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TOTW 19/08: TOTW questionnaire!
Ellemeno:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on July 21, 2008, 12:26:14 pm ---
And don't forget that the questionnaire runs for two weeks (till July, 28th). So everybody still can chime in :).
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Chrissi, whyntcha put it on the banner with a link? :) Get a few more respondents.
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: Elle on July 22, 2008, 03:22:47 am ---
Chrissi, whyntcha put it on the banner with a link? :) Get a few more respondents.
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It was on the banner for almost a week. People tend to get "banner blind" is there's the same stuff up all the time. I'll put it up again towards the end of the week and will leave it till Monday evening (your time zone).
Penthesilea:
Hey folks, the fact that I've already gotten some ideas from people's FB doesn't mean I couldn't use more of it! ;D
So here's a *bump* for this thread in the hope more BetterMostians will chime in :).
Front-Ranger:
1) Movie vs. short story
Do you want the TOTW to focus more often on the short story? I like for them both to be mixed together, because that's the way it is in my head!
2) Symbolism
What's your general take on symbolism discussions? Interested or not? Very interested! In fact, when Amanda visited me last week, she pointed out some symbolism in the movie that I had not noticed before! I am particularly interested in symbols in the story that are also used in the movie, but perhaps in a different way.
3) Polls
Do you think I should include polls to the TOTW more often than done before? Polls are good as a change of pace.
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, ....?)Yes, I would love to see a new one every week, sorry if this is making more work for the moderators!
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? I like them all! No preference!
6) Would you like to discuss speculative topics?
Like Lynne, I am less interested in these, probably because my imagination only goes so far!
7)What else? See my answer to question 2!
Brown Eyes:
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?
I personally tend to gravitate towards the film when I think about BBM related questions, when it's left open-ended about whether or not the question relates to the film or story. But, I do think it would be nice to focus on questions exclusively about the story from time to time, because analysis of writing can really be so different from visual/film analysis. And, it might be nice simply for the sake of variety.
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?
You know I love the symbolism!! 8)
3) Polls
Do you think I should include polls to the TOTW more often than done before?
I like the idea of changing the format of TOTW sometimes, again, mainly because variety keeps things fresh and interesting.
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, ....?)
I think weekly works really well. I feel like TOTW keeps Open Forum really lively, active and fresh. Maybe for really complicated topics or topics that really catch people's attention and become popular, bi-weekly could work.
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?
I like the variety in questions. It seems like a good idea to change the type of topic from week to week. For instance, one week have a question about scene anaylsis from the film, the next week have a question about a specific passage or even sentence from the story and the next week have a question about film production, etc. Switching things up I think generates curiosity. I also think variety in the tone of questioning is important. For instance if one week there's a really sad/serious question about the death of a character, etc. then it seems nice to have a more lighthearted question the next week. I say all this about variety, but I should also note that this seems to be how TOTW has been functioning anyway. So, I think it works very well.
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.
I like the speculative questions because they actually seem to reveal a lot about the BetterMostian who's speculating... and how that BetterMostian relates to BBM. It should always be understood, though, that speculative questions are really, really subjective and can't possibly lead to any singular "correct" answer.
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.
Chirssi I think the TOTW concept is so, so good. You know I've complimented you and Open Forum for this feature for a long time. As I've mentioned in these answers, I think it does such a good job at keeping Open Forum fresh. One thing that I really like too is that you often find your questions and topics from BetterMostians who suggest them to you. I think that's a great idea to continue since it leads to even more participation.
Great job in generaly. And, Yeehaw for TOTW! :D
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