This section of the Film Studies Research Guide provides assistance on many special topics in film studies. The pages address particular questions and list key resources on those topics. You can access the topic pages from the main navigation bar above or from the links below. The links are listed in alphabetical order. AnimationProposal. Definition: A proposal is a formal document or presentation that describes a plan, idea, or project and seeks to persuade others to support or adopt it. Proposals are commonly used in business, academia, and various other fields to propose new initiatives, solutions to problems, research studies, or commercial ventures. As with any research paper, your proposed study should inform the reader how and in what ways the study will be conducted. frame the problem. Inability to develop a coherent and convincing argument for the proposed research. This is crucial. In many workplaces, the research proposal is a formal document intended to explain why a study,