For the draft due in class Monday, I expanded my proposal and had a draft of about four pages with a strong outline for the rest of the paper. I began selecting still images to use in my presentation. Yes, there’s a long way to go before submitting a final paper I’m proud of, but I feel confident given the adjustments Professor Frank has made to our schedule and the extensive time she’s given us during finals weeks to work on it. My focus between now and Monday, when I’ll give my in class presentation, is to, well, focus on the presentation.
From a 20 minute oral presentation on 8 pages of writing I gave at a conference a couple weekends ago, I know the time we’re given is not a lot. As I’m planning to show images, I need to allow time for transitions between slides and explanation. After consulting with my co-panelist, Drew, I think I’m going to provide an overview of the themes I’m analyzing rather than focusing on an individual section:
- introduce adaptations of Alice to get audience thinking about their preconceived notions
- quickly narrow to Tim Burton’s film adaptation
- highlight differences between text and film
- examine differences between Carroll’s 7 year old Alice and Burton’s 19 year old Alice
After preparing and practicing my presentation, I’ll make adjustments and decisions on what I can cut (not worried about being unable to fill time). From there, I’ll take class suggestions/questions into account and alter my presentation for the symposium (written before update to schedule) while continuing to work on my paper.
Other tasks: I need to locate a specific source on the function of film adaptations. What do films do that texts can’t? I also just received notice that a book I requested on Alice adaptations just came in, so I’m looking forward to being able to supplement my other sources/info with that.
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