Professional Practise Unit: Dissertation Tutorial

Today I had my dissertation tutorial with Chris at the UCA campus, and after feeling that my initial idea, (which was to focus on how cars are represented in films) wasn't really going anywhere, I did some more thinking and some more research and I have now decided to focus on Magaret Thatcher's reign as prime minister of Great Britain, and use the film that depicts this story (The Iron Lady) as a case study. I also have an idea to compare and contrast this to a film made about another famous figure, namely Lady Dianna Spencer. The film, which is self titled, is similar to the Iron Lady as it tells the story of another very famous individual.

The main reason I have chosen this subject for my dissertation is I have always had a slight interest in what went in during the reign of Thatcher, her acheivements, people's opinions of her, how she was portrayed in the media and so on. Hopefully by choosing this topic I will be able to broaden my knowledge of this undeniably important period in Great Britain's political and economic history.