Formulating a Thesis Claim

The essay is a SSI paper, my primary source was the Netflix Series Archive 81 along with other sources. Included is the bibliography that I used for support but also other secondary sources may be used. Also, listed below is the SSI proposal but she only commented that need to have thesis that provokes critical convo. I just need the 1200 word paper that is listed below but tried to give as much detail to work on paper.

You have analyzed a primary source relevant to the course topic, and now are ready to formulate a thesis claim about this evidence. Because this assignment emphasizes research undertaken for and communicated to an academic audience, you will integrate your secondary evidence into your analysis.
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This assignment should be 1,200 words, double-spaced, typed in 12-point font, and set to 1” margins.
Format: .doc, .docx
Objectives:
 Analyze primary sources, what messages they convey in visual, and/or audio media.
 Explore and make claims about how the messages are conveyed.
 Introduce complicating evidence and include a complex “seems to want its audience to think/believe/feel x, but actually (or also) want them to think/believe/feel y, which is important because__” thesis
 Demonstrate awareness about your role in the conversation about your research question and thesis by acknowledging what is at stake in your analysis. In other words, explain why your analysis matters.
 Integrate secondary sources in a way that accounts for aspects of the academic conversation that are relevant to the paper’s thesis.
 Include a title on the first page that reflects the complexity of the paper’s general purposes.
 Include proper in-text citations of each source consulted or referred to, including the primary source which you’re analyzing, and an appropriately formatted Works Cited page following MLA guidelines.
 Observe the standards of academic writing discussed in class and avoid sentence-level errors and lapses in tone. Produce fluid and precise prose with appropriate transitions throughout.
 Use 3 sources, 1 of them peer-reviewed, and having to do primarily with film or television.
Getting Started:
In order to complete this paper, you must engage with sources that will yield complex and compelling thesis claims when analyzed. You might consider these steps in order to get started on this assignment:
 Revisit feedback provided for the SSI Proposal, Annotated Bibliography and Lit Review
 How might your thesis need to evolve to account for the changes you anticipate making? Be sure that you have a complex thesis, supported by evidence.
 If necessary, do additional research to find primary or secondary evidence to further support and/or complicate your analytical claims.
 Provide an introduction that leads naturally to your thesis. Make sure that your thesis, as well as the original contribution you are making (how you add on to or develop a different argument than what your secondary sources are saying) is made clear in the first paragraph. See Sample American History X SSIDownload Sample American History X SSI
 Develop a conclusion that demonstrates the evolution of your argument throughout the paper.
Completing the Assignment:
In the previous steps, you have developed analytical claims about the primary evidence, formulated research questions, and found appropriate sources Now you are ready to bring everything together. You will want to focus on complicating and evolving your thesis, organizing your essay in a clear and logical fashion, and polishing your writing by paying attention to tone, style, and the mechanics of grammar. As you complete the assignment, consider these questions:

1. Have I explored the primary evidence thoroughly and developed complex and compelling analytical claims?
2. Have I explained the connection between my analytical claims and the primary and secondary evidence thoroughly and clearly?
3. Am I making compelling arguments that reflect serious enquiry throughout the research process?
4. Have I composed and arranged my paper in a way that progresses logically and makes my meaning clear?
5. Have I appropriately cited the sources that I reference, both in my text and in my Works Cited?
6. Have I observed the conventions of grammar and style expected in academic writing?

Bibliography
Eco, Umberto. “‘Casablanca’: Cult Movies and Intertextual Collage.” SubStance, vol. 14, no. 2,
1985, pp. 3–12. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3685047. Accessed 4 Oct. 2022.

Gajjar, Saloni. “Netflix’s Atmospheric Archive 81 Is Rewarding, Slow-Burn Horror.” The A.V.
Club, The A.V. Club, 14 Jan. 2022, https://www.avclub.com/netflixs-atmospheric-
archive-81-is-rewarding-slow-burn-1848332197.

Lockwood, Renee D. “Cults, Consumerism, and the Construction of Self: Exploring the
Religious within Fight Club.” Journal of Contemporary Religion, vol. 23, no. 3, 2008,
pp. 321–335., https://doi.org/10.1080/13537900802373320.

Phillips, Michael. “’Archive 81′ Review: Netflix Series Based on a Horror Podcast Is a Slow-
Burn Kind of Thriller. Don’t Binge This One.” Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2022,
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/michael-phillips/ct-ent-archive-
81-netflix-review-20220117-e7uf7jpvyjhptjlpj2oeyz6naa-story.html.

SSI Proposal
Answer all of the following using details from your method sheet for inspiration:

1. What is something significant that your primary source seems to want its audience to think/believe/feel? What specific details (dialogue, lighting, amount of repetition, amount of screen time–use Looking at Movies here and reference at least 3 specific things from there) lead you to think that? Please write 2-3 sentences (at least 50 words total) here using the following format: Source x seems to want its audience to think/believe/feel _ about __issue/person/place/thing. My evidence for that is and _ and (use specifics).
2. What anomalies might complicate your answer to question 1? For example: “Movie x seems to be anti-war. However, _ and and __ from the film suggest it might be pro-war under certain circumstances.” Please write 2-3 sentences (at least 50 words total) about the anomaly you’ve noticed. Or, write about what else the movie/t.v. show seems to want its audience to think/believe/feel if that other thing is something else that you think is a.) not obvious and needs to be pointed out and b.) would expand our understanding of what the film is trying to do in an important way.
   For example “Movie x seems to be focusing on issue Y, but _ and ___indicate it’s also preoccupied with [this other thing] and observing [this other thing] is important for our understanding of the source because
3. Building off your answers above, what question do you have about what your source is trying to say? You will try to answer this question in the Secondary Source Integration (SSI). Formats can include “If [my source] is trying to gets its audience to think/believe/feel x, then why did it include _ and __ that seem to contradict that message?” Or “How does ___change the understanding of the film’s main message in an important way?” Note: As your work on this progresses, you can change your focus/question about your source (but can’t change the source itself. For example, if you’re doing Fight Club and start out wanting to examine its take on modern masculinity but then change your mind and want to talk about Fight Club and technology, that’s fine. What you can’t do is say you’re not working on Fight Club anymore).
4. Fill-in-the-blank: When I search the databases referenced in the guide, I will be looking at the representation of ___on film/tv, at least to start with.
   Points Allocation:
   Question 1: Worth 12 out of 50 points
   Question 2: Worth 20 out of 50 points
   Question 3: Worth 15 out of 50 points
   Question 4: Worth 3 out of 50 points

Possible Topics:
Keep in mind that you will be analyzing a primary source (the movie or t.v. show you’ve chosen) and using your secondary sources (critics/scholars who have written about that source or a similar t.v. show or film) to analyze it.
Your primary source should be something you can crawl inside and analyze inside and as long as it’s a fictional film or t.v. show (no documentaries) we haven’t looked at in class it can be about anything–the main this is that you want to have a question about what it’s trying to say that isn’t easy to answer.
You also want to think, broadly, of key words you would do in a library search–like if you were doing “The Sopranos,” you might do a library search on “The Mafia on t.v.” or “The Mafia on screen.”
Possible topics people have used in the past: the representation of Black women in films about the Civil Rights area, representation of teens in 1980s film, representation of gay men on film, representation of female doctors on film, representations of soldiers in WW2 films, representation of mental illness on television
Avoid: abstract topics like “Meaning of life” or “Happiness on film.”
You will also not be able to select documentaries or films we’ve looked at in class.