Experiment. Screen. Sensation | RMIT Media Studio 2019

“A View In the Dark” dir. Nathan Lee

The studio exhibition was an enjoyable experience to attend and be a part of. For my contribution to the event I was an MC, which essentially is a host. Initially I was quite nervous about the task due to it being in a big dark room and not being able to see anyone’s faces,…

“The Test” dir. Sienna Macalister

A large part of EXPERIMENT.SCREEN.SENSTATION, as the title would suggest, involves experimenting with our work and delving into areas we might not be comfortable in. Over the semester we were exposed to many different filmic mediums – all of which were experimental – which further unearthed possibilities for our final films. It therefore follows that…

“Deprived” dir. Emily Nicholson

The ways I hope my screened work engaged the audience and communicated the key concern of sensation in this studio is the use of music working in conjunction with visuals. As music is a medium that is consumed internally, it makes it a more intimate and personal experience. The rhythm vibrates through your body and…

“What Melbourne Means To You” dir. Rachel Shijie Luo

As the name of this studio is EXPERIMENT.SCREEN.SENSATION, I think my work should refer those three words. However I think the corn heart of the studio is the SENSATION part, because it presents a feeling of the work, the director or a feeling for audience, and this feeling can be presented by the ‘EXPERIMENT’ and…

“Loky” dir. Adam Jared Lee

Prior to screening my film “Loky”, I had hoped that my film and the ideas exhibited within them would resonate with my peers and that they would see the vibe that I was trying to go for. One of my classmates Michael had brought his friends for the screening, and one of them was an…

“Pryer” dir. Kinzo Cai

During this semester, I was fortunate to have chosen the EXPERIMENT. SCREEN. SENSATION, which brought me many wonderful memories. I made some new friends. More importantly, I have learned a lot of new knowledge, new skills, and valuable experience. I believe these will be of great help to my future work and study. Moreover, I…

“Diary Film” dir. Mo Miao

I invited my friends to watch the exhibition with me. Before the exhibition, I was not confident about my work and was afraid of the opinions of other audiences. I’m afraid the audience will think my work is not good enough and won’t give me applause. However, after watching the exhibition, my friends gave…

“For Esther” dir. James Marcetic

The unconventional filmmaking process of everyone’s films definitely revolved outside the normal and accessible narrative structure of film that people are most familiar with. I hope that our films being screened back to back were clear examples of us deterring from film for entertainment, and rather, being examples of film for art. I would…

“Untitled” Zhe, Tingting and Wenping

As being part of an audience, i feel very nervous about watching my own work and fell curious about watching others’ works at the same time. The experience about being an audience has a good impact on me. I can find the shortcomings of my work when I watch my own film, which is…

“I” dir. Yi Liu

This semester, we are fortunate to take the course ‘Experiment. Screen. Sensation’ taught by James Thompson. The goal of this studio is to experience ourselves and our surroundings by creating unique pieces for the screen. The lenses through which we explored these notions are varied and enabled us to express our ideas through the screen….