A series of audiovisual assignments have been created to help you develop your thesis film. If you are preparing an alternative audiovisual output, please consult with your supervisor on how to best adapt the assignment. AVAs should be submitted to Pitch2Peer via Brightspace [AV Assignments] on Mondays (23:59). Students within a Supervisory group should preview their peers’ assignments in advance of the class session, but will provide feedback in person during the session on Tuesdays. AVAs will also be assigned peer reviewers randomly in P2P from the entire cohort. For full credit assigned peer reviews should be completed by the following Friday (23:59).
AVA1: Key Scenes (2x 2-5min)
DUE – 23:59 Monday 19 April 2021
AVA2: Key Scenes (2x 2-5min)
DUE – 23:59 Monday 26 April 2021
AVA3: Reflexive Scenes (2x 2-5min)
DUE – 23:59 Monday 10 May 2021
AVA4: Opening and Closing Scenes (2x 2-5min)
DUE – 23:59 Monday 17 May 2021
AVA5: Additional Scenes (2x 2-5min)
DUE – 23:59 Monday 24 May 2021
AV Assignment 1: Key Scenes (2x 2-5min)
DUE – 23:59 Monday 19 April 2021 Pitch2Peer AV1
P2P FEEDBACK DUE – 23:59 Friday 23 April 2021
Students should prepare two edited Key Scenes (2-5m/ea.), each consisting of an extended composition of shots that intend to make an argument, tell a story, or otherwise elaborate a core concept, theme, or topic. A scene may also be more descriptive in nature, in which case it should represent (an) event(s) or interaction(s) that you deem essential to convey the essence of what your research is about in your film or multimodal output.
You may choose either to make one Key Scene and a Relational Scene, or two Key Scenes that each represent a different/separate topic. A Relational Scene would be any scene that either contextualizes, follows up on, or even juxtaposes the Key Scene. An example of a Relational Scene would be a short conversation or piece of interview that explains or refers to an event you have shown in the key scene; establishing series of shots that introduce a setting; the travel and arrival to a certain location; the introduction of a character, etc.
Try to experiment with what style of editing best suits your intentions for your film and/or your mode of engagement/collaboration with your subjects.
Metacommentary: All assignments must be accompanied by a brief written reflection (200-300 words max) that provides a ‘meta-commentary’ about the student’s intentions with the assignment’s selection.
AV Assignment 2: Key Scenes (2x 2-5min)
DUE – 23:59 Monday 26 April 2021 Pitch2Peer AV2
P2P FEEDBACK DUE – 23:59 Friday 30 April 2021
Prepare two additional scenes (2-5m/ea.) that you feel will be crucial to understand your research and to the structure of your film. When reflecting on these scenes consider how they make an argument, tell a story, or otherwise elaborate a core concept, theme, or topic. This may include interview footage, but should then include material from additional sequences, including ones not previously shared in class.
Metacommentary: All assignments must be accompanied by a brief written reflection (200-300 words max) that provides a ‘meta-commentary’ about the student’s intentions with the assignment’s selection.
AV Assignment 3: Reflexive Scenes (2x 2-5min)
DUE – 23:59 Monday 10 May 2021 Pitch2Peer AV3
P2P FEEDBACK DUE – 23:59 Friday 14 May 2021
Students should prepare two edited scenes (2-5m/ea.) which in some way expose, reflect upon, or otherwise thematize their own presence in the field site and/or their subject’s reaction to them as the ethnographer-filmmaker. This may include interview footage, but should then include material from additional sequences, including ones not previously shared in class.
Metacommentary: All assignments must be accompanied by a brief written reflection (200-300 words max) that provides a ‘metacommentary’ about the student’s intentions with the assignment’s selection.
AV Assignment 4: Opening and Closing Scenes (2x 2-5min)
DUE – 23:59 Monday 17 May 2021 Pitch2Peer AV4
P2P FEEDBACK DUE – 23:59 Friday 21 May 2021
Prepare two edited scenes (up to 5m/ea.) that comprise the first and last scenes in the film. Consider the role that these play in drawing your audience in, making them curious and engaged, and then leaving them with a concluding sentiment that will frame how they make sense of what they’ve seen till then.
Metacommentary: All assignments must be accompanied by a brief written reflection (200-300 words max) that provides a ‘metacommentary’ about the student’s intentions with the assignment’s selection.
AV Assignment 5: Additional Scenes (2x 2-5min)
DUE – 23:59 Monday 24 May 2021 Pitch2Peer AV5
P2P FEEDBACK DUE – 23:59 Friday 28 May 2021
Prepare two additional scenes (2-5m/ea.) that respond to possible gaps identified during your rough cut presentation.
Metacommentary: All assignments must be accompanied by a brief written reflection (200-300 words max) that provides a ‘meta-commentary’ about the student’s intentions with the assignment’s selection.