Blog 21

I am still working on making my introduction stronger but this is the part of the essay that I would like a little more feedback on.

Recently there has been more of an interest in the connections between film and novels. Throughout the book, A Theory of Adaptation by Linda Hutcheon with Siobban O’Flynn, the authors discuss different theories of adaptation and exactly what adaptation is.  The book discusses different forms of adaptation with examples of novels to films, novels to stage, screenplay to novels, etc.  A Theory of Adaptation also discusses the appeal of adaptation and why it works and what the point of it really is.

What seems to be  missing in this book is how viewers view adaptation.  Yes, there are

discussions of  how each work or don't work but there isn't one big section set aside for the people who read a novel and see the film that it has been adapted into.  Hutcheon and O'Flynn did include an epilogue where  they do discuss how adaptation is perceived but to me, it isn't enough to help authors and adapters figure out the right way to adapt a work is.

In this paper, I will be discussing the connection of adaptation between novels and films by  focusing on how viewers of both feel how the works get adapted.  Whether they like or dislike how their favorite novel gets adapted into film.

Blog 20

Interview Protocol:

Today, I will be asking you a few questions about how you feel about the connection between adaptation between novel and film.  I appreciate with you meeting with me today and if there is anytime throughout this interview, you feel uncomfortable, please let me know and we can stop.  The only group of people who would be seeing this interview will be my faculty advisor and classmates and you will be anonymous throughout the study.  Again, thank you for your participation.

1) How are you doing today?

2) Have you read a novel and see the film that was adapted from the novel?

3) Can you tell me a story of a time where you did see a film of a novel you read?  Like for an example - what were your thoughts throughout the film?  Did you keep comparing it to the novel?

4) Did you like the novel or film better?

5) Can you explain to me why one was better than the other?

6) If you could have made changes to the film, would you? and what would those changes be?

7) Have you ever read a novel, only because there was an adapted film of that novel coming out?

8) Do you believe that you should read the novel first before watching the film?

9) (follow up question) Can you explain to me why?

10) If you are ever to be a writer, would you want to write the actual novel or the adapted screenplay of the novel?

11) Do you think words change going from paper to onscreen?

12) If there was any advice you could give to an author or adapter, coming from a viewer, what would that be?

Blog 19

What I am planning on working on in Thursday's class is my interview protocol and introduction to the research paper.  I will also be looking over my reference book A Theory of Adaptation because I need to grab some more examples to use in my research paper.  I need to work on my interview protocol, basically I believe just to reorganize my questions and also to reword the questions to make them more concrete to get longer answers from my participants.  Also, maybe add one or a couple of  more questions.  I also want to work on my introduction to make it stronger and to add some more from my reference book.

Blog 18

In my short analysis, I believe overall that it could have been stronger but for this being my first analysis paper like this, I think I did a good job.  I believe that I stayed on topic throughout the paper where normally I sometimes move away from the topic.  Writing this short analysis, I think, got me ready to write the research paper.

Rubric:

quality of the research question - 18/20
I believe I have a strong research question where throughout the paper, I always went back to it.  I do think there could be a little more improvement in the question. 

developed categories of analysis relevant to the data and to the research question 15/20
I don't know if I have strong enough categories throughout the paper but I did have some that were relevant to the data and research question.

relevant, effective examples to demonstrate what the categories show with respect to the research question 16/20 
Even thought I didn't have strong enough categories, I did bring out examples from the transcript that related to my research question.

clear, direct statements of what the examples show with respect to the research question 9/10
I believe I have strong statements that show how my examples I picked out from the transcript relate to my research question.  I think this was one of the strongest things for me to do.

clear, logical organization appropriate for writing studies research essays 10/10
I believe my organization through this paper is appropriate for writing studies.  I had my introduction, data and analysis, and then my conclusion. 

conclusion  sums up findings and reflects on limitations of the analysis and/or further possibilities for study 7/10
I think my conclusion could have been stronger with a much stronger ending to this paper. 

grammar/readability 9/10 
I may have a few errors but I don't believe that they interrupt what I was trying to say throughout the paper. 

Overall = 84/100

Post 17

  Recently there has been more of an interest in the connections between film and novels. Throughout the book, A Theory of Adaptation by Linda Hutcheon with Siobban O’Flynn, the authors discuss different theories of adaptation and exactly what adaptation is.  The book discusses different forms of adaptation with examples of novels to films, novels to stage, screenplay to novels, etc.  A Theory of Adaptation also discusses the appeal of adaptation and why it works and what the point of it really is.
What seems to be missing in this book is how viewers view adaptation. Yes, there are discussion of how each work or don't work but there isn't one big section set aside for the people who read a novel and see the film that it has been adapted into. Hutcheon and O'Flynn did include and epilogue where they do discuss how adaptation is perceived but to me, it isn't enough to help authors and adapters out the right way to adapt a work is.
      In this paper, I will be discussing the connection of adaptation between novels and films.  Also,to see how the viewers of both feel how things get adapted.  If they either like how their favorite novel gets adapted or does not like what the film ends up portraying.

Blog 16

I found that the oral history interview went well.  It was a good practice because I am planning on doing interviews for my research project.  Kristina and I interviewed each other about Halloween.  It seemed that there were no one word answers throughout the interviews because it seemed that both of us enjoyed the interview about Halloween and we each had our own stories to tell to answer the questions we had for each other.  I believe it helps that both the interviewee and interviewer are interested in the topic that the interview is being done of because it will get more answers from the interviewee which can help the interviewer get lots of information for their research.

Throughout the interview, I realized that it would be better to have a few pre-planned questions to ask.  If there is ever a pause where no one knows how to continue, having pre-planned questions help throughout the interview by giving the interviewer a chance to ask a question that can start up another conversation and by that one pre-planned question can turn into other questions depending on the interviewee's answers.

This interview also helped me learn my recording device that I would be using for when I record interviews. At first, I wasn't sure if the sound on the recorder would be clear enough for me to be able to transcribe later on but with this practice, I was able to see if I needed the volume higher or lower.  Kristina and I both had to make sure that we each knew how to save our recordings if we need them for a later time, so that we can get the information that we would need.  In the end, it seemed that both of our recorders (after finding hers) worked and I will be ready to record the interviews that I will be taking.

Not only did seeing if my recorder worked did this practice help me but also to see if I need quietness during the interview or not.  During this interview with Kristina, I realized that we both lost focus when asking questions if there was a noise or if the door kept opening and closing.  This helps me realize that I need to, when I have my interview, be in a quiet area where there will be less noise so that there are less distractions.