Reflective Journal
Week 14
Monday 04-01-2021 to Sunday 10-01-2021
Research Paper Research and Method thoughts
I’ve been thinking some more about my Research Paper. I have worked out what my Thesis Statement will be, and I need to make sure it is consistent with my title and my conclusion – whichever way my conclusion goes, it needs to be agreeing or disagreeing with my Thesis Statement.
So, my Thesis Statement is “I believe that being a Dungeon Master (DM) for Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) is helping develop specific skills that will be helpful to me as a Fiction Film/TV Director”
I need a way to briefly explain what Dungeons and Dragons is for people who don’t know, in an entertaining way. I have an idea how to do this, based on a practise essay that I wrote for my English Language GCSE about hobbies. I wrote a little bit about D&D in a humorous way, and I was pleased with it. I think I can adapt that idea. I think it meets the idea of a hook to make the reader read more, since a little bit of comedy that makes you smile often makes you read more.
I will try to find out if any Directors play, or used to play D&D. I have heard that Jon Favreau plays or played D&D so I can start with him. I find audio-visual information the easiest to absorb, so I will use YouTube a lot. To start with I’m also going to research people in the creative industry generally who play or have played D&D, like actors for example.
