I just stumbled across a Website (www.filmpapers.com) that provides pre-written papers to film students--for $10 per page. The site is obviously a paper mill for cheaters, but it does provide this disclaimer: "Question : Can I Copy From Your Papers ? "Not a chance - Copying the ideas of other film critics gets film students into REELS of trouble! Any words, ideas, thoughts, or concepts - derived from OUR movie reviews and film analyses MUST be properly-cited in your own report or term paper as originating from The Paper Store. Film students with questions about proper referencing should email us and/or consult with their instructor. Filmpapers.com is here to HELP you write your own analysis faster, better, and with the research tools you need to succeed!" How many students are going to fork out $50 for a 5-page paper and then cite "words, ideas, thoughts or concepts" as being written by "The Paper Store"? To see what sort of topics they offer, I did a keyword search on "film noir" and came up with the following results (see below). This is just the first page of dozens of papers. And, if you don't like their pre-written papers, they'll write a custom one for you on any topic. I have colleagues that use software to find cheaters and plagiarists, but I doubt it would detect these papers because their text is not online. You'd have to order (at $10 per page) copies of hundreds of papers in order to check for plagiarism. Online paper mills such as this seriously jeapordize the process of student paper-writing. Although if the following clumsy, improperly punctuated sentence from their Website is any indication of the quality of the papers, we may have nothing to worry about. "Any words, ideas, thoughts, or concepts - derived from OUR movie reviews and film analyses MUST be properly-cited in your own report or term paper as originating from The Paper Store." -- film noir search -- Film Noir, McCarthyism & Paranoia A 9 page research paper that investigates how film noir responded to McCarthyism. The writer argues that at the basis of both McCarthyism and film noir was... > [ Click here for a FREE description of this paper! ] > [ Click here to purchase & receive this paper TODAY! ] Film Noir/Kiss Me Deadly A 3 page essay/research paper that discusses the mis-en-scene elements of costume and makeup in relation to the opening sequence in a film noir classic. In... > [ Click here for a FREE description of this paper! ] > [ Click here to purchase & receive this paper TODAY! ] The Genre of Film Noir This 10 page report discusses film noir and presents the main characteristics of the genre. The transformations that have occurred in the genre over the pa... > [ Click here for a FREE description of this paper! ] > [ Click here to purchase & receive this paper TODAY! ] Film Noir An 8 page overview of this cinema style. Though the term “film noir” is French, the style originated in America largely following but partially in conju... > [ Click here for a FREE description of this paper! ] > [ Click here to purchase & receive this paper TODAY! ] Film Noir Aspects of “Gilda” (1946) A 10 page paper which examines how this Columbia Pictures’ release characterizes the film noir genre, considering the style of filming and the relationshi... > [ Click here for a FREE description of this paper! ] > [ Click here to purchase & receive this paper TODAY! ] Film Noir/Sunset Blvd. & The Grifters A 5 page research paper that analyzes how both of these films fit into the film noir genre. The writer argues that both films are excellent examples of the... > [ Click here for a FREE description of this paper! ] > [ Click here to purchase & receive this paper TODAY! ] Spatial Strategies Of Film Noir 6 pages in length. The very nature of film noir is to incorporate significant visual contrasts while at the same time portraying the central character as ... > [ Click here for a FREE description of this paper! ] > [ Click here to purchase & receive this paper TODAY! ] McCarthyism and Film Noir This 5 page report discusses the idea that it would be useful to take the idea that film noir evolved in the midst of McCarthyism one more metaphorical l... > [ Click here for a FREE description of this paper! ] > [ Click here to purchase & receive this paper TODAY! ] Personal Aesthetics: Beauty (aka "Beauty" in the Film Noir) (3 pp) If we use these four diverse definitions over time, what conclusions can we make? Desirable. Mental. Mystery. An awareness of perfection... > [ Click here for a FREE description of this paper! ] > [ Click here to purchase & receive this paper TODAY! ] 'Out of the Past': Classical Hollywood Narrative and Film Noir A 5 page paper which discusses the 1947 film, by Tourneur, 'Out of the Past,' as it relates to classical Hollywood and film noir. Bibliography lists 3 so... > [ Click here for a FREE description of this paper! ] -- Jeremy Butler www.ScreenSite.org www.TVCrit.org ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]