I am in the film group for Media 6, so we are presenting our seminar in week 9; the 25th of September. In our first meeting, none of us voted for ‘Epic Journey’ and it was probably the last on our list, half of us voting for ‘Monopoly’ and the other half ‘Magic.’ Because of this we were a bit stumped when coming up with concepts. Which led to my first contribution. I chose the concept for the seminar: The epic journey of being in the industry, focusing on people who have changed jobs throughout their time. They may have begun as production assistants and are now cinematographers. Or perhaps they were in TV as camera ops and are now in film as directors. This also addresses the question of where to go after uni. You may want to be a feature film director or producer, but you may not be there right after uni. Or you may start there but end up somewhere completely different. The other group members really liked the idea so we are focusing on that for our ‘Epic Journey.’ Since then we have been communicating on facebook, coming up with names and themes. We settled on a Star Wars theme, with the title ‘Media VI: A New Hope,’ as our seminar should give hope to those who want to be, for example, feature film directors but don’t know where to begin etc.

In our next meeting in class, we decided on potential guests and narrowed our priorities down to our top three; the people we will be contacting first. Since then we have divided up  jobs and set a timeline for our deadlines. I volunteered to be involved in research and planning the structure of the seminar; researching guests, potential anecdotes and experiences our host could ask them about etc. As well as deciding how the event will play out. I suggested a Graham Norton Show style approach where it is a more conversational, anecdote based talk show structure, which the other members agreed was a good idea. For now I will be researching more broadly and coming up with more ideas for the event, but until our guests are booked, I can’t do any really specific research. I would also be interested in helping the other members with other jobs, such as the design and aesthetic, and promotional material.