Monthly Archives for April 2016
In case you were unsure, I didn’t make this video. I stumbled across it last night and it brightened my day so I thought I’d share it with my media cohort. Can’t Tell Me Nothing with Zach Galifianakis from S … Continue reading
“Anna”
I just stumbled across this video, written by Will Butler from Arcade Fire, while looking for some music to listen to while I blog. I always think its really compelling when music videos, or in this case a musical short … Continue reading
Dramatic Development, Time and Story Structure
Michael Rabiger, 2009, Directing the Documentary, 5th Edition (Focus Press) pp.283-291 This chapter focused on elements that can be used to create drama within a documentary. These elements included the types of characters necessary to create drama – heroes and heroines, … Continue reading
Behind the scenes part two
I think the point of this post is I need to learn how to put photos into a blog post without it looking like a scrap book made by a five year old, at least I got the photos onto … Continue reading
Surviving Uni
Surviving Uni from Holly Karas on Vimeo.
Behind the scenes
In Friday’s workshop we completed an exercise to familiarise ourselves with both the Sony MC50E and the interviewing process. Surprisingly we didn’t come into too many technical difficulties, the biggest one that comes to mind is the tripod not being … Continue reading
Narrative
A classic structure for a narrative film is the ‘three act’ structure. The first act establishes the story: characters are introduced, the setting is established, and the events of the film will be set in motion. It can be noticed … Continue reading
Bowie
Although it happened three months ago, I’m still devastated about the passing of David Bowie. However, since then I’ve gotten to rediscover Bowie which has been amazing. Realising just how many incredible songs he had so consistenly throughout his career … Continue reading
City Calm Down
On Thursday I went to see City Calm Down play at the Corner Hotel, I’ve been really sick the past week and a half and there was nothing I felt like doing less than going to a concert on a … Continue reading
Sounds I love and hate
I feel like we’re not meant to include music in this list, but I absolutely despise screaming in music, like death metal/screamo screaming I just think: why are you yelling at me? I hate thunder, or I don’t hate it … Continue reading