15/11/12 - Supervisor

This should be a two part post by the end of the day.

I have a meeting at half 3 with my newly assigned supervisor Robin Sloan so what I've been doing this morning is getting a good idea of what i want to talk to him about.
 The first thing I'll probably need to do is give a quick run down of my  recent presentation as he couldn't make it to Crit week then I'll probably go through my plan of attack. If he has any suggestions on how to improve it or if he has any advice on articles that might be relevant I'd be very interested to hear.

The main thing i think I'll try and talk about it how I'm doing with my proposal. At present i have about a third of my word count but that's purely my plan for structure and things i need to say which is a little worrying. I want to ask how much i need to include of the research I've been doing and how much i should be saving for the actual dissertation. I also think i need some guidance when it comes to methodology but more in the terms i should be using not how I'm going about it. The same with theories i should be mentioning. I'm fully aware i only have a month left before the hand in the proposal and this is panicking me a little. The written work was always going to be my downfall but I'm not prepared to give up yet.

I might need to talk to him a little about what would happen if I'm accepted to take part in eucroma next semester. But I'm more interested on when I'd actually find out if i have been at the moment. Its a lot of planning in such a short amount of time. All i know is that the deadline for applications is the 3rd of December.


PART 2
Proposal Woes
I just need to remember that everything i write in the proposal needs to be clear and concise  I need to say what I'm doing why I'm doing it and why it's relevant. When it comes to the specifics i can touch on it but it most likely will be expanded on in the dissertation.

Methodology.
Iterative/Cyclic testing, Animation tests i produce are more to help confirm my results than for any real analysis.
case Studies into existing games and media main method.

Theories i need to include I'll need to read the book on blackboard (well skim it) Check if there is anything particular that relates.

THERE IS STILL TIME.

Quotes don't have to be quotes i can paraphrase and use the little numbers to show which references I'm using.

Keep on top of practical work for January hand in. Might want to start collecting it into one place. All sketches, storyboards, animations etc...

Final Note.
The lecturers seem to be quite positive about me going to eucroma which makes me think the only real barrier is if they accept me. I don't really want to think about that until i know more though.