This assessment is designed to support you towards writing your portfolio. It requires you to independently identify and review relevant literature for one of the topics covered on the module. This should be followed by a filmography – a list of films that can be placed within the context of your chosen topic.
Guidance for the Annotated Bibliography/Filmography
An annotated bibliography gives an account of the research that has been done on your chosen topic. An annotated bibliography is more than an alphabetical list of research sources – it provides a concise summary of each source and some assessment of its value or relevance.
• Your annotated bibliography should include a selection of at least 5 academic sources (i.e., book, journal article, or a book chapter).
• Use the correct bibliographic format. For example:
o Doll,SusanandGregFaller(1986)‘BladeRunnerandGenre:FilmNoirandScienceFiction’
Literature Film Quarterly 14.2 (1986): 89-100.
• You are required to provide an annotation – a full paragraph of discussion of at least 200 words – for
each source.
• Each annotation (see example below) must briefly restate the main argument of a source (i.e., describe
and summarize the argument) and offer a critical evaluation of the source (e.g., what are its strengths,
what are its weaknesses).
• Title your annotated bibliography ‘Annotated Bibliography on [TOPIC]’
• Your annotated bibliography should be followed by a filmography – a list of at least five films that can
be placed within the context of your chosen topic. You are only required to list the films – you don’t
need to discuss them. You may include films cited in the annotated bibliography.
