Proposal Form (not quite finished but please comment)

1. Topic Area - World Cinema
2. Proposed title, question, hypothesis How has South Eastern horror influence western horror and which do western audiences find scarier
3. Teacher approval granted, in principal? yes
4. Principle texts (if text based study) - The Grudge (US and japanese versions), The Ring (both versions), Audition, Hostel, The eye (both versions), Three extremes, Ichi the killer, One missed call,
5. Reason for choice - Have an interest in the genre and the changing face of American horror and how it has been influenced
6. Academic context for this study (similar research, relevant theory, named theorists) - Need to do some reseach on this

7. Institutional context for this study (industry focus, other texts for comparison, named practitioners, relevant theory, issues, questions - need to do some research on this

8. Identify the audience context for this study (audience profile, access to audience, potential sample) - Male 16-25 year olds who are deemed the principle watchers of the genre

9. How will the 4 key concepts be relevant to your study (audience, institution, forms and conventions, representation)?

10 Potential research sources (secondary): will name the books when i return to school

11. Potential research sources (primary): Questionnaire, Internet Forum, focus groups
12. Modifications agreed with your lead teacher
13. Potential limits/obstacles/problems? trying to organise focus groups
14. Teacher concerns
15. Teacher approval