(Sorry about the late post. I've had some computer issues recently and I must have lost track of this)
Anyway, I'm leaning towards doing one of the more creative projects for my final. I thought that the script idea sounded really interesting. I'd like to do that, however, I wasn't sure if it meant to do a full script, or maybe just script out a chapter. If anyone has any information on how long this script should be, or what it should cover, any help would be much appreciated :) Anyway, if I were to do a script, I would probably choose to script out a chapter selected from either Dracula or I Am Legend.
I was also considering doing an illustration or comic. If I did an illustration, I think that I would again either choose Dracula or I Am Legend. I think that both of those novels had thematic elements that could be easily represented in a picture or a comic. For the illustration, I would probably just try to draw something that references the book's thematic elements and important symbols, and if I did a comic, I think that I would most likey try to do short comics for specific scenes from each book. I enjoyed the ending of both Dracula and I Am Legend, and I thought that they were very important to the overall purpose of the books, so if I did a comic, I would probably do the end of one of those books.
Anyway, I'm not really deadset on anything yet, and I'd actually like to experiement with a couple different things before I decide on what to pick. However, if anyone has any feedback or suggestions that might help me decide what to do, or if anyone has any suggestions for interesting scenes to script/comic/draw out, please let me know. Thanks!
The most successful scripts I've seen from students were ones that developed something original or wrote a scene that wasn't necessarily in the original novel. For instance, one student once wrote a great script about Louis and Lestat going to couples therapy. I also had a student who wrote adapted Carmilla to the stage and included monologues from Carmilla herself, and this was a very interesting take on the novel I thought.
ReplyDeleteIllustrations can be very successful if you have artistic talent. I've had students in the past who made poor attempts at drawing. I know that sounds cruel, but just make sure that you actually have real skills before taking on this sort of project. If you don't have drawing skills, there are amazing computer programs out there.