Undergraduate / Research essay for Ryerson's Radio and Television Arts - confused about format [2]

Hello, I have recently applied for the RTA program at Ryerson and was just doing my required essays and saw that we needed to complete a research essay.

I'm just confused as to the format of the essay and I was wondering If anyone could help me out.

These are the instructions: A 750 to 1000-word research-based essay. You are required to provide supporting research for your arguments. At the end of the essay, you must provide a properly formatted bibliography including two or more scholarly or popular sources, as applicable to your topic. There are many online sites that describe proper scholarly formatting. You must choose one of the following research topics:

The topic I chose was:
Analyze how one "classic" pre-1980 television or radio program has influenced any or all of current media techniques, production values, storytelling and themes

I understand the simple essay format which would be an Intro, 3 body paragraphs and a conclusion, but I'm stuck on how to write about how a certain television show influences "any or all of of current media techniques, production values, storytelling and themes."

The show I decided to use is Spiderman the 1967 animated series.

I'm not to sure on how to structure the essay and how what information to include in the different paragraphs. Primarily in the intro.

Also, Im not sure I understand what they mean by media techniques and production values.

I've tried to find helpful sites on how to structure a research essay but theres not many that I found useful for my situation.

I've never written a research essay before, just comparison essays at school.

Any tips and/or assistance is GREATLY appreciated, as I need to have this finished in two days

Thanks,
Michael Menecola