identify and describe that worl already in this section.

 Part I – Use this section to produce your literature Review and describe other
relevant research in this area. In this section you should identify and relate your
work to the relevant theories that frame it. The relevance of the problem you
are adressing for the state of the art in the field should be made clear in this
section.

 Part II – This part concerns the research questions, aims, methods, data,
description, analysis and instrument and sample used in your work. It’s problable
that your work is not of an experimental nature. In that case use this section to
describe the method used and reflect upon its relevance. Your main goal in this
part should be to describe what you did and how you did it.

 Part III – This part concerns your findings. Any relevant results (i.e resuklts of
interviews you have conducted or film analysis you have done) should clearly be
described in this section.

 Part IV - Conclusions. This part deals with the relevance of your results, how it
fits with other research in the area and what have been your contributions to
the field of film and media art research. The conclusion section should be quite
short, 5 pages at the most, and normally 1 or 2. It should:

o sum up the findings made during your research,

o have a short introductory section explaining the process of your thesis,

o often have recommendations for the future.

o answer the research question that your dissertation addresses.

 References

 Appendices
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT to check that your chapters link together coherently; at the
start of each chapter you might have an introductory paragraph setting the scene for
the contents and at the end of each chapter it may help to have a few paragraphs
summing up its contents. Spreadsheets should be inserted as tables. Images and
figures should have a clear descriptive sub-title. Footnotes and direct quotes should be
avoid. Finally, your title is expected to reflect the content!
Good Work!

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