Computer Animation Arts

All CGAA students are now engaging with academic writing - year one students have 1,500 words on production design and their ongoing film reviews, year two have 2,000 words on postmodernism to submit and year three have 8,000 words of dissertation to produce. Achieving the appropriate tone and style by which to approach your written assignments is key - and doing away with your overly-conversational and too personal first person habit is a good place to start. Courtesy of Tracey Ashmore - see below - a 'conversion chart' from the first person to the third .

As promised, I've put together a non-exhaustive list of 'hints & tips' inspired by my recent experience of reading your debut assignments. Some of what follows will repeat feedback given to specific students, but I thought I'd open things up to everyone, as it's really important that students seek to improve and polish this aspect of their degree studies. So - in no particular order: Stop using the first person! i.e. ‘I think that, I believe that, In my opinon, If you ask me…' Instead of ‘My essay is looking at Vincenzo Natali's 2009 film Splice’ consider ‘This assignment examines Vincenzo Natali's 2009 film Splice…’ Instead of ‘For my research I have looked at Nightmare Movies by Kim Newman, The David Cronenberg Companion by Bodie Horrace and How To Turn A Baboon Inside Out by Seth Brundle’ consider ‘Sources for research include Nightmare Movies by Kim Newman, The David Cronenberg Companion by Bodie Horrace and How To Turn A Baboon Inside O...