Paper Pro's and Con's

Non-UNCW Papers

1. 13 Ways of Looking at Bill Murray 

Pro: Fun topic, crowd pleaser

Con: No scholarly sources, under researched, undefined thesis statement, reads like a summary or blog

2. A Radical Expedition of Cinema's Birthplace 

Pro: Well written (besides a few very long sentences--but it flows nonetheless), plenty of sources, detailed film analysis 

Con: Long-winded at times, would of liked to see more sentence variation, thesis is quite long, may have gone a bit crazy w/ the thesaurus..but who knows.

3. Cinematic Expression of Ghosts in Japanese Film

Pro: They provided imagery & captions

Con: Some quotations aren't cited (in-text), lack of transitions, generalizations, analysis and imagery seem to get away from original thesis--kind of a bummer, this topic seems cool; seems like a summary/analysis of particular scenes w/ no argument

4. Irreversible & Techniques of Looking 

Pro: Well written thesis and accessible, well researched

Con: To provocative/touchy? Not my concern at all....

5. Murders Unavenged 

Pro: Very cool topic, would like to see a more defined thesis, well-written

Con: Thesis is hard to locate; would almost like to see actual police procedures/psychological analysis utilized for this topic--as far a research goes

6. Storybooks and Female Empowerment 

Pro: Nice topic especially b/c of Kiva, well-researched and detailed analysis

Con: Honestly got a little bored reading this--was not expecting this b/c of Pan's

7. Blues Brothers and Bollywood Masala Cinema 

Pro: Definite crowd pleaser, creative topic and analysis--well written

Con: Would like to have seen an emphasis more on the impact of the thesis long-term--what does this mean for film? What are the implications?

8. Transmedia Adaptation in the Work of Orson Welles 

Pro: VERY well-researched, great sources; pleased to see how original this paper actually is

Con: Pretty darn long--may be a programming risk?

UNCW Papers

1. Boys Will be Girls

Pro: Great topic and original--presented a lot of information for me, well-written/concise; good for Kiva!

Con: NONE

2. Cinema du Corps and Avant Garde Cinematography

Pro: Good thesis--very accessible and well-written 

Con: Very long and detailed (a bad thing?), a little wordy

3. Multi-Screen Film

Pro: Love the originality and implication of multi-screen projection & potential new ways of viewing cinema.

Con: Thesis is hard to locate--analysis of these 2 films?

4: The Unfilmable Lightness of Being

Pro: Very detailed and in-depth analysis--very good read, well-written

Con: Very long as well; a few typos