One-to-one feedback

Notes & Quotes document just over 2,500 – a slight concern as many people are at 4,000+ by now. Good to see Textual Analysis (Task #1) and that is a separate blog post so would put up your word count if added to the N&Q doc. Need to take out the conference notes in the middle of it – these should be on a separate blog post.

Textual analysis looking solid in Task #1 – lacking the depth and detail for level 4 currently but plenty of opportunity to go back and add to this when you write your first draft. F&F7 stronger than Catwoman currently.

Academic books/journals is clearly an area to focus on over the next two weeks. Only 3 books at present and you need a minimum of 10+. The BFI trip will help with this but obviously you’ll need more on top of this. There are some really easy wins here in terms of improving this – the books in DF07 for a start. Feminism at the Movies – it’s on a plate for you!

If research seems to be more on female representations rather than men, perhaps consider changing the question slightly and then simply having one paragraph of your essay plan (Task #4) covering the other side of the argument – male representation.

There are at least seven PDFs in our archive that link to women in film. There are also five that link to males if you want to keep the question across both genders. Be careful with this – you may find it more helpful to narrow the focus of your investigation to ensure you get sufficient depth to your research and analysis.

This link has one great quote to consider: https://blogs.wellesley.edu/cams20201fa13/2013/12/09/viewing-cams-202-through-a-lens-of-gender-and-sexuality/

Research the Bechdel test – it’s a brilliant example of how women are sidelined in film.

Widen your search away from Fast & Furious and look at gender representation and feminism more generally. This will create far more opportunities for academic book and journal research. Also, media theory – you need to research the big feminist theories out there.

Web research is looking strong – a great cross-section of articles, TED talks, YouTube clips etc. This will all add a lot to your research as long as you have the academic theory to back it up.

I’d still look for more internet-based research – this will be one of next week’s tasks so come back to it then.

Bibliography (Task #2) is looking weak and needs to be a priority – get that done this week.

1. Go back to my textual analysis and include more. I havent written about SHEP so i need to add this on
2. Add more academic books into my notes and quotes. go onto the student resources and read the 7 articles on males and add to it
3. Mention the Bechdal test