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Congratulations on completing your semester on YouTube! Below is a list of the components that will make up your final English 379 portfolio:

I.  Video

See this post for description of final project and grade break-down.

II.  Introduction and Q&A (for our day of viewing Tuesday, May 10th)

In a five-minute introduction, prepare a context for your audience.  What do they need to know to be informed and engaged viewers?  Possible approaches: what brings you to this topic; the narrative about the changes your project underwent; your challenges as a filmmaker; why you think people should be interested in what you’ve discovered.  Expect to answer a few questions after we view your film.

III.  Annotated Bibliography (post to blog by noon on Tuesday, May 10th )

5-7 sources that help you think about your project from an informed perspective.  A minimum of two scholarly sources; consider also newspapers, other media (blogs, podcasts, etc.).  Remember that Blog Post #20 asked you to do two of these, so you’re almost halfway done.

For each source, please include the following:

• MLA citation for the source
• a link to the source, if available
• the central argument of each source
• How does this source add to your understanding of your project? How did you use it?  How did it inform your thinking about your inquiry, your audience, etc.?

IV.  Production/Post-Production Reflection

Where did you start this project, where did you end up, and what did you find out along the way? How did your project change your initial inquiry question? What were the most interesting and important discoveries? What surprised you in doing this project? How would you describe your composing process (consider your camera work, video editing, and thought process along the way). If you had more time, what would you change or do differently? Finally,  reflect on what it means to be a video maker in the age of YouTube (return to work from symposium.  In what ways does your video, or the making of it, reflect the influence of participatory culture, social networks, and/or digital literacies?  Are there other aspects of YouTube that we studied–e.g., genre, aesthetics, response, local and global cultures–that played a role in your work?). (500-1000 words)

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