THEAT 040 - Torralba: Home

This guide is a great starting point for research on film and provides recommended sources from the library's resources on film study.

Use the tabs at the top specifically on finding articles and books which will help you find the sources you need to support your argument. Most importantly, visit the tabs on citation to help you format your paper.

THEAT 040 - Research Assignment

• Five pages double spaced (MLA format)
• Minimum of 4 sources (your films not included)

Choose one of the genres/films discussed this semester and select another film (one not viewed in class & doesn't have to be from same time period) to compare and contrast. Using those two films, discuss their similarities and differences.

Your paper should cover the following topics and points:

• Your film selection and its synopsis
• Explain why you chose the other film to discuss 
• Compare and contrast two films within their genre, discussing characters, directors and its various film elements
• Which film do you think executes and successfully demonstrates this genre’s elements?
• Your paper should contain a conclusion of both films successfully explaining your findings and why you chose this genre and what you did or did not like about it (no redundancy or repetitiveness)

As long as you’re able to explain why you chose this film and how they fall into the same genre then that is good enough.  Use your notes from throughout the semester, use other outside sources. Please do not cite Wikipedia as a source. It is NOT a credible source.