T3 Project Check-In Due 11/12 by 10pm

Please submit a copy of your completed responses to me as a Word Document via email by Friday, November 12th at 10pm.

To be clear, do not send me a PDF, Jpeg or image file. Do not submit a Google Doc, or a file created by Pages, OneNote, or Scrivner. And please do not cut and paste your responses into the body of the email. Responses submitted in any format other than a Word Document may be returned and/or take longer to receive feedback.

While not required, I encourage you to also post your check-ins to the class site. Doing so may help folks get a sense of how others are tackling similar or related issues.

Note: Many of the below questions are similar to the ones in the Project Proposal form. Please do not cut and paste your previous response. Even if the answer is relatively the same as your proposal, you should still take the time to write out your response for this check-in. Why? 1) Because I expect that even if your general idea or answer is the same, your group should be able to provide more specific details and explanations than you did when you were submitting your proposal. 2) Because the process of having to rearticulate your thoughts and rationales can in and of itself help you to refine and clarify those ideas.

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KEY UPDATES

1. What work have you done on your project since you submitted your project proposal?
2. How have you addressed the questions and comments I made on your project proposal?
3. In what ways have you refined or sharpened the scope of your project?

TOPIC FOCUS (Central Objective)

1. What key idea, question, tension, and/or theme from the course does your group wish to explore in this final project?
2. What about this idea, question, tension, and/or theme interests your group? Why will it be your focus?
3. Identify two subsidiary ideas, questions, tensions, and/or themes within that key idea, question, tension, and/or theme that you wish to engage in particular?

COURSE ENGAGEMENT

1. What texts from the syllabus does your group plan to center the project around?
2. What particular (o)f this text do you plan to examine in this text?
3. How do you imagine focusing in on this part of the text will link up to one or more of the course’s key ideas, questions, tensions, and/or themes that wish to explore? (i.e. How does centering this text especially help you meet the goals you describe in questions 1-3).

FORM for Primary Take

• The following questions should be answered with your first and/or primary take in mind.
  1. What kind of take do you intend to do for your first and/or primary take: scholarly, artistic representation, or everyday performance?
  2. Why do you wish to make this take your primary and/or first take?
  3. Describe the form you intend to use for your primary and/or first take (e.g. radio broadcast, mock trailer, etc)?
  4. How does this form (as opposed to other forms) aid your goals?
  5. Briefly describe your tentative ideas for the content of your final project: (I.e. a general summary of the mock narrative or an outline for the arch of the podcast interview).

FORM for Secondary Take

• The following questions should be answered with your secondary take in mind.
  1. What kind of take do you intend to do for your second take: scholarly, artistic representation, or everyday performance?
  2. Why do you wish to make this take your second take?
  3. Describe the form you intend to use for this second take (e.g. radio broadcast, mock trailer, etc)?
  4. How does this form (as opposed to other forms) aid your goals?
  5. How do you imagine your second take relating to your primary and/or first take?

FORM for Final Take

• The following questions should be answered with your final and/or third take in mind.
  1. What kind of take do you intend to do for your final and/or third take: scholarly, artistic representation, or everyday performance?
  2. Why do you wish to make this take your final and/or third take?
  3. Describe the form you intend to use for this final and/or third take (e.g. radio broadcast, mock trailer, etc)?
  4. How does this form (as opposed to other forms) aid your goals?
  5. How do you imagine this take relating to your other two takes?

METHOD

1. Briefly describe your tentative ideas for the overarching form and content of your final project: (I.e. a general summary of the mock narrative or an outline for the arch of the podcast interview).Briefly describe how you plan to realize this project.
2. Indicate at least 6 key steps necessary to complete this project.
3. List 3 major production dates (deadlines) BEFORE Thanksgiving.
4. Identify space, technology, and/or material resources you may need.

QUESTIONS

What questions do you have at this point about the assignment in general and/or your project ideas in particular?