After mentioning crowdfunding in my Lectorial reflection, I thought it would be interesting to examine a few successful crowdfunding campaigns in order to deconstruct the platform which has allowed various independent/small-scale media producers to create more ambitious and professional products. 1. VGHS (Video Game High School) This was a fairly successful web-series (going on to be licensed on Hulu, Netflix…
Category: Media1 Reflection
Media 1 Lectorial [Week 9]
Our topic for week 9 was ‘audiences’ – through the readings and Lectorial session we were asked to consider who the audience is, how they are involved with the media, and how the media may effect its audiences. We also examined the idea of a ‘post-broadcast era’, looking into what brought about this shift away from broadcast mediums (tv/radio). Below…
Media 1 Practical [Week 9]
This week we continued to work on ‘project 4’ – in our groups, discussing what we had achieved over the previous week and what needed to be done now that our annotated bibliographies were complete. To gain a better understanding of how we wanted to approach the task, we each described and discussed the articles we had discovered during the…
‘The Hero’s Journey’ [Week 8]
In this week’s Lectorial we explored the idea of ‘The Hero’s Journey’ in narrative storytelling, considering how this writing/storytelling tool is evident in most forms of narrative, from religious stories and ancient mythology to pop-culture products such as books, blockbuster films and interactive medias. In this post I thought it would be interesting to further examine the presence of ‘The…
Media 1 Lectorial [Week 8]
This week our focus was on Narrative; it’s components and purposes, as well as the concept of ‘Non-Narrative’ media products. Daniel gave a really interesting presentation covering these ideas, running us through aspects of narrative such as Causality, Tropes, Archetypes, Genres and more. I was glad to see ‘The Hero’s Journey’ (T.H.J) be brought up, as I had researched this…
Media 1 Practical [Week 8]
In this session we were given time to get together with our ‘assignment 4’ groups to hold our first (official?) meetings. In this initial stage of the project, we needed to do a lot of brainstorming in order to formulate an approach to this somewhat ambiguous task. At the moment this task still holds many unanswered questions but hopefully these…
Media 1 Lectorial [Week 7]
In this week’s Lectorial session, the topic of discussion was ‘texts’. Brian gave a presentation which explored the idea of ‘textual analysis’, showing us the origins of this “tradition” and how one may go about analysing a media text. So why did we start analysing the media products around us? This was a response to 2 key concerns: – An…
Media 1 Practical [Week 7]
In today’s class we spent time watching everyones submitted ‘video portraits’ and discussing their strengths, limitations and creative possibilities. As usual it was interesting to see how others had approached the task. Seeing such a diverse range of productions and subjects was really enjoyable. After presenting all of the work, we split up into smaller groups to discuss each other’s…
Project 3 [Media Portrait]
A 2 minute video portrait of my long-time friend: Zach. It focuses on personal development, entering adulthood and freedom. Reflection below. This was an interesting project to work on as it consisted of a lot of constraints that hadn’t been given to me before. At first I thought that the integration of ‘found footage’ would be difficult, and that I…
Media 1 Lectorial [Week 6]
This week, our focus was on the idea of ‘Collaboration’. We looked at its creative potential, strengths and limitations – as well as considering what needs to be done in order to achieve an effective collaborative environment. 1. What can Collaboration Achieve? In the beginning of Rachel’s presentation on Collaborative work, we examined how collaboration may be used to achieve…