George Downing

URL Readings – ·      Creswell (introduction) http://www.mediafactory.org.au/george-downing/2015/03/09/cresswell-place-an-introduction/ ·      Hornstein http://www.mediafactory.org.au/george-downing/2015/04/06/losing-site-architecture-memory-and-place/ ·      J.E. Malpas http://www.mediafactory.org.au/george-downing/2015/03/19/place-and-experience-a-philosophical-topography/ ·      Mason http://www.mediafactory.org.au/george-downing/2015/03/12/space-place-mason/ Site Visits – ·      State Library Did not complete ·      Public Records Office http://www.mediafactory.org.au/george-downing/2015/03/26/public-record-office/ ·      Melbourne Museum http://www.mediafactory.org.au/george-downing/2015/03/30/melbourne-exhibition/ Guests – ·      Professor Martyn… Continue Reading →

The virtual tour for Storey Hall which I worked on throughout the semester is complete. You can view it here. I feel as though I contributed a fair amount to this group project. Firstly, Jake and I mapped out where… Continue Reading →

Here is my completed short film, titled “The Brick Wall” Length: 3:55 Synopsis: Viewers are led through a portal in Storey Hall to the beginnings of the Guild Hall Commune in 1917. Crew: Writer, director, producer, cinematographer, sound, editor: George… Continue Reading →

I have put the footage into Premiere Pro and begun editing it together. The main things I’m having difficulty with is colour-grading the opening scene inside Storey Hall. Because of the bright lighting, some parts of the image look overexposed… Continue Reading →

The shoot went much smoother than I expected. All of the cast arrived on time and I had plenty of time to set up the hall. I’m very happy with how Rebecca and I managed to pull the costumes together… Continue Reading →

Media 3 – Ghosts & Space – Brief 2 Jake Baldwin – s3435078 Shannon Briggs – s3400914 George Downing – s3435908 Imogen Hanrahan – s3378324   Introduction We are researching Google related apps for place/map making. This is to determine if… Continue Reading →

I should have posted this a few weeks ago when Abigail visited us… but I completely forgot. I spoke to Abigail mainly about finding costumes for my short film, and she advised me to contact Nicole Jenkins from Circa Vintage.… Continue Reading →

I’ve managed to find a couple of dresses which I can use with other pieces to create the look I need. I’m going to put the first dress over top of the second one so that it combines the long… Continue Reading →

As expected with any media production, I have encountered a number of difficulties leading up to the shoot. 1. I called Nicole Jenkins from Circa Vintage and asked her how I could go about finding dresses resembling those from 1917. She… Continue Reading →

Jake and I were in charge of taking all of the RAW JPEG photos for the Building 16 Virtual Tour. The photos are going to be stitched together into panoramas and then uploaded onto the virtual tour website. It was… Continue Reading →