Senior Production Project Contextualizing Essay

Undergraduate

Students making a production/screenwriting project for their senior project must also enroll in FILM 4940 in their graduating semester as a companion course to the senior production/screenwriting workshops. Following on the FMS commitment to developing synergies between scholarship and media making, seniors completing a production/screenwriting project are also required to write a ~15-page contextualizing paper. This paper can take many forms, but should place the student’s creative work in relation to a procedural, theoretical, cultural, historical, or personal context. Creating such an essay to accompany a creative project is useful preparation for grant applications, fundraising, graduate school applications, festival Q&As, or as personal manifestos for publishing and promotional activities. All seniors should schedule a meeting with the DUS during the 6th or 7th week of their graduating semester to discuss the proposed essay. FILM 4940 does not count toward the 12 credits required of the major. Co-enrollment in FILM 4550 /4560; FILM 4830 /4840; FILM 4870 /4880; or FILM 4800 /4810 is required. ½ Course cr HTBA