Come up with the “question” that you want to explore through an essay of 6–8 pp.
(Times New Roman, 12 points, double-spaced).
-Think of this question as emerging from a common thread you may have seen running through two films. As an example, you may observe the theme of the “city” threading different weeks.
-Consider what intrigues you about this observation and try to phrase it as a question; to continue the example from above, “How does the Hindi film imagine the city?”
-Now that you have a “central question,” come up with 2 or 3 constituent parts of this question: “What is the subjective experience of city life in the films?;” “What aspects of city life does the film capture, and which does it ignore?” etc. These can become the subheadings within your essay.
-Your discussions must be grounded in the films we have watched and the contexts we have learned in class, so:
-Identify key historical, industrial, or other relevant contexts that will help you ground your discussion.
-Identify specific sequences (scenes or songs, for example) that illuminate your discussion.