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ARTS2000 Final Project

This document provides instructions for the final project assignment in an online film studies course. Students must analyze the editing style of a chosen film, specifically focusing on montage techniques. The assignment consists of an outline and final project. The outline requires students to describe their film selection, planned analysis structure, and individual contributions for group work. The final project involves briefly summarizing the film and context, analyzing at least two montages using Eisenstein's theories, and reflecting on how editing reflects the film's themes. Students can submit an essay or podcast following specified formatting guidelines. The assignment will be graded based on addressing requirements, depth of understanding, clarity, and correct referencing.

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ARTS2000 Final Project

This document provides instructions for the final project assignment in an online film studies course. Students must analyze the editing style of a chosen film, specifically focusing on montage techniques. The assignment consists of an outline and final project. The outline requires students to describe their film selection, planned analysis structure, and individual contributions for group work. The final project involves briefly summarizing the film and context, analyzing at least two montages using Eisenstein's theories, and reflecting on how editing reflects the film's themes. Students can submit an essay or podcast following specified formatting guidelines. The assignment will be graded based on addressing requirements, depth of understanding, clarity, and correct referencing.

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Assessments: Final Project

ARTS2000 Online
Film: Styles, Narratives and Techniques

Assessments: Final Project

Final Project
Introduction
In this major, final project you will have to apply what you learned throughout the course, by carrying
out a film analysis. You can choose any film that you want. You can begin by discussing generally what
the film is about and the historical context in which it was made (how much you want to go into this
depends on how relevant you think it is). But the focus of the assignment is to analyse the style of
the film, specifically its editing styles.
This assignment consists of 2 parts which will be described in more detail below:
1. Final Project Outline (10%) – due end of Week 9
2. Final Project (30%) – due beginning of Week 14
Overarching Details:
• Individually or in groups (up to 4 people per group)
• Completed as an essay or a podcast (discussion/conversation style)
• The outline that you/your group submits will be reviewed and sent back to you/your group with
feedback from your professor
• The final submission should include suggestions made by your professor

Final Project Outline Details


Your outline will consist of the following:
• You/your group film selection
• How you intend to structure your analysis
• 1-2 pages double spaced in size 12 Arial or Times font
• Emphasis on your plan of action, rather than the quantity for this part of the assignment
You will hand this in and receive feedback that you should integrate into your final project to improve
the focus of your analysis. While the final draft can be an essay or a podcast, the outline should be
written up as a series of ideas you intend to capture in the final submission and the rationale/support for
those. The outline is not to be in the form of an essay but try not to make it strictly point-form because I
want to be able to see how you/your group are thinking about the details as much as possible. Be sure
to formulate a clear plan of action for your final project. If you are working in a group, please provide a
breakdown of the work each member intends to contribute.

Final Project Details

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Assessments: Final Project
ARTS2000 Online
Film: Styles, Narratives and Techniques

You can begin by briefly recounting what the film is about and the historical context in which it was
made.
In an introductory way, try to place the film on the film styles spectrum, and identify the types of editing
that are used throughout the film and that you plan to analyse in more detail. Here you should also
spend some time defining the three film styles discussed in the course in a general way, as well as the
different editing techniques, continuity editing and montage.
Subsequently, you need to provide a detailed analysis of at least two montages in the film (if you
cannot identify a montage in the film, choose a different film). First, say what makes it a montage, in
contrast to continuity editing. Second, drawing on Eisenstein’s montage theories and his different types
of montage, try to identify the type of montage used. In other words, what holds the montage together,
technically; is it rhythm, the mood of the sequence, or are there metaphors or themes that establish
conceptual connections?
To make this easier, look for montages that resonate with Eisenstein’s ideas. But also remember that
although Eisenstein's ideas are foundational for all film, filmmakers don't use them in exactly the same
way that he did. For example, a montage based on rhythm might not be exactly "metric" or "rhythmic" in
Eisenstein's precise sense of the term. Nonetheless, if it is rhythm driven - then we can identify it as a
rhythmic montage; similarly, if it has metaphors, we can call it conceptual montage; etc... You can use
Eisenstein’s ideas similarly to how filmmakers used them, as the starting rather than the be-all end-
point of your analysis.
Lastly, while the focus here is more on film form, you should also reflect on the content of the film, and
try to explain how the content (i.e., the meaning or theme of the film) is reflected in the form. For
example, in analyzing a montage, you should also ask what function it serves in relation to the story.

Final Submission Specifications:

Essay Option Podcast Option


• 3-4 pages double spaced (approximately, • Approximately 15-20 min long
can be longer or shorter) in size 12 Arial • Focus on content quality (audio quality
or Times font should be good but do not obsess over
• Focus on content quality perfect audio quality)
• Cite all sources using MLA referencing • Name all sources clearly in the audio, OR
format include a PDF of sources listed in MLA
referencing format

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Assessments: Final Project
ARTS2000 Online
Film: Styles, Narratives and Techniques

Final Project Outline Rubric (10%)


Criteria Excellent Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Poor
75-100% 50-75% 25-50% 0-25%

Content (outline) Submission Submission mostly Submission Submission does


responds to all responds to somewhat responds not respond to
/10
aspects of the description detailed to description description detailed
description detailed by the instructor. detailed by the by the instructor.
by the instructor. instructor.

Final Project Rubric (30%)


Criteria Excellent Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Poor
75-100% 50-75% 25-50% 0-25%

Content (essay or Submission Submission mostly Submission Submission does


podcast) responds to all responds to somewhat responds not respond to
aspects of the description detailed to description description detailed
/13
description detailed by the instructor. detailed by the by the instructor.
by the instructor. instructor.

Quality Illustrates excellent Illustrates good Illustrates Does not connect


depth of depth of superficial ideas to course
/10
understanding as it understanding as it understanding as it content.
relates to course relates to course relates to course
content. content. content.

Clarity Submission is clear, Submission is Submission is Submission is


logical and mostly clear and somewhat unclear unclear and does
/5
articulate. logical. and has issues with not flow.
logical sequencing.

Referencing Correct MLA Minor issues in Significant issues MLA formatting not
formatting for all MLA formatting for MLA formatting for followed.
/2
sources. all sources. all sources.

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