Assignment #5
A Collaborative Video Proposal & Annotated
Bibliography
Assignment #5: The
Basics
Instead of tumbling, head over feet, into the
yawning abyss of world-food-crisis hell, I’d like you
to take a solutions-based approach to a specific
food issue (I have a list of topics for you to choose
from on the back of the assignment sheet). As a
member of a group of five, you will create a video
proposal that addresses the issue your group
chooses.
What is a proposal?
• According to the authors of Everything’s an
Argument, proposals are arguments that “call
for change, often in response to a problem,
that focus on the future, and that center on
the audience” (276). Proposals do not merely
exist to convince a target audience that
change should or should not occur, but to
move individual audience members to carry
out a specific plan of action.
How to Create an
Effective Proposal
• Define a problem that needs a solution or describe
a need that is not currently addressed.
• Make a strong claim (a thesis) that addresses the
problem or need. Your solution should be an
action directed at the future.
• Show why your proposal will fix the problem or
address the need.
• Demonstrate that your proposal is feasible.
Annotated Bibliography
• 10-15 articles from peer-reviewed journals
(secondary sources)
• 2-3 primary sources
• One paragraph per source that summarizes
the main points of the article and explains why
its content is relevant to your proposal
• Turn in via hardcopy—must be stapled and
MLA-formatted!!!!!!!!#%$@#$%!%#
Translating Abstract Values into
Concrete Actions
• An opportunity to apply your value system to a
food-based issue
• Find at least three thinkers whose food
politics/philosophy helps you articulate your
groups’ food politics/philosophy
• Lay this out at the beginning of your video
Making a Video Proposal
• 10 minute video followed by a 10 minute
discussion of how you created the video
• A chance to practice WOVE communications
skills
• Upload video to Youtube or Vimeo
• Send me link to video 3 days prior to
presentation, so that we can work out any
glitches
Resources
• Equipment checkout for students through the
university (for renting cameras, audio recorders, etc.)
https://www.it.iastate.edu/services/laptops
• Equipment available for ISUComm Students
http://isucomm.iastate.edu/lendingequipment
• Computer labs with video editing software– Hamilton
Hall
http://www.greenlee.iastate.edu/resources/technolog
y/computerlabs/
• Durham Hall has a public lab with iMovie editing
software
Topical Questions List
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*The Land Institute, Perennial Grains, &
Genetic Modification
*The Presence of Food Pantries in the
Ames Community (Both On-Campus and
Off-Campus)
*Food Activism on Campus (Student
Organic Farm, ISU Dining, LIVE GREEN)
Proteins: Eating Insects & Synthetic Meats
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*Does America really feed the world?
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*Disappearing Bees/Pollinators
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*Permaculture in Iowa
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*The Beef Industry after WWII
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*Is Food More Than Fuel?
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*Seed banks in the Past, Present, and
Future
*Should ISU Dining Make Changes?
*Efforts Made by Other Campuses and
Institutions to Increase Public Access to
Food and to Promote Food Literacy
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*Guerilla Gardening
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*Organic and Local Food Movements
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*The Exciting Realm of Alternative