Essay 2: Visual Text Analysis
Assignment
Entertainment Weekly has employed you to write a piece, in which you analyze why your favorite feature film or music video is particularly effective in communicating its message. Compose a visual text analysis that provides an argument about why a certain film (or another visual text of your choice) is effective in delivering its message. Using the film as your primary source, conduct a detailed analysis of it and use outside sources. Questions to address include: What is the main message of this visual text? Who is the main audience? What visual devices (like color, symbolism, framing, montage, text, etc.) does the director employ? Do these devices help to effectively communicate the director’s main message?
Option #2: Alternatively, you may also create a 4-5 minute video essay that performs a visual text analysis on a certain visual text.
Audience
Entertainment Weekly, Alternative Press, or Billboard
Style
Informative, argument-driven
Technical Requirements
A 4-page (1,000 word) essay
MLA format
At least 4 pieces of textual evidence
At least 3 outside sources
Works Cited Page
Suggested Resources
Encyclopedia Britannica, ARTstor, JSTOR Arts & Sciences Collection, SIRS Renaissance, Proquest (see “The Arts” for your film title), and BIR Entertainment
Types of Visual Texts (you can choose to analyze)
Movies
Documentaries
Short-films
Last Completed Projects
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