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TOTW 19/08: TOTW questionnaire!
Penthesilea:
Hiya BetterMostians :)
After a longer than planned hiatus, the TOTW is back! :D
This week, I don't have a new Brokeback Mountain related topic, but a short questionnaire about the feature of the TOTW itself.
Since I'm a day late and I want to give everybody who's interested the chance to chime in with their opinion, I will let this topic/questionnaire run for two weeks!
There may be some changes regarding the TOTW in the future and therefore I need your input. I hope as many people as possible will participate and have their say, because I want to make the TOTW not (only) for my personal pleasure, but for all BetterMostians who are interested in discussing the movie and short story.
Additionally to the questionnaire, every idea is welcome! Be it a suggestion for a topic, an idea for a different procedure or whatever. I'm also looking forward to (positive or negative) constructive criticism.
Answer as many questions as you want (the more, the merrier for me). Answer as short or as detailed as you want. Some questions can be answered by a simple yes or no, but you're welcome to elaborate further.
:DI thank everybody for their participation! :D
Penthesilea
Moderator Open Forum
Penthesilea:
1) Movie vs. short story
Over the last year, the focus of the different topics was more on the movie than the short story. We had some topics which were „story only“, and many which could be discussed from both viewpoints, movie or story related. Sometimes both are congruent, sometimes they give different POVs.
Do you want the TOTW to focus more often on the short story?
2) Symbolism
Symbolism: some BetterMostians are big on discussing symbolisms in both, movie and story, others think it has been taken much too far anyway and are not (very) interested in them. I plan to have a SOTW (Symbolism of the Week) from time to time (we had only one so far).
What's your general take on symbolism discussions? Interested or not?
3) Polls
Do you think I should include polls to the TOTW more often than done before?
4) Frequency
Do you think we should have a fresh TOTW every week? Or would you prefer a different span of time (which? biweekly, monthly, ....?)
5) Scene vs. character discussion
In general: do you prefer more scene-driven topics or more character driven topics? Examples: „What do you make of the Maybe Texas scene?“ for a scene-driven topic. „Was ;Mr. Twist homophobic?“ for a character-driven topic. Do you have any preference at all?
6) Would you like to discuss speculative topics?
While discussion is often speculative and there is no definite answer to many topics about the movie/story, there are some questions which are speculative on a higher level.
Examples: „Do you think Ennis would have come around if Jack hadn't died?“ is far less speculative than „Do you think they kept each others postcards?“ because for the first question we have starting points and many clues from the movie/story, whereas there is much less manifest material about the second question.
7)What else?
You have more to say? I forgot an important question? You do have an idea? You want to tell me what you like or don't like about the TOTW feature? Go on, here's the place for it!
BTW, this is the most important part of the questionnaire to me. To find out things I don't think of myself!
I'm only one person, but the joint efforts of many people sure will bring out many good aspects.
BelAir:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on July 15, 2008, 01:08:44 pm ---
After a longer than planned hiatus, the TOTW is back! :D
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Oh yeah! I was starting to get worried, lol!
::)
BelAir:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on July 15, 2008, 01:10:10 pm ---Do you want the TOTW to focus more often on the short story?
Symbolism: some BetterMostians are big on discussing symbolisms in both, movie and story, others think it has been taken much too far anyway and are not (very) interested in them. I plan to have a SOTW (Symbolism of the Week) from time to time (we had only one so far).
What's your general take on symbolism discussions? Interested or not?
Do you think I should include polls to the TOTW more often than done before?
Do you think we should have a fresh TOTW every week? Or would you prefer a different span of time (which? biweekly, monthly, ....?)
In general: do you prefer more scene-driven topics or more character driven topics? Examples: „What do you make of the Maybe Texas scene?“ for a scene-driven topic. „Was ;Mr. Twist homophobic?“ for a character-driven topic. Do you have any preference at all?
Would you like to discuss speculative topics? While discussion is often speculative and there is no definite answer to many topics about the movie/story, there are some questions which are speculative on a higher level.
Examples: „Do you think Ennis would have come around if Jack hadn't died?“ is far less speculative than „Do you think they kept each others postcards?“ because for the first question we have starting points and many clues from the movie/story, whereas there is much less manifest material about the second question.
You have more to say? I forgot an important question? You do have an idea? You want to tell me what you like or don't like about the TOTW feature? Go on, here's the place for it!
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I don't participate in the TOTW all that much - but I always read the topic and give something passing thought to it at least... my general less than 2 cents opinion is that all of the above are fine, as long as there is variety!
;)
brokeplex:
1) Movie vs. short story - Do you want the TOTW to focus more often on the short story? I prefer discussions of the film. I do think that it is important not to mix the two in discussion without making note of the change of reference.
2) Symbolism - What's your general take on symbolism discussions? Interested or not? Discussions of symbology are interesting, and can contribute to a more complete understanding of the film or the short story.
3) Polls - I am not particularly interested in polls of Brokeback Mountain topics.
4) Frequency - Do you think we should have a fresh TOTW every week? Or would you prefer a different span of time (which? biweekly, monthly, ....?) Weekly TOTW is about right, although some discussions may take longer than one week and consideration for a "hot topic" might be made.
5) Scene vs. character discussion - both are interesting, I personally enjoy a discussion of the visual structure of the film the most
6) Would you like to discuss speculative topics? I am not sure what a speculative topic is
7)What else? nothing
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