Film research keywords to remember:
FILM
MOVIE
MOTION PICTURE
CINEMA
Example Subject related search terms:
Motion pictures
audio-visual materials
film criticism
motion pictures--criticism
motion pictures--reviews
film adaptations--history and criticism
film genres
motion picture reviews
BEAM stands for:
Background
Exhibit/ Evidence
Argument
Method
Background sources are: "any source assumed to be noncontroversial, used to provide context...facts and information"
Exhibit/ Evidence sources are: sources you analyze or use as evidence
Argument sources are: critical reviews and relevant scholarship related to your topic which you will engage with.
Method sources are: sources that exhibit a method that you will use as a way of analyzing your topic.
Joseph Bizup. “BEAM: A Rhetorical Vocabulary for Teaching Research-Based Writing.” Rhetoric Review 27, no.1 (2008): 72-86.
What kinds of sources will you use?
Primary Sources will be: Original Sources not filtered through a process of analysis or interpretation
Example: If writing a paper about the film The Shining, by Stanley Kubrick, the film would be your primary source.