15.03.12 [13 months to go]

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - Film of play, separate, very little similarity between the two.

14.03.12 [13 months to go]

Planning to sit down and get my proposal form finished today/tonight.

Plays into Films:
- The History Boys

09.03.12 [13 months to go]

Coffee and catch up with a friend (a drama student), discussion of dissertation. Suggestion of plays to films:
- God of Carnage
- Memory of Water

06.03.12 [13 months to go]

Short discussion with tutor in seminar on dissertation: using Samuel Beckett's filmed work.

Chapter ideas:
- Comparison between two mediums as entertainment; filmed theatre vs. adapted plays.

- Musicals: Spectacle; differences in art form; receptive audience.

- New technology: dawn of social media, ie. Youtube, Team Starkid; Cinemas as theatres - NT performances broadcast, as well as Opera and Ballet.

Organisation:
- Blog set up and running
- Pocket folder for official dissertation information, ie. Undergraduate Major Project Module Guide, guidelines, etc.
- Box file sorted; being organised

03.03.12 [13 months to go]

23rd March
Due: Undergraduate Major Project Proposal Form

Aims:
- To fine-tune my current written plan.
- Add in a more critical approach.
- Be specific about what it is I'm aiming to explore in this dissertation, whilst still keeping a broad picture.
- To re-write and finish my draft proposal.
- Include all elements that I'm planning on incorporating, ie. Practical supplement.

Also:
- Organise a dissertation folder.
- Buy a dissertation box file for frequent filling with vague and almost-relevant articles and texts.
- Research textual transformation theorists.
- Invent a witty title.

02.03.12 [13 months to go]

I am Hatti.

I am a 2nd Year/Level 2 BA (Hons) Drama and Film Studies student.

(Although I'd prefer it to be in reverse-alphabetical order)

I have just entered the DISSERTATION ZONE.

A lonely place, inhabited largely by myself and my laptop.

And the occasional text book and Harry Potter reference.

My intended topic: The Textual Transformation and Adaptation Of Plays Into Films.

This is the intended base of my dissertation. I am fully aware that this may change, vary and expand within the next year, but I hope to keep at least within the vicinity of this topic. As a combined-honours student, I wanted to bring together both sides of my degree but keeping the focus within Film Studies, as I'll be pursuing a career within that particular industry. Its an area I find particularly interesting, but I'm still learning about so hopefully, this means these next 13 months will be really quite enjoyable.

On the recommendation of my Undergraduate Major Project module leader, I have set up my own blog to keep track of any ideas, bibliography notes, log notes, and just general brain rambles.