Le Belle et la Bete (1946) review
Le Belle et La Bete by ted stapleton on Scribd
Major Project - Reflective Statement
I think this is one of the toughest projects I have ever undertaken in my time in education. I have felt both scared and stressed out believing I will fail this whole course if I even remotely submitted anything subpar and thus fail at having a career in animation. Not helping was the Covid pandemic which has greatly affected the university, my mental health, my course, my family, among much more. While I think I am likely to pass the course now that I have submitted all the necessary components for my major project, needless to say there is quite a bit I wish I could have done better. The reason I believe for a lot of this was simply time. Some was out of my control other times I feel I could have done something to help myself give a better outcome of the project. I cannot help but feel that while it could've gone a lot worse my project could've been a lot better if I had a bit more time such as having better time management and stopping myself from procrastinating as often....
Hey Ted - a couple of things... My instinct is that you're trying to cover too many ideas within the short space of this review (and the same would be true of an essay). Remember the advice about saying 'more about less' - so picking a key idea (for example 'queer coding' or 'archetypes') and then doing more with the idea and really applying it to specific scenes in the film etc. This review is full of legitimate and interesting observations, but I'd struggle to say what it is 'about'. Something to avoid at all costs... the phrase 'and blog posts from the internet' - my advice is DON'T use blogposts from the internet, because while they might help you understand something or identify something (which you can then follow-up in the library or use to refine your search terms) blog authors are not considered 100% reputable in academic terms because their writing hasn't gone through editorial scrutiny (though this is not always the case). You also just need to watch your use of vocabulary - for example, you write 'The sources I have precluded' - when 'to preclude' something is to omit it. You also slip into the first person here too, which you just need to watch.
ReplyDeleteFinally then, you refer to Vladimir Propp, but do not explain him, define his theories etc. Your reader doesn't understand this reference to why this guy is so integral to discussing the character types in fairy stories. This is what I mean about 'saying more about less' - arguably your whole review could have focused on Proppian archetypes, which would have given you the word count and focus to properly introduce and contextualise his ideas (and then apply them to the film itself).