2,500 word essay:
1. Discuss and critically analyse the view that "with successful adaptation, the original work is transformed into something new and different, although retaining many traces of what it was formerly" with reference to at least one text adapted for broadcast on television.
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2. Analyse the implication of online journalism and the extent to which "we are all journalists now", making reference to examples of both traditional broadcast journalism and citizen journalism.
10th November 1500 - 1600 hr
Draft submission of essay - hard copy - properly formatted using Harvard.
15th December 1000 - 1100hr
Final submission of essay - hard copy - submitted through turnitin
Question 1:
What is the question asking you to consider?
- are all adaptions successful in making the original work new and different?
- Does it ruin the original work?
- Does it make the original work better or worse?
- Does it keep some of the original work?
- Is it made completely new and different without any ties to the original?
What television broadcast/s could you consider referencing as case studies?
- pride and prejudice - book to bbc tv series to film
- a series of unfortunate events - book - film - tv
- Poirot, Miss Marple - Agatha Christie books - tv
- Game of Thrones
- 13 Reasons Why
- Orange is the New Black
- Lucifer
- Dexter
- Sherlock
How viable is this as a choice?
- quite??
What are the challenges in answering this option and using your chosen case study?
- comparing adaptations to the originals
- remaining unbiased - may really like a tv show which may bias opinion on how successful the adaptation is?
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Class feedback:
What is the question asking you to consider?
- original form has to be book - translated to tv
- 'successful' - subjective term - need to qualify what it means
- how well received - box-office / barb
- re- commissioned
- many different adaptations / frequently adapted
- critical response
- imdb / rotten tomatoes / broadcast magazines / athens
- define adaptation - translation from book to tv screen
- retaining traces of what it was formerly - plot - characters - tone
- transforming into something new and different - modernised? changes in treatment? technology?
How viable is this choice?
- viewing the material
Question 2:
What is the question asking you to consider?
- impact of user generated content
- is citizen journalism becoming more prevalent in online journalism
- in what ways is citizen journalism used in online journalism? Twitter? Submitting things to BBC?
How viable is this as a choice?
- very
What are the challenges in answering this option and using your chosen case study?
- arguing both sides of the question
- are we all journalists now? how reliable is citizen journalism? etc etc
Class feedback:
- misrepresentation
- everyone isn't a trained journalist
Questions to ask when analysing your case studies:
what has influenced the nature of this media product? its character: physical / visual
who made it artist / designer?
creative / critical / conceptual / technological / science bound and connect to contemporary or traditional modes of practice and cultural developments
processes / techniques / scale of production
audience / consumer demographic / users / viewers of creative product
critical reception of piece of media - reviews, articles, critical writings, papers, catalogues, books, periodicals, specialist publications
find out intention or motivation of creator / personal project or a small / mass scale piece of work
who's interest does the media product serve?
who benefits from it being made and does its production support an ideological position?
was it part of a propaganda campaign? pro something?
what are the meanings generated by the adaptation or news piece?
what are the social and cultural mechanisms of communication (symbolic / visual / formal / textual / textural / auditory / verbal )
what are the connotations and meanings being formed? - are these regenerated - intended or not
reviews / papers or re-readings of meaning after time has evolved or after other cultural or global changes e.g. political
intertextual relationship that exists now between all media products in culture - books, gaming, cinema, small screen, online etx - they can refer to and connect to one another and help to frame ideas and understanding and reinforce one another.
clarify and expand knowledge - develop rich case studies - relevant and interesting examples of creative output to elaborate around and theorise around.
Planning your written work:
- internet your question / topic
- research and create plan
- plan intro, begin to draft
- create and maintain reference list
- proof read, edit and refine reference list
Critical writing:
- clear and confident refusal to accept the conclusions of other writers without evaluating the arguments and evidence they provide
- balanced presentation of reasons why the conclusions of other writers may be accepted or may need to be treated with caution
- a clear presentation of your own evidence and argument leading to your conclusion
- recognition of the limitations in your own evidence, argument and conclusion
- avoid overly descriptive writing
- descriptive writing does not develop an argument - just setting background within an argument
- descriptive = not presenting analysis or discussion
- descriptive = just reporting ideas - not taking them forward
- critical writing - debating, arguing, weighing up evidence
- consider quality of evidence and argument
Referencing:
- Referencing is a formal academic convention which allows for the acknowledgement of the use of other people's ideas and work.
- paraphrase, summarise, quote - cite where info is found - harvard referencing
- identify key positive and negative aspects you can comment upon
- assess their relevance and usefulness to the debate
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