Radio Drama

What is Radio Drama? So in the past there was a certain type of Radio broadcast that differed from those we normally associate with radio, not a morning radio show, or a sports broadcast or even a music channel. Unlike most Radio Broadcast, radio drama…

How to define Institutions

and no the answer isn’t  “do they teach?” In media we talk about institutions as bodies that support and protect us. what defines an institution of media is this: They are enduring They regulate and structure activities They are a collective They develop their own…

Work Experience

So in today’s lecture we got informed that to complete our course we are required to complete this thing called a work placement. Basically the way it was explained was as a shorter, less intensive version of an internship. We are required to complete a…

Genre

So Genre, its something most of us take for granted. It helps us categorize and analyses movies, though it is so much more complicated than simple stylistic choices that define a movie’s genre or genres. Genre is really made up of 3 things: Stylistic Choices…

Working sound

So recently I have had the pleasure of working with a community channel. It was defiantly very different from the experiences I’ve had on private shoots, not in a bad way though. As a media student It’s quite hard to get a proper role on…

Rachel Nichols: “The MOLE”

Rachel Nichols for those of you who don’t know, is a model and actress who has stared in Gi Joe, and the 2009 star trek movie, however, she currently has a starring role in the Canadian series Continuum. http://www.dreamslayerartworks.com/vB3/showthread.php?10318-Continuum Other than being in one of…

The History of Radio

For an assignment this was my body of research, I just thought I’d share what I found if anyone is interested. Here it goes… The Timeline of Radio! First word of mouth Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) believed that sound waves moved like light…

Youtube Tips

Now i’m no youtube wiz, I’m not even going to pretend to have a popular channel but in the last 2 months working as an editor for a youtube review show there are a few helpful tips that I have picked up Film as high…

The Grizzly Man

This documentary directed by Werner Herzog details the adventures and final death of “The Grizzly man”, Timothy Treadwell. Treadwell was know for his obsession with grizzly bears and it was in the end that obsession that landed him in the belly  of one. The documentary is in and…