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Choose ONE of the following assignments (Vampires/Zombies/Robots):

Project 2 (option #1): VAMPIRES

Directions for Project #2 : “Pop Culture as Social Critique: VAMPIRES”

Your paper should be typed in Times New Roman 12 with 1-inch margins and be between 1000 and 2500 ____________words double-spaced including ALL of the following.

BANNED (do not refer directly to any of the following):
The word or any derivative of the word “vampire”
Fangs
Bangs
Bats
Dissolving specters
Mist
Royalty
Tuxedos
Pale skin
The phrase “blood-red”
Biting
Black clothing
Pale skin
A direct reference to sunrise
Crucifixes
Stakes
Turning into dust

YOUR STORY MUST HAVE:

_____ A detailed description of how it feels to be controlled by someone. (CONTROL 2)

_____ Some form of the word “Blood” must be in the title in some form. _______________________________________________

_____ An overheard rant must be present in the story. This rant must address a kind of metaphorical vampirism that you identify as a problem in our world today. (RANT)

_____ You must use only one setting which must be described in detail using all five senses, and the setting you use must be large enough to get lost in.

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_____ The story must span twenty-four hours or less. ________________________________________________________________

_____ The person telling the story is obsessed with something, anything. He or she must make at least ten references to his or her obsession. ____________________________________________________ (OBS 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)

_____ 15 references to body language in at least three different points in the story (BL 1-15)

_____ There must be at least one reference to a slight touch that means something significant. (TOUCH)

_____ A detailed description of the bodies of two characters: one must be a metaphorical vampire. (BODY 1, 2)

***Please note that any omissions from the list of required content will result in a grade penalty***

Your paper should be typed in Times New Roman 12 with 1-inch margins and be between 1000 and 2500 ____________words double-spaced including ALL of the following.

____ (JUST)Be sure to justify the existence of your zombies. (I.e.: a toxic spill, radiation from outer space, a mutated strain of smallpox…etc.). Be sure to get the details of this justification across to your readers. You might have a character read something from a newspaper or watch something on television or encounter someone on “the inside” who can tell them the story. It doesn’t matter how they find out, but the explanation must be there and must be coherent.

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____ (MET)Make sure your justification for the zombies can function as a metaphor. In other words, identify a kind of “zombie” in our culture and exaggerate it. Think of children playing video games or people talking on their cell phones or steroid junkies or zombies addicted to online poker. There are plenty of things that remind us of zombies in day to day life. As a writer in this genre you are simply emphasizing the zombie-esqueness of daily living. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Since good horror cannot be effective without a touch of camp, your story will be required to include the following campy attributes:

____ 3 references to other zombie narratives (please footnote your sources (REF 1,2,3)

____ 3 horror movie clichés (the more you camp this up, the better (CLICHE 1,2,3)

____ and one character must ask: “Is somebody there?”(Put this phrase in bold in your story)

In order for all of our zombie stories to be collectable, they must share something in common. In this class, we will focus on days of collective observance. Therefore, a holiday ____________________________ must be going on during the story and the title ______________________________________________________________________ of your story must be connected with the holiday you’re working with.

(AD DESC) ____ You will be required to include a detailed description of a real-world advertisement in your story that must at some point be analyzed by one of your characters. This can take the form of a dramatic monologue, a conversation between two people, a narrative rant, or it can actually function as a key part of your plot.

(ARGUE) ____ You must argue something about what that ad is designed to do, what it wants its viewers to want.

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____ You must make at least 6 references to the ad. (AD1, AD2, AD3, AD, AD, AD6)

***Please note that any omissions from the list of required content will result in a grade penalty***

Your paper should be typed in Times New Roman 12 with 1-inch margins and be between 1000 and 2500 ____________words double-spaced adhering to ALL of the following:

____ Your title must contain an emotion. ____________________________________________________

____ The emotion in your title must be projected onto an inanimate object. (OBJ)

____ The inanimate object must cause the main character to experience a problem. (PROB)

____ Use all 5 of the senses 5 times each (TASTE1,2,3,4,5), (SMELL1,2,3,4,5), (SOUND1,2,3,4,5), (SIGHT1,2,3,4,5), (TOUCH1,2,3,4,5)

____ Have an ambitious character. Explain: ____________________________________________________

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____ Have a nervous character. Explain: ______________________________________________________

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