#dmcult Final Project Assignment

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The final project is a culmination of all that you have studied this semester. Ideally, it should contain both creative and research elements. (Depending on the option you select, one of these should be weighted more strongly than the other.) However, both options REQUIRE a Summative Statement.

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Due Dates and Process:

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Proposal: (10/28)

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Early Draft/ WiP and One-on-One Meeting with Instructor: (11/13–11/17)

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Presentations: 11/28 and 11/30

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Final: 12/13

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Summative Statement Guidelines: Are you a gadget?

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Your summative statement should be an introduction or an addendum to your final project. It should consist of approximately 500-words (with 3 non-text elements) that answer the course question: Are you a gadget? You should consult course readings in answering this question, and be advised, you do not have to answer concretely in the affirmative or the negative. Ultimately, however, your answer to this question should directly relate to the final project you produce. You will upload this to your own course websites along with your “completed” final projects (No later than 12/13).

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Option 1: Creative Projects with Summative Statement

 

This can either be a fully formed, independent creative project (like a (B)adaptations video or a Podcast episode), or it can be a companion (such as an additional component) to one of your ongoing creative projects (this could be an infographic or photo narrative-essay accompanying your photography, your film production, your radio show, or some other project with which you are engaged). (A typical blog post with non-text elements is not enough to count for the creative part). If you choose to use the work you’ve done with a prior assignment in this course (such as (B)adaptations, S-Town, or VIZ), make sure to consult with me during our one-on-one meeting.

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This project is open-ended but it needs to make a specific critique or argument either in its very existence or its narrative. In other words, your creative media product SHOULD have a message. The project should include elements directly related to aspects of our course material (readings, screenings, class lectures and discussions, presentations).

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The project should either be embedded into a blog post or should be linked to your post. If it is not something that will reside online, please talk to me about how to turn it in.

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Since this is not a production-centered course, the creative part of the assignment will be graded on effort and originality, not how polished the end result is. Again, I encourage you to learn something new and experiment with media.

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For examples and ideas, see Dr. Tanine Allison’s page for previous DMCult students’ creative work. Also, see the Resources page of our website for links to ideas, free software, and creative tools that Emory has.

 

Even if your final project is a creative project, you still MUST include an essay (1,500 words) that explains what the creative project is trying to do and provide theoretical/historical/scholarly context to that creation. In this way, the essay can be more like an “artist’s statement” with some minor research. Your essay should describe your project, your process of completing it, and how the project demonstrates concepts from our class.

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You must use/cite:

• at least two course readings with at least one relevant quotation from each

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Meeting Times: 

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Monday 11/13:

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Alex Western 11:00-11:15

Adelaide Owens 11:15-11:30

Koby Han 11:30-11:45

Woody Kang 11:45- 12:00

Claire Nassif 12:00-12:15

Sergio Sabogal 12:15-12:30

Diego Henning 12:30-12:45

Xiaochao Fu 12:45-1:00

Hayley Alperin 1:00-1:15

Eliza Davenport 1:15-1:30

 

Friday 11/17:

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Bailey Tyler 11:00-11:15

Jiangrui Huang 11:15-11:30

Jessy DeFrancisco 11:30-11:45

Isabelle Lesh 11:45- 12:00

Caroline Wang 12:00-12:15

Madeline Rothman12:15-12:30

Madelon Morford 12:30-12:45

Jenna Cariker 12:45-1:00

Emily Diaz 1:00-1:15

Yang He 1:15-1:30

 

Saturday 11/18:

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Lauren Weems 11:00-11:15

Vinathi Prasad 11:15-11:30

Sophie Siegel 11:30-11:45

Morgane Bensadoun 11:45- 12:00

Royce Copper 12:00-12:15

Jay Nielson 12:15-12:30

Nkosi Cave 12:30-12:45

Carmen Cee 12:45-1:00

Ruth Reyes 1:00-1:15

Ian Lee 1:15-1:30

Riley Horne 1:30-1:45

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