https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LmXFRtp3U5ejzrEv5jFJYBlEw-EvYHAd

Grace and i worked on our shot-list before our location shooting tomorrow and it was really difficult because we really couldn’t figure out in what order the shots had to go and what was the best approach to filming a scene in order it to look professional. These were some shots that we took on our phone so we had an idea on what kind of shots we definitely needed. We tried out the very first shot of the actress walking as she puts on her earphones and plays the music on her phone.

Link to the presentation showreel

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B6gK5gz_qKhzMGM1U3VVUmpldUU

Myself, Mia, Michael and Molly as group of four came together the week of the presentation and carefully assembled the showreel preview. We arranged the meeting through email and Facebook messages then met in person to discuss and work on the showreel. We actually didn’t divide the roles and worked in a group for the whole showreel and website, and also the work amount was doable in one seating. What we did was we assembled the 30second previews everyone sent to Hannah and put it together on Premiere Pro. As a group we decided things like which one went after another and whether we wanted background music or not. As soon as we completed the first draft we showed it to Hannah and from getting instant feedback we were allowed to make changes straight away. After refining the preview by fixing the position of the texts of peoples names and the consistency of each clips we reviewed it together to make sure there weren’t any other faults. Once we were done with the videoclip we discussed how we wanted to do our speeches on the day of the presentation and was allocated each projects we did in the studio . Overall in terms of making the showreel together i think we worked pretty well and efficiently as a group. Everyone was respectful and open when making decisions and suggesting ideas. I feel disappointed towards myself and sorry towards my group members for not being able to appear at the actual presentation due to a misunderstanding of the schedule and contribute as much as i was supposed to, but i trust that my group members would have done wonderfully without me.

Beginning of a collaboration

Today we were put in groups for our collaboration. I was in a group of 3 girls and was really happy with my members. We brainstormed on the topic attention and talked about the impact of the attention on social media impacting celebrities. Then we talked about the fire festival scheme which i had no idea but just heard about then. More on Kim Kardashian news (The paris robery) and also thought the cash me outside girl was hilarious. The brain storming went pretty well and we sort of decided on our theme already. We then whipped up a collaborate contract on the spot and begun to write our SWOT analysis.

The SWOT Analysis

While writing the SWOT analysis i struggled to find many strengths. I thought to myself after reading this I wouldn’t even want to be in a group with myself. My strengths are in editing but that was premiere pro and i don’t even know if i could call my amateur skills stronger than average. Oh well somebody’s got to take me in so.. hahaha

Notes on the pros and cons of Group work

Good  Vs

• Many more ideas (creativity)
• Feedback loops
• spread of the workload
• teach each other things
• More time to refine an idea more ambitious

Bad Experiences

• Conflict about ideas
• Bossy lead
• Unequal distribution of work and other people get credit for it -> share ideas
• the project dies because no one owns it ->
• compromise of artistic vision
• degrading/disrespectful behaviour

Collaboration what is it good for?

• learn to resolve conflict
• Negotiate
• Practice professional communication
• Establish peer relationship

Positive collaboration

An environment where you can honestly express your opinion without fear or

oHow cowrite Collaborative contract

Research and media making

Research is a core media making skill…not just an academic skill

• talking to people is good but needs to be complemented by reading/researching
• bring in something new add something to the topic

Tips that i’ve learnt When Evaluating  sources

Great thing that academic research has is time. Do not dismiss knowledge because its old.

everything is partial in terms of knowledge. Mixing together different sources

Most current work comes out of journals current leading edge for what academics produce

Submit work to journalist then gets reviewed goes through checking process. Slow things down

Evaluating the currency as well as the authority of the sources you’re using.

Netflix: Unbreakable Kimmy Shmidt season 3!! Out on Netflix Now

I don’t pay attention to sound. I love visuals photography and just the motion of objects i find it so beautiful. However in this weeks lectorial i have opened my ears and really listened. One of the sample audio narratives were of parents who have adopted babies of colour. It was like being in that room with the those women sitting in front of them and just eavesdropping over their conversation. The power of audio hit me. I honestly don’t listen to any podcasts or anything other than spotify or Youtube music videos even then the audio is accompanied by striking visuals. However this time i’ve tried listening to something else

Friend’s like us

WE are collaborating for this assignment. I love collaborated music especially when rappers feature on smooth RnB songs they’re the best and Youtube videos filming with friends and pranking families they’re so good, but have i ever collaborated? No. It’s a little daunting  but collaboration always turn out to be amazing such as these hit songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asPd2sL28Vk

When these artists come together their talents double better yet triple. It adds variety and it’s like watching a band performing rather than a single artist.

Editing techniques i have learnt today!

slip tool – insert space between clips creates space good for adding a lil pause at the beginning

razor tool – creates cuts