In the lecture we discussed how the conventional method of releasing feature films and Television shows is dying. YouTube video such as Gangnam style are reeling in billions of viewers compared to the 14 million currently watching the hit TV series Game of thrones .

Now motion picture studios are looking to emulate this no online trend. Films like Joe Dirt 2 are planing to be released online, making money off ad revenue, rather than the usual mainstream theater release. Another example adopting this format is ABC who have now chosen to release their popular new series Jonah from Tonga on their online service ABC iView, before broadcasting it on television .The industry is evolving, so should we.

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For our class presentation, my group and I did a rough draft of our korsakow final project. This used a unique design coined by my group member Troy, which I have never seen before.

We wanted to make our project feel as though you are looking at photographs on a wall and remembering past memories / events about your home down. To achieve this we used a pre rendered back ground of a house wall and added frames around each video preview. We had some difficulty when it came to creating SNUs that would allow the viewer to click on one of the photo previews and be shown it on a different screen and then be brought back to the original photo wall collage. After careful consideration we have decided that we need to think about the complexity of our project. We believe that we may have bitten off more than we can chew. A simple interface would be easier for the viewer and us.

Our tutor also advised us that using backgrounds in Korsakow films rather than the plain black often looks, well, crappy. And that it is probably a better idea to ditch the frame borders around the video previews.

the modifications to my blogs layout was a success. I grouped my blog posts into individual group pages. These pages can be accessed through clear headings at the top of my blog. Each headings page has a title and a list of links. The list of links shows the week number next to the hyperlink so that if for example I need to view week 6’s Lecture notes, I simple have to click on the Lecture notes heading then scroll down and click on week 6. This has proved far more time efficient than scrolling through the entirety of my blog.

I would like to add a brief description of each group in the coming month so that my tutor is able to understand what is included in each type of blog post e.g. ‘Korsakow Blog posts’ include a summary of what I have done and learnt in that week on the Korsakow program. Without a description my tutor may think that this would lead to blog posts detailing others Korsakow films I have watched, reviewed, or even just posted.

Another addition I would like to add to my blogs organization is the upgraded appearance of the pages. Rather than just plain links, I could use pictures as links and could make my blog’s aesthetic quality more professional .

This week’s lecture further discussed the constraints of Korsakow. The lecture explored how Korsakow, unlike traditional film, is about making lists not narratives, something as simple as riding your bicycle to work has a number of different factors that can be listed. Putting on high visibility clothing, checking your breaks, checking your phone GPS for traffic conditions. This simple list could become a korsakow film.

A list in not a narrative but can be turned into one. In a previous lecture summary I discussed how I didn’t wholeheartedly agree with Adrian’s definition of what a narrative is. This week I gained further understanding into what he meant. A list is not a narrative but can be turned into one. The act of getting ready for a bicycle ride to work (previously mentioned) could be the beginnings of a narrative but doesn’t have the beginning middle and end as you would see in a feature film or other media text.

The constraints of Korsakow are positive. Sure, you are not able to create an epic fantasy tale but like a song writer these constraints make us better story tellers and most of all producers.

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It was this week that I truly started to see my korsakow film come together. I was able to understand how to use the main aspects of the software. Despite my film only doing what was required of the assignment, it still felt like an accomplishment to me. Inserting text, creating snus and uploading clips/pictures in correct aspect ratio were the main points of the assignment. I was able to for fill these requirement.

I did experience difficulties in creating my project. Whenever I went to export my film I was greeted with an error list. I did not fully understand the terminology being used in the list but the word ‘java’ was repeated over and over again. As I was using the library computers I contacted support and the assured me with a follow up email that all Mac computers in the library had the latest version of Java installed.  The software would not let me export my project more than once. This required me to move computers (with my usb stick with files on it) to a new computer every time I wanted to export. This resulted in me moving computers 5 times in the space of two hour and was a little time consuming but I still managed to get the project done. Another issue I faced was one of my videos would only play for 2 seconds. At the risk of completely wrecking my work I chose to leave the one broken clip rather than try and replace it in the export folder. These are all issues I have learnt and need to address if I am to use Korsakow again.

This week’s lecture mostly focused on audiences and their relationship with producers. Despite companies spending copious amounts on creators, focus groups, surveys etc. The sender and receiver don’t always have the same interpretation of a text. No matter how much a director tries to out a point across, or make the viewer feel a certain way, there is always a chance that the receiver interprets the film differently because of things like life experiences and point of view. Adrian Miles discussed how you cannot control interpretation. An example of this that came to mind when I thought about this idea was Nazi Germany. No matter how hard Hitler tried to control his audiences interpretations i.e. beliefs, there were still some that were not ‘sitting ducks’ to these concepts.

The lecture went on to discuss the structure of Korsakow and the relationship this model has with audiences. Like a sport you don’t just play a korsakow film once you relive it again and again having new experiences every time. Compared to a traditional linear feature film, korsakow does not have a beginning middle and end and there for is more about the promiscuity between connections of its parts rather than the content itself.

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–          Constraints are good Like song writing

–          Korsakov about making lists instead of narratives

–          In primary school people were taught that aboriginals were primitive. (act of tyranny )

–          Something as simple as riding your bike to work can become a korsakow film

–          What route am I taking , what time I have to be there, road conditions: these are lists that can make up a nonlinear map that can create a Korsakow film

–          A list is not a narrative but can be turned into one.

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This is my first Korsakow film, featuring sixteen of my constraint films. This film uses a three image preview interface and uses text to give detail on each clip. Each clip deals with a new subject, from vlog style videos about parts of places I enjoy spending time to scripted shorts. 

My laptop, as well as other students with Windows computers have been having a lot of trouble installing Korsakow. After hours of reinstalling and trying everything listed on the site, I gave up. Clearly Korsakow was made with Macintosh in mind.

So this week was my first week with a working Korsakow version (Mac version now). I began with the basics. Making Jpegs of all my clips to use as previews proved the most time consuming of this week’s Korsakow work. I used Paint to save the print screens from VLC. I was going for a higher quality image. I then moved onto the first tutorial on the website. It showed the simple process of starting up a project and beginning to tag my video clips. Each ‘snu’ was relatively simple to make, however I am very unsure of how it will all look. It appears as though this will be the greatest challenge with Korsakow. Working with a program where you cannot automatically see the progress. The program reminds me of coding, creating the links then exporting to see if it works. This was not my area of I.T so Korsakow might be more challenging then I originally thought.

–          Sender and receiver don’t have the same interpretation in mind. Viewers find new ways to analyse stories.

–          Language relies on other language to explain its meaning.

–          Boy only means boy because you can hear it as boy.

–          Korsakow is about the promiscuity between connections of its parts

–          You cannot control interpretation

–          There is too broad of a definition of narrative. It has been diluted through its uses

–          Story is media independent. narrating is

–          discourse = the way it is told

–          A kick ass story does not matter if it is told badly. It’s all about how the story is told.

–          Its only when something ends that you can understand what has happened.

–         A good korsakow film has no ending. The audience decides when they should leave or when they have had enough then maybe they can go back for another visit and have another experience. You don’t just play a sport once. the korsakow film you watch will not be the same as someone else. Compared to film.

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