As I informed everyone in the first studio of the year, I am one of the Queer Officers for the Queer Department for the RMIT Student Union. My role as a student representative entails that I represent, support, advocate and empower my collective and collective members.
My idea for the Project Three: A list of 100 concerns from the point of view of… assessment is to film short videos of the RMIT Student Union’s Queer Department’s Queer Lounge that is located in the RMIT city campus in Building 8, Level 3.
In the Friday studio, I brainstormed some ideas for my idea as Adrian talked, a bit rude I know but I had this massive surge of inspiration all of a sudden! I drew up nine storyboards. I don’t have the ability to draw like Leonardo but I tried my best to communicate what I would like to film.
Over the weekend, I brainstormed some more and came up with these:
These are the constraint for my video clips:
- Film for 5 seconds
- Film 2 of each “thing” (flexible)
- Film only parts of the objects, not whole
- No persons is to be in the Queer Lounge during the duration of filming
- Poetic and abstract
- Colours and bright – rainbow
I’ve decided to film the following:
RUSU Area 7 things:
- Door to Queer Lounge hallway
- RUSU toilets – male and female (with the gender-neutral toilets poster)
- Hallway to Queer Lounge
- Walls along the hallway
- Film a walking towards the Queer Lounge shot of you walking, film feet – handheld shot
- Queer Lounge door handle
- Queer Lounge door
Resource Table – 2 things:
- Resources – brochures, business cards
- Resources – gay men and women
Kitchen – 14 things:
- Sink
- Hot water/cold water
- Tap water
- Detergent
- Fridge
- Food
- Cups
- Plates
- Cutlery
- Coffee/tea
- Bin
- Microwave
- The cocoa pressing thing with the plastic cups
- Bread press
Study Area – 4 things:
- Table
- Chairs
- Power cords
- Magazines on the table
Whiteboard – 3 things:
- Whiteboard
- Whiteboard markers
- RUSU Queer Department Calender
Queer Lounge Wall – 5 things:
- Rules and regulations posters
- Collective members artworks
- Walls near the TV
- The rainbow flag
- The rainbow canvas hung on the wall near the study area.
Games/Board Games – 2 things:
- X-box/PSP games
- Board games
Bookshelf – self help resources – 6 things:
- Books – gay, lesbian, coming out, trans*, asexual
- DVD’s – queer films
- Resources – brochures, business cards
- Resources – gay men and women
- Umbrellas
- Mirrors
Crafternoon Cupboard – 6 things:
- Art supplies – acrylic paint, paint brushes, paint trays
- Paper – coloured paper, plain white A3 paper
- Costumes – hat, scarf, clothes
- Make up – nail polish, face paint?
- Paintings created in the crafternoon
- Origami
Lounge Area – 4 things:
- Couch – the green couch, the grey couch and the RUSU black and purple couch.
- Beanbags
- Cushions
- VB couch logo
TV Area – 7 things:
- TV
- TV remote
- Stereo system
- Stereo system remote
- Posters
- Windows behind the TV
- The blinds behind the TV
I plan to film my 100 video clips tomorrow morning before my 11:30am lecture, if I don’t film all 100 clips, I’ll film it on Wednesday.
Right now, I’m very confident about this assessment. Hopefully, I’ll do better than my last assessment.