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Final drafting: organize your research by topic (some of you incorporated it into your outline -- that's great!) To write: put your thesis statement on the screen. Do not write an introduction at this time! Then pick a topic (any topic from any part of the paper!) and using your research, write the paper. Do not edit as you write -- just write! VERBAL VOMIT!! Write in 20 minute increments (17.5 is the actual time you are shooting for). Then stop and take at least a ten minute break. The brain cannot realistically write for more than 20 minutes at a time. It should take you about four writing sessions, or less, to draft the paper. when you have reached the last topic, do not write a conclusion. Print the paper and set it aside.
After you draft, sit on it for at least three days. Then, with a pen, read it out loud from the paper. This is HUGE and will greatly improve your grade. Â You will catch all sorts of errors and mistakes. Edit on paper and then on the screen. Now, write your introduction -- you will find that you will not include those horrible -since the dawn of time- fluff sentences you have used in the past. Now, write your conclusion -- in order to do so, answer the question: what is the point or message of this paper? This is called THEME. This is the conclusion.
Let me be very clear: DO NOT RESTATE THE THESIS in your conclusion. The reader has already read the paper and does not need to know what the paper is about. In restating the thesis you are either insulting your reader as not able to know what your paper is about OR insulting yourself: that your paper was so poorly written you have to remind the reader what it was about. You want to leave the reader with the THEME: the message or point you are making.
Thesis
FEMINISM IN CINEMA AND TELEVISION POST 1970
Thesis: Underrepresentation of women in the television and film industry cuts across race, ethnicity and diversity both in front and behind the camera. There clearly has been improvement over time but there are still wide margins between male counterparts both in skills and remuneration.
I. Unequal pay
Catt Sadler’s resignation due to salary disparity with her male cohost.
In 2015 the difference between the paycheck of the world’s top male actor and actress was $28millon.
II. Recognized skills.
Rachael Morrison becomes first female cinematographer nominated for an Oscar.
Kathryn Bigelow becomes the first female director to win an Oscar in 2010.
III. The ‘ME TOO’ movement has highlighted sexually predator in the film industry and cause wild accusations and counter accusations and opened the door for litigation.
Conclusion
Women clearly have moved up the ladder but have not reached the pinnacle, a lot is being said about training a woman and domicile rewards but more should be said and done about giving equal opportunities.
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has changed. Specifically, Hammett questions the epistemology of feminist film theory, which can be described how people know what we know and the origins of information. She talks about how feminists were so quick to embrace the ideology and ideal of being a part of a movement that individuals put their own opinions before what the collective thought as a whole. This can be used in my essay by confirming that Feminist film theorist are truthful when they say our understanding of the world is socially constructed, so it will always be contingent.
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This source talks about how feminism in cinema has evolved over a thirty-year period. Being released recently, the article is full or accurate details of different movies and films that portray female characters as the lead or how they incorporate the character into the plot. The author organizes her thought in chronological order, so it is easy to navigate and understand.
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