Week 1
Nigel introduced us to the new unit and how it would be more related to experimental animations. He also told us about the research submission that we have to submit at the end of the term. The research is going to be about a proposal we have of an idea that we need to come up with and it could be related to our final major project.
Week 2
Nigel talked to us about experimental animation and a few projects relating to that. He also advised us regarding our thesis proposal and he told us to start thinking of a topic.
Week 3
I missed Nigel’s class as I wasn’t feeling well, but I heard from my classmates that he mainly told everyone how to go about writing a research paper and how it should be structured. He showed the class various YouTube videos regarding the same. He also
Week 4
I missed Nigel’s class, but I heard from my classmates that he mainly told everyone how to go about writing a research framework.
Week 5
I missed Nigel’s class, but I heard from my classmates that he mainly showed the class various YouTube videos.
Week 6
I missed Nigel’s class again lol
Week 7
As usual missed his class yet again lmao
Week 8
For this week each of us had to present our potential thesis topic ideas. We had a one to one session booked with him. My slot was the following week.
Week 9
In my tutorial session with Nigel, I was able to talk to him about my potential thesis topic. I wanted to do something related to superheroes as they meant a lot to me while growing up. The topic I proposed to him was “The societal impact of superhero films in this day and age”. Although my topic was addressing environmental issues, Nigel told me it was better to stick to a certain topic, for example gender roles in Marvel Superhero films. I got good feedback on how I should structure my thesis proposal and I definitely needed more research to get insights on what the main headings should be. Nigel was happy with my references and told me I was heading in the right direction in this aspect.
Week 10
Need to check
Week 11
In Nigel’s class he told us about our thesis proposal submission this term. He told us the structure we needed to follow and also where to get good references from. Apart from Google Scholar, Animation studio was also a good website.
Week 12
In this class Nigel mainly told us a bit about the history of animation and how it came to be in the UK.
Week 13
Nigel didn’t tell us much in this class, he mainly again spoke to us about our thesis proposals and what all it must contain. He went about the structure of it and told us the importance of a literature review. Then he showed us the slots that each of us had, as we had one to one tutorials with him next week online. Nigel asked us to prepare a basic document so that he can get a sense of what we want to write and whether or not we were headed in the right direction in terms of the proposal. I wanted to do something related to the Marvel Superhero Universe and I thought it’d be a good idea to write about the diversity inclusion in the Marvel franchise over the years. The best example that came to mind would be Captain America getting replaced by a black Hawkeye. There are many other heroes whose storyline kept getting changed or added with different characters. Nigel was happy with my topic idea but said I needed further research to substantiate the same for my proposal.
Week 14
I missed this class
Week 15
I was part of the first batch that had one to one tutorial session with Nigel and this class was online. For the first time Nigel gave me firm approval for the topic I had and he told me I was progressing well with it.
Week 16
This week the other batch had one to one tutorials and I progressed a bit on my thesis proposal by getting in two headings that I wanted.
Week 17
I missed his class, but my classmates told me that Nigel basically was helping us out with our thesis proposals, in case we needed help with it.
Week 18
Nigel basically had a one to one tutorial session again, and we could book with him if we wanted to. I was still progressing with my thesis proposal and thought I’d show him my progress next week.
Week 19
I missed class lol
Week 20
Nigel had a final one to one session with us.
Final Thoughts and Reflection
Here is the link to my final thesis proposal:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l9gOOG9A3fJxgq9axCRmk4l6UMG96S3i/view?usp=sharing