Hello again,
For the past week and a bit, I’ve been having proper lectures and seminars. So far, we’ve mainly had introductions to the course modules and everything is becoming a bit more interesting. We’re learning about different interpersonal communication skills in Communication Studies and beginning to look at how well adaptations relate to source texts in Adaptation (surprise, surprise). I’m also doing two other modules – Writing For Different Purposes and Media Journalism & Society, and the ball is just starting to roll with those too but I’ll save the details for a later post.
One of the first assessments we have is in Adaptation, where we have to pitch an adaptation on a fairytale to the rest of the class – in groups, not independantly. I’m quite excited about this, despite the fact that my knowledge on fairytales is hardly extensive; tragically I’m not a massive fan of Disney which has adapted pretty much every fairytale in some way. My group are keen to come up with an adaptation of a story that hasn’t been adapted before (if any exist!) or at least not too many times. Currently, we’re at the very start of the whole process – having only got the brief today. We have a ‘mock’ assessment of it in a couple of weeks, and will do the final presentation in November I believe.
University is a great step-up from college but one I’m really glad to have taken. The lecturers seem really interested in what they’re talking about and are generally really engaging which is excellent for someone like myself who has problems listening to a dull voice for longer than a couple of minutes.
Thanks for reading and if you have already followed or plan to, it’s greatly appreciated.
Hannah x
