Basically, this weeks readings focussed on the audience of several media outlets – and how the audience is taking control. Who is the audience? a group of consumers of a communicative event of some sort, those who are physically, and collectively,… Continue Reading
The fast paced world of television reminds me of: Neil Patrick Harris – i first got my glimpse of him in How I Met Your Mother (aka how to ruin a great TV series in the last season). But i am… Continue Reading
For project brief 4 – my group were given the media idea of ‘mediums’ We decided to give each of us a medium to work on – for example i’m working on audio. To have a common ground, we thought… Continue Reading
Todays lecture when Dan spoke to us was by far my favourite lecture. It completely interested me which was a refreshing change to all the previous lectures. He talked about narratives and the persuasiveness of a story, reminding us that everything is… Continue Reading
Below are some dot points of some messages Week 8’s readings were discussing: Eco, Umberto. (1985). “Casablanca”: Cult Movies and Intertextual Collage. SubStance, 14(2), pp. 3-12. In order to transform a work into a cult object one must be able to unhinge… Continue Reading
Today we were discussing our group project, my groups central media idea is mediums. To say i’m confused is a bit of an understatement. I’m sure after more meetings, research, and discussions i will grasp what this project is asking… Continue Reading
‘Media texts’ – how individual films, newspaper stories, photographs, audio recordings , websites and so on can/have been treated as objects to critically analysed in terms of their construction and communication of particular meanings between producers and audiences. How do… Continue Reading
Theodore Shapiro is a very successful composer of several movies. He makes music which helps tell the story, helps it reach its pinnacle moments. His work has always been so so so so so impressive, speaking from someone who really has… Continue Reading
Written Reflection: Project brief 3 challenged me to do a portrait on someone I know. I chose someone who is very close to me and I know very well, my twin sister Vienna. However, the reason I chose Vienna was… Continue Reading
After the lecture on collaboration, i was reminded of the impressive result of great collaboration.. Still Alice is a 2014 movie about a linguistics professor who gets Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease in her 50s. It’s about her struggle, her loss of memory… Continue Reading