1. Introduction
This help page will assist you with Assessment 1.
*IMPORTANT* Always read ALL the assessment information in your course website and outline to understand exactly what you need to do.
2. Assessment 1 - 3 Academic References
| Academic References |
For this assessment you have been asked to use 3 Academic References and they MUST be only the following 3 ereadings (you will also find links to these on your course page).
1. Speidel’s ‘Film form and narration’ (you need only draw on the mise-en-scene section of this reading, pp. 87-93);
2. Bordwell, Thompson and Smith’s ‘The shot: mise-en-scene’;
3. Gibbs’s ‘The elements of mise-en-scene’.
3. Assessment 1 - Essay writing and Critical thinking
This short video (video length: 2 min 26 sec) goes through the process of writing an essay.
- Writing essaysThis page contains an essay overview and examples from different subject areas
- Critical reading / thinkingWhen you read academic books or articles at university you are expected to be critical and to ask questions about the author’s intention, the evidence and the ideas used to convince the reader.
4. Further Assignment Help
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Referencing support
- Referencing websiteResources on different referencing styles. Find examples of in-text citations and references for diverse formats including articles, books and book chapters, websites and more.
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What do you do with all those references you have found?
Use bibliographic management software to store, organise and cite your references. The Library supports the bibliographic management tool EndNote. There are also many free systems available.