Lecture Week 9: Copyright
In the workshop today, we discussed copyright at length and were able to ask questions. I probably have 50 million more questions on topic due to my lack of previous knowledge and high amount interest in the topic (Who knew…
No(n) Narratives.
With the past couple weeks having focused around storytelling, protagonists, character development, and non-narrative I thought I would take a moment to explore pieces of media that break the rules of storytelling and narratives. Clerks is a perfect example of…
What Makes Me a ‘Creative’
In this past workshops class, we discussed what characteristics make a someone a creative. After this discussion, I started thinking about what the traits within me that make me want to create/ continue to drive me to create/ or simply lend…
Collaborative Work & My Experience
As we are beginning our first group project this semester I thought it would be a great idea to write a bit about my past experiences working with groups. Based on having read some of my peer’s post about this…
PB3 // Reflection
https://vimeo.com/163387642quality=1080p I Blogged about my process in making PB3 in the following posts: After The Interview 08/04/16 Narrative Structure 13/04/16 PB3 Continued 15/04/16 Nearing The End 18/04/16 This project has certainly been the most illuminating for me so far. I…
PB3: Nearing The End
Due to an unexpected, highly hectic, and very fun weekend, I ended up not getting the bulk of my editing done yesterday (surprise, surprise). As I had yet to miss a lecture yet I decided today was probably the day…
“Casablanca”: Cult Movies and Intertextual Collage
I found “Casablanca”: Cult Movies and Intertextual Collage by Umberto Eco to be an interesting read if not a little scattered. The main idea I took away from this reading is that nothing is new and everything is taken from someplace. This…
The Guilty Pleasure (And Why does Everyone Hate On Rom-Coms?)
“Romantic comedies are rarely seen as art, unless they are Annie Hall or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (again: prestige filmmaking that rely on filmmaking gimmickry as much as they do realistic human emotion, also: a male perspective). Nora…
Music and Story: TOP 5 Movie Soundtracks
Previously in Media 1 we discussed editing an example of good editing shown in the week two lectorial was THIS SCENE from Casino. In this scene music played a huge part in filling in the gaps of the story where there…
Cuba + Online Media
*** When referring to ‘we’ or ‘us’ in this post I am referring to the privileged living within a western and democratic society. We live in a world with just a few clicks we have access to almost unlimited amounts…
