Choose a film by Zhang Yimou, a fifth-generation Chinese filmmaker, to compare with a Chinese revolutionary film. with the theme that the fifth-generation film is different from the Chinese revolutionary film presents a central argument and comparative analysis of the two Chinese films. Your essay should be based on the research you have done about your chosen topic, and you are welcome to study and write about any of the films we are examining in this class, as well as other films by the same filmmakers. Your paper should present a clear thesis and sufficient proof to substantiate your argument. You must engage at least one secondary source in your analysis and textual reading.
1. The introduction features a well-defined and well-rounded thesis that can actually be argued? In other words, would it be possible to argue against the argument? If the answer is yes, then it most likely is an actual argument?
2. clearly state the primary sources (films) he/she will analyze in this paper and are these sources properly introduced (giving the title, author, year of release, and other necessary contextual information)?
3. present a clear “road map” for the reader in the introduction,
which will allow the reader to understand the purpose, argument, and methodology of the paper?
4. present a careful, well-organized critical reading of the primary
sources, in order to prove the central argument laid out in the introduction?
5 Provide evidence and citations from the primary sources, such as
close readings of specific scenes in the films?
6. Critically examine the content and ideas within a given film, as
well as the cinematic and/or visual techniques that are used in the film under
discussion? In other words, does the author focus on the “what” as well as the “how” of a film?
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