Thursday, 1 January 2009

Essay Plan

Intro/First paragraph

  • Introduce the main topic, make sure the reader understands what this essay is about.
  • engage the audience straight away start by using a quote from the film and then carry on to explain the film in more detail
  • At the beginning i have to make sure i use SHEP as this will make the reader see the comparison before and after. This will make the point of my topic more obvious by comparing it to the past.
  • i have to make sure theories and theorists that link to my study such as talking about the male gaze (Mulvey) or a theorist that talks about women in the past such as (Gunter)
  • Talk about representations and stereotypes and make sure the reader understands how they are linked to one another.
  • introduce the characters (roughly)
  • As well as the film
  • compare to historical film. (basic)

Paragraph two

  • More detail about the characters and their lives.
  • talk about:
  • media language
  • institution
  • genre
  • representation
  • audience
  • narrative
  • add theories quotes to help the reader understand more
  • always back up my points
  • Always relate talk about past and present
  • start to build up an argument between the two comparisons.

Paragraph three

  • start getting in my argument creating points backing it up with quotes and evidence
  • make sure i use Shep when auguring my points
  • use theories for and against
  • use historical evidence such as quotes movie names
  • talk about how women are now and how they were
  • state all the facts

Paragraph four

  • similar to paragraph three however builds up in much more detail,
  • more quotes theories theorists
  • more information about the main topic

conclusion

  • summarise all my points
  • come up with an answer if their is no answer state the reasons why
  • round up the whole essay similarly to how it started.

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