Month: March 2015

Editing is very frustrating. I have all of there great ideas in my head but they never seem to look right when I try to put them into practice. After fumbling around with Final Cut Pro for a while I’ve… Continue Reading →

So I finally downloaded an editing program- Final Cut Pro. I don’t really know how to use it properly yet but I managed to throw together this little clip using stock footage. I focused on ‘colour’ and played around with… Continue Reading →

In class today we split up into groups and had a look at each others self-portrait media. We used the ‘Six Thinking Hats’ process by Edward de Bono to reflect on each persons work. I found this useful, as rather… Continue Reading →

I work at the aquarium taking those annoying photos with the green screen. I’m a supervisor so I spend most my time on the weekends in the office. This is the sound of myself painstakingly cutting the photos manually as… Continue Reading →

I found the reading for week 3 pretty interesting as my elective for this semester is documentary studies, so I’ve been thinking about the topic of ethics in media in relation to the documentaries I have seen recently. Last week… Continue Reading →

Copyright is automatic No registration system/requirements in Australia Ideas are not protected by copyright Facts are not protected by copyright Whoever has created the work owns the work. Employee ownership can be an exception of this. Anything created on behalf… Continue Reading →

The idea of noticing media was discussed this week. To bring this into practice we broke up into groups and wandered the city, making a point to note as many different forms of media around us. I took a walk… Continue Reading →

When talking to a work friend about my first assignment and my ideas about it she became confused. “What do you mean you’re not going to be in the photos? That can’t be a self portrait!” I think I’m going… Continue Reading →