made-for-television film

Glen Creeber (2004) writes that the television programs “reflect, engage with and respond to the subtle nuances, political preoccupations and social realities of the contemporary age” (15). In groups of two, you will create a made-for-television film that reflects the social and cultural context of the United States in one year between 1978-1991. First, you will research the year you have been assigned (1987). Using your research findings, you will create an annotated bibliography with twelve sources. An annotated bibliography is a list of sources with short (150 words each) summaries of the main ideas of the article. I have provided a sample from my own research, as well as a more detailed explanation of how to create these documents on D2L. Annotated bibliography entries can contain short quotes, but should largely be summaries of the author’s main points with proper citations. This step is meant to serve as the research for the two other parts of this project. Please use the “Author-Date” version of the Chicago Manual of Style Guide for your annotated bibliography. A quick guide to this type of citations can be found at the following link: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-2.html 1) you will have twelve sources to use to create your made-for-television film. You will use the library’s Marqcat Plus. Please do not conduct research through Google Scholar. It will not give you access to important articles that you can access easily for free through the Marquette Library website. Please ask me if you are unsure about your sources. A good place to start, to see what was happening that year, is the Britannica online encyclopedia. This can be accessed through Marqcat. I have also added an article by Douglas Gomery, “Television, Hollywood, and the Development of Movies Made-for-Television.” This will give you some additional context about this form of television programing. Your annotated bibliography must contain the following research items: • Four peer-review scholarly academic journal articles that discuss programming on television within the years before or after the date you have chosen. o Please do not use book reviews as articles. These appear often in journals, but they are not research articles. The easiest way to tell is this: a peer-review scholarly academic journal article will be 10-30 pages in length. A book review will be 1-3 pages. If the book seems relevant to your research, find it at the library. • Four newspaper articles that report on the event or issue you have chosen to represent in your made-for-television film. • Four magazine articles that discuss the event or issue you have chosen to represent in your made-for-television film. 2) You will write a treatment for your story. Treatments are single-spaced, 1” margin Microsoft word documents that tell your reader the main details of the movie—the beginning, middle, and end. It should explicitly summarize all of the story that you are creating for this assignment. The treatment should be 300-400 words in length. 3) Finally, you will write the program rationale. This should be double-spaced, 1” margin Microsoft word documents—the format you have used all semester in this course. This document should detail why drew you to choose the topic for your made-for-television movie, what pertinent research that you found, etc. This should be about 300-400 words in length. So, create a movie by yourself according to the Annotated bibliography you write. Related to the event or issue that happen around the year (1987), create a movie that might be popular on television at that time.