The Monday morning lessons have kept being interesting, bringing in new guests each week and listening to their experiences. The latest guest, Rory WT, was particularly interesting to me, as his projects had an artstyle and direction closer to what I’d be interested in working on someday.
The afternoon lessons have been dedicated to understanding the work we have to do, and furthering our ideas and concepts. First, we had to pick a specific work to focus our essay on, that drives our idea forward. As I’m focusing on long-running franchises, and what they do to remain relevant for long periods of time, I decided to talk about my favorite animated movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. It came out over 50 years after Spider-Man’s inception, and it prides itself of its series’ history through its use of characters, references, plot devices and more.
By thinking about its 5 Ws, the ways it proves and expands on my point, and finding four images that further show what I mean, I feel like I have a better understanding of what I’m trying to prove.
I’m not entirely clear on the literature review or the video essay yet, but I’ll try understanding and making progress in both of them.