In about 800-1000 words, compare one text in two different mediums. Describe technical differences between the two mediums, and compare the experience of viewing the text in these mediums. Remember, you are describing your experiences and observations, not listing obvious abstract points where the two mediums differ. It is a good strategy to offer technical explanations for what you are observing, but structure your essay around the fact that your observations are the main issue here.

Differing mediums you might consider could be relatively close or wide ranging, as long as you are comparing and contrasting differences between the text as found in one medium and another. Differing mediums might include many different technical mediums: film in a movie theater versus film in a classroom theater, broadcast television versus youtube, complete DVD to pirated file torrents. The list is larger than that so be creative, though you might want to seek prior approval for mediums off that list.

You may use any video texts you would like, provided that they are available in some form in more than one medium and that you can actually access these texts in these differing media. For instance, it would be entirely appropriate to relate watching a gag from The Simpsons as viewed on DVD to the same gag viewed on youtube; it would be less appropriate to compare a DVD viewing of "Sandow the Strongman" to a kinetoscope viewing of same (unless, of course, you have had access to a kinetoscope).

Basic responses will include observations about the basic technical or situational differences between two medium, as well as comparisons of the between the experience of watching a text in one medium to watching the same text in another medium.

Superior responses will draw meaningful distinctions between various mediums. What is significant about watching something in one the relationship between the medium and how you perceive the text? The question here is not to describe one medium as better than another, rather, it is to question how the medium affects the text in meaningful and interesting ways.

The grading rubric is as follows: mechanical and stylistic correctness, 30%; uniqueness and technical validity of observations, 30%; thoroughness and attention to media-related elements 40%.