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Targets agreed Weds 11th March
1. Go through detailed proposal questions with DYM in thurs lesson, and complete
2. Organise films
3. Choose clips

1. Topic Area
World Cinema- Australian Cinema

2. Proposed title, question, hypothesis
Romance or masculinity in films.

3. Teacher approval granted, in principal?

4. Principle texts (if text based study)
Australian National Cinema (by Tom O'Regan)
5. Reason for choice

6. Academic context for this study (similar research, relevant theory, named theorists)

7. Institutional context for this study (industry focus, other texts for comparison, named practitioners, relevant theory, issues, questions)

8. Identify the audience context for this study (audience profile, access to audience, potential sample)

9. How will the 4 key concepts be relevant to your study (audience, institution, forms and conventions, representation)?

10 Potential research sources (secondary): secondary academic books and websites, secondary industry books and websites, secondary popular criticism. Please identify specific examples you have come across.

11. Potential research sources (primary): audience reception research, your own content/textual analysis etc

12. Modifications agreed with your lead teacher

13. Potential limits/obstacles/problems?

14. Teacher concerns

15. Teacher approval

Books

I'm going to buy:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Australian-National-Cinema-Cinemas/dp/0415057310/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235467378&sr=1-6

possibly:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Australian-Cinema-After-Felicity-Collins/dp/0521542561/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235467407&sr=1-8

and maybe:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Australian-Cinema-Parallels-Communications/dp/052138768X/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235467441&sr=1-11

Books and links

have a look at these books
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=australian+cinema&x=12&y=13

also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Australian_films

great links on wikepedia to the australian film council etc

muriel's wedding
priscilla queen of the desert
strictly ballroom
the piano
walkabout
rabbit proof fence
australia
picnic at hanging rock
mad max
jindabyne
romper stomper

some wicked films! enjoy!

Narrowing Focus

Broad focus: Australian Cinema.
Areas of interest: not Aborigine, possibly something to do with representations of masculinity,
Possible ideas:

to be continueeeeeed.

Initial Proposal One

1. Which topic area is this proposal for?
World Cinema

2. What is the suggested focus?
Australian Cinema.

3. Do you have an idea for a question/problematic?
Something about the native Australians? Or perhaps about representation of a particular element.

4. Why would you choose this?
I am familiar with a small selection of relevant films. I would also be interested in learning through my research how Australian cinema differs in its concerns/style etc. from British and American cinema.

5. Do you have any concerns or are there any limitations to this proposal?
Available secondary resoures could be limited, or at least more so than other focuses.

6. Can you rate it on a sliding scale 1- 5 (5 being great proposal, 0 being lousy proposal)
4ish, though not very specific.