Blog 20

Christopher Caruso

Blog #20

1. state your focus (what you are studying)
2. state your research questions (what you hope to find)
3. state why your project/questions are important to writing studies
4. tell/talk about the reference (research essay) you will include in your literature review
5. say what your reference(s) show about 1, 2, & 3

1. Christopher's focus is to find a solid answer behind the validity of the general discourse that the written format of storytelling is superior to the visual and audio cinematic format of storytelling.  On top of this, do the way the individuals read and process the information presented in books versus the way that those same individual "read" and process the information presented in movies have any contributing factors to this notion?

2. Christopher's questions are:  How true is the stereotype that movie adaptations do not live up to the same level of enjoyment as the original literary stories that they are based off of?  Do the way that people read and process information given to them in the written text of literature verses the way that people view and process the information given to them in the more visual and audible cinematic format play in roles at all in the way that people enjoy one format of entertainment over the other?

3.  Because the course largely dedicates itself to the way that people read, take in, and process information, it is important to cover the various different ways that people "read" the content that is given to them, whether it be more text based or multi-sensory based.  Also, finding an answer to the question of whether movies or books are better may play a role in how our society's future novelists and script-writers approach their projects in the future.

4.  As of now, Christopher has all of his personal interviews completed and out of the way.  For the time being, Chris only has two sources.  The first is a single chapter from the book Understanding New Media, which talks mostly about the different ways that cinema affects society.  The other source is an article from TIME Magazine called "Books vs. Movies" which, as the title suggests, takes a detailed look of cinema and literature side by side.  Chris feels as if some of his sources are lacking and wishes to try to find some more sources on how people process information.

5.  All of these sources will relate about his main focus.  This is because they actually play a role in dissecting the functions and inner workings of cinema, as well as literature to an extent,  and reflect how these forms of media make an impact on our society.