This is just a ‘working’ title – it is (very) likely to change as your research progresses.
Extended essay, industry report, editorial report, or technical report. (If you can’t make a choice yet, explain why.)
Proposed Table of Contents (suggested chapters)
Your final report will be divided into 3 sections called chapters (Introduction and Conclusion are separate parts of your report & you do not need to write about them in your proposal). You can change your mind about these chapters later, but for now write 3 possible chapter titles with a couple of bullet points to indicate what each chapter will contain.
This section sets the scene for your research question by providing a general overview of the topic area. You will need to show that you are familiar with the main aspects and issues within this topic area, such as:
key practitioners and theories
This section of your proposal will be based on your research findings, and must include Harvard citations.
Having set the scene you should now explain the particular research question or problem that you want to address. This will be similar to your title. Don’t forget to:
Define any important terms e.g hyperrealism
State any limitations ,e.g. this report will focus only on traditional 2d animation’, defined as that which is hand drawn rather than digital.
Now make a bullet pointed list of the 3 main aims of your research. These should clearly relate to your research question. Write these as short direct statements, not questions, and try to use active verbs.
Identify the main materials used in stop motion puppet-making
Investigate the environmental impact of these materials
Explore environmentally friendly alternatives
In this section you should explain how you plan to conduct your research and why these research methods are appropriate
Key artworks, theories, ideas and concepts you plan to include
Any experiments or projects you plan to conduct
Any ‘primary data’ you will need to gather and how you will do so, e.g survey research or interviews
Any Constraints or challenges you may face due to time, budget, word count etc
How you will ensure to avoid bias and seek a balanced view
Any ethical or practical challenges you might face, and how you will overcome them (e.g lack of responses to interview requests; sourcing hard to find material; issues around sensitivity and anonymity)
Extended essay - will usually focus on analysis of existing primary and secondary materials (texts , films and images) so your research methods will need to outline the key sources, ideas and theories you plan to explore
Editorial report - you will need to discuss the intended market for your article and why your topic is topical
Technical report- need to explain as much as possible about the experiment you hope to conduct and how you might evaluate your findings
Industry report - you will need to outline your plans for survey research and/or interviews including any challenges you might face, e.g identifying who to interview ; respectful handling of sensitive topics; offering and protecting anonymity; how you will analyse the date you gather.
This doesn’t mean the outcome of your final research. In this section focus on:
How and why this research will be useful for you personally
How and why this research will be useful in a wider context, e.g industry, academia or society
Make this visual. Break the project into defined stages and allocate an appropriate time period for each stage ( e.g preliminary reading and primary research or experimentation , writing , rewriting and proofreading). You should also allow a margin of error for things outside your control.
Alphabetical in Harvard style
All report types will require you to conduct research via existing materials. These could be primary sources or secondary sources.
An online survey you have conducted
Interviews with industry practitioners
Conducting tests or experiments
Data types: quantity vs qualitative
Quantitive can be reduced to numbers
Qualitative can only be expressed by words
Need records of all research
Typed transcript of interview
Cam - do younger audiences understand deeper meaning within film - 1930s cartoons
Tom - character design, shape theory etc
Ben-stopmotion, aardman vs laika
It’s the summary of relevant information within the topic area. Will need to think critically as you conduct your research. It’s actively engaging with new information.
Don’t just regurgitate facts
Use judgement to select and interpret sources
Be thorough watch out for the makes sense stopping rule
Think about what are the big ideas - Sketch noting can help this. Visual reminder. Apply the technique on a larger scale and you’ll find your background becomes easier to write.
Look for pattern, links and connections.
Compare contrast and consider
Make a timeline how does it all fit together
See the bigger picture- find the story arc
Read the first sentence of a paragraph; the topic is usually stated here
Read the blurb or the abstract
Make a chart of sources - split into date, reference details, date accessed , author , key arguments, contributing arguments
This is the tendency to accept ideas and information that are with our pre existing beliefs, prejudices and viewpoints. While downplaying ideas and information that contradict them
If the argument presented in a logical way it is not conformation bias
Writing a research question
Your title should include:
Question word - too what extent or instruction
Topic areas of your research
Specific focus of your research
Try writing some possible research questions for existing ideas
For each question try writing three main aims
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