Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Ms B comment

Hi Jerome

hope all is ok.

your research study could be really good, so if you are able to get to see the films, and start making notes that would be great.

if you need any advice, put a posting up on your blog and I will respond.

Take care
Ms B

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Revenge Films: The Brave One




The Brave One (Neil Jordan, 2007)




Synopsis: A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.




Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Initial Proposal 3

1. Which topic area is this proposal for?
Women and Film

2. What is the suggested focus?
Representation of female protaganists in revenge films

3. Do you have an idea for a question/problematic?
Explore the representation of female protaganists in revenge films

4. Why would you choose this?
It's more interesting than the stereotypical male revenge characters

5. Do you have any concerns or are there any limitations to this proposal?
Finding the right amount of films i can use might be a problem, but it probably won't be

6. Can you rate it on a sliding scale 1- 5 (5 being great proposal, 0 being lousy proposal)
4

Initial Proposal 2

1. Which topic area is this proposal for?
Crime and the Media

2. What is the suggested focus?
Representation of serial killers in CSI

3. Do you have an idea for a question/problematic?
Not yet

4. Why would you choose this?
I have access to all the CSI programmes

5. Do you have any concerns or are there any limitations to this proposal?
Too broad?

6. Can you rate it on a sliding scale 1- 5 (5 being great proposal, 0 being lousy proposal)
3.5

Initial Proposal

1. Which topic area is this proposal for?
Crime and the Media

2. What is the suggested focus?
Representation of drugs in Cinema

3. Do you have an idea for a question/problematic?
Is the representation of drugs in cinema a realistic portrayal of our society? Or is it an influence?

4. Why would you choose this?
I've already watched a lot of films with drug abused potrayed in them

5. Do you have any concerns or are there any limitations to this proposal?
Maybe a bit too broad as I'll have to use a lot of examples from a lot of films

6. Can you rate it on a sliding scale 1- 5 (5 being great proposal, 0 being lousy proposal)
3.5

Monday, February 11, 2008