Unit 2 Topic Proposal

Over the weekend, you should begin sifting through ideas, songs, movies, commercials, and musical genres in order to come up with a topic proposal for the Unit 2 essay. You will need to choose:

1) an original music video (and its lyrics) 

AND

2) a clip from a TV show, commercial, or movie that includes the original song

For example, you could chose Fun’s video for “We are Young” and the Chevy Sonic commercial featuring “We Are Young.” Or you could chose Lana Del Ray's “Young and Beautiful” and analyze the lyrics, the original music video and one of the scenes from "The Great Gatsby" that features the same song. The purpose of this assignment is for you to analyze how visual arguments can change the way we perceive textual arguments. Even though the lyrics are the same, your 2 videos likely tell very different stories. 

You should choose something that interests you! Your topic proposal is due on Canvas before class on Monday, September 16.  Your proposal should include the following:

1)Which song you want to analyze

2)the original artist/original music video

3)a second music video/clip that presents the song in different way
4)some beginning ideas and thoughts about what you would want to accomplish this in an essay