NAME & CLASS:
TODAY'S DATE:
ADDRESS:
E-MAILl:
BOX #:
EXT:
Term and year of project:
Circle course #: 0507 0707 0507J* 0707J* 0607*
Your major adviser:
Project Advisor: (name & signature):
Note: If a 0707 Project, you must also have:
-- Second Advisor: (Name & Signature)
-- Third Advisor: (Name & Signature)
Projected Budget (must not exceed $100):
DEPARTMENTAL APPROVAL:
DATE:
Application Deadlines: The deadlines below are for submission to your project advisor; if he/she approves and signs this proposal, then make copies for the FMC faculty. For projects to be completed in the:
Fall Term -- application due: March 14th
Winter Term* -- application due: October 10th
Spring Term -- application due: October 10th
The following should be discussed on attached pages:
1. Project description or thesis
2. Project rationale (Why has this project been chosen? What are your objectives? How does it reflect your previous interests and experience?)
3. Film/Video experience (Include a list of all relevant courses, when and where taken, grades, internships and extra-curricular projects)
4. Timetable, with stages and steps toward completion, including specific deadline dates. All projects must be completed one week before final day of classes. Videos must have a public screening the last week of classes. Missed deadlines will result in a lower grade (half a letter for each missed deadline).
For video projects, please use these deadlines in your proposal, inserting the actual dates:
> End of Fall Term
due: Treatment of 8-10 pages, completed and approved by advisor
> End of Winter Term
due: Shot list, storyboards, and script, completed and approved by advisor
> By Monday, beginning sixth week of Spring Term classes
due: First rough cut shown to advisor
> Monday after Spring Break
due: Second rough cut shown to advisor
> By Monday, beginning of 10th week of Spring Term classes
due: First final cut shown to advisor
> By Friday, end of 11th week of classes
due: Final version shown to advisor
> Thursday, final week of classes
Public screening
5. Itemized list of budget, resources and equipment needs, performers, any request for department funding, videotape, filmography, bibliography.
*Winter Term Projects
Projects during Winter Term are of two kinds, those which extend a fall or spring project into the Winter Term or those which are undertaken and completed solely within Winter Term. If you are applying for a 0507 or 0707 you may request the use of the winter term by circling 0507J or 0707J.
Furthermore, your written proposal must clearly outline why you need the additional time and what aspects of your project you will pursue during this period. It must state very clearly what work you will have completed, and be graded on, by the end of the Winter Term. To receive credit for this work it must be equivalent to a normal Winter Term course. The Winter Term evaluation may be made on the basis of your January work or, in the case of 0507J or 0707J, the evaluation may be postponed until the entire project is complete. This needs to be negotiated with your project advisor and should be stated in your proposal.
If the project will be undertaken and completed solely within Winter Term use the 0607 number. In addition to this application, Winter Term independent project proposals require the submission of another application at the Winter Term office in Old Chapel. See the Winter Term catalogue for further information.