Video Essay Proposal
Looking ahead to the Script and Video Essay assignments, decide on
- a principal focus for your video essay: a political issue, event, activist organization, or political movement from the present day.
- a point of reference from the 1960s or early 70s. Note the bonuses for drawing insight from one of your peers and for working deeply on a historical topic that you didn’t cover in your prior essay.
Then answer and post the following as HW, in 2 ¶s:
- What’s your issue? What makes it compelling, puzzling? What quandary do you hope to answer?
- What’s your historical point of reference? What makes it relevant for your present-day issue? What insight do you plan to draw from the parallel?
This is just a proposal. By the end of your research in coming weeks, you will likely wind up with somewhat different conclusions than the one you’re positing right now. That’s a good thing. But for now you should have at least a first-order answer to the question, “What’s this essay about?” That’s all you need for this proposal.