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Despite earlier in the semester, I wanted to edit the article on Blair Witch Project groundbreaking internet viral campaign I've changed my mind and kept an open minded on other possible film topics to talk about in this class. Articles on the Blair Witch Project were fully written well and there was not much I could find on the director of The Blair Witch Project. This may not still be a hundred percent yet but here are my top 10 scholarly resources to use on the possibility of re-editing an article on exploitation in film. There is also a possibility I will look into the Wikipedia article on Covid Impact on Film how the Corona Virus Pandemic had impact on filmmaking and movie theaters had to close and shut down because of how bd the virus was. This one has been a little tricky on to find scholarly articles on because we are still living in this time period and still not a lot of history on that. It amazes me and shocks me that article is in need for room for improvement.
Top 10 Sources
1.) No parents, no church, no authorities in our films: exploitation movies, the youth audience, and Roger Corman's counterculture trilogy - Document - Gale Academic OneFile (esc.edu)
2.) Down South: Regional Exploitation Films, Southern Audiences, and Hillbilly ...: EBSCOhost (esc.edu)
3.) Resisting refinement: the exploitation film and self-censorship.: EBSCOhost (esc.edu)
4.) Blaxploitation horror films: generic reappropriation or reinscription? - Document - Gale Academic OneFile (esc.edu)
5.) ProQuest Ebook Central - Reader
6.) Of Drugs and Droogs: Cultural Dynamics, Psychopharmacology, and Neuroscience in Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange - ProQuest (esc.edu)
7.) Zombie movies the ultimate guide - SUNY Empire State College (exlibrisgroup.com)
8.) Blaxploitation horror films: generic reappropriation or reinscription? - Document - Gale Academic OneFile (esc.edu)
9.) ProQuest Ebook Central - Reader
10.) Her Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film on JSTOR (esc.edu)
