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history2012-05-23 11:28 am
serpentine) wrote in history2012-05-23 11:28 am
Paper writing question
I don't know how active this community is, but I figured this would be the best place to ask this question.
So, I'm writing a paper for a college senior level history class and it requires me to use at least one primary source. However, the source I've chosen is video and I've never actually written a paper before that uses video as a primary source, so I'm not quite sure how to approach it. How does one exactly incorporate it when all your other sources are text? Do you say that in "x film" this scene happens and this indicates something about what the film is trying to say?
The source in question for my paper is a propaganda film, so I know to mention that part and I do have some idea of how I do want to use it in my paper, I just would like advice for doing this sort of thing.
So, I'm writing a paper for a college senior level history class and it requires me to use at least one primary source. However, the source I've chosen is video and I've never actually written a paper before that uses video as a primary source, so I'm not quite sure how to approach it. How does one exactly incorporate it when all your other sources are text? Do you say that in "x film" this scene happens and this indicates something about what the film is trying to say?
The source in question for my paper is a propaganda film, so I know to mention that part and I do have some idea of how I do want to use it in my paper, I just would like advice for doing this sort of thing.