QUESTION:Choose a particular technological innovation related to one of the following: sound, colour, screen size. Undertake a research project that examines the employment of this technology in a specific film Western, showing how it facilitated extant production practices, and how it related to the marketing and exhibition of film at the time. In your discussion, you may draw on other technological developments that bear upon the particular innovation you have chosen. Your essay must include an introductory section that sets out how you plan to approach your discussion in terms of the film Western. The discussion must be substantiated by demonstrated use of a minimum of 5 sources from the Dossier of readings provided. [in this question you are expected to draw from issues discussed in week 7 and 3 of the course, as well as wider reading] —————————-MARKING CRITERIA:Demonstrates ability to link a technological innovation to a specific film Western; shows attention to detail of the film in establishing this link. Shows knowledge of the broader industrial and marketing context in which the innovation was implemented. Demonstrates awareness of other technological developments that rivalled the selected innovation. Demonstrates awareness of how the innovation solved problems and overcame difficulties in the marketing of films. Demonstrates use of scholarly sources to contextualise and give weight to key historical points. The essay demonstrates consistency in exposition of the topic, and adherence to sound writing principles (reasonably free of grammatical, punctuation and spelling errors). The essay demonstrates adherence to referencing conventions of the in-text referencing system as set out in the Guide to Referencing. —————————OTHER INFORMATION:Based on one of the following films: Jesse James (King, 1939)The Man from Laramie (Mann, 1955)The Virginian (Fleming 1929)High Noon, (Zinnerman, 1952)Dodge City, (Curtiz, 1939)The Country Doctor (Griffith, 1909)Shane, (Stevens, 1953)A Corner in wheat (Griffith, 1909)The Ox-Bow Incident (Wellman, 1943)The Lonely Villa (Griffith, 1908) ————————–OTHER:Please use as much sources provided in .zip file (especially from folder WEEK 7.Other scholarly sources can be used, but must be scholar, not from random website information/posts.
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