I was absent for this week’s workshop so have decided to write another initiative post on week 7’s reading. I found an interesting article titled, ‘”Do Animals on the Big Screen Promote Conservation on the Ground?” http://www.conservationmagazine.org/2014/03/do-animated-animals-promote-conservation/ It seems that every year, Disney and Pixar release an animal blockbuster that drives pet sales. Remember when ‘Finding Nemo’ came out and…
Month: April 2017
WEEK 8 WORKSHOP
I’ve been away for the past two weeks so haven’t been able to compare edits on PB3 with my peers however I have compared with close friends to see how each other is doing and send feedback via Facebook (one benefit of social media when on the other side of the world). Although I couldn’t physically partake in this week’s…
WEEK 7 – READING (Cancelled Lecture)
The other day my friend Lizzie said to me, “Have you read this week’s reading?!?” I replied that I hadn’t “Oh my god, I do NOT get it, it’s about animals? Like… animals in the Zoo… what does this have to do with Media!” I figured that there must be some connecting link but Lizzie was right. As I began…
WEEK 7 INITIATIVE
Week 7’s reading made me really think and as an initiative I decided to look into the topic more. Why is it that zoos have only been around for the last two hundred or so years? Why were they created in the first place? Think about how often we see animals in Media and on screens than in the wild.…
WEEK FIVE WORKSHOP
In this week’s workshop I was in a group with Chloe, Matilda and Sam and we had to create a ‘Guide to University’. I thought up the questions and was the first interviewer whilst Sam filmed and Chloe and Matilda were the subjects. Upon reflection we decided that we should have had more cutaways and perfected different angles. I had issues…
WEEK 6 WORKSHOP
In the workshop this week we made a short film all taken in one shot! It was really fun focusing on the pre-production (even if we didn’t have much time) and then see the idea come to life. Continuing on from Paul’s lecture on pre-production we focused on communication and taking many shots to see if we could find some…
WEEK SIX READING & LECTURE
“Why Do the Youth Share so Publicly?” by Danah Boyd was the title of this week’s reading. Whilst it was interesting i found it quite obvious… as I believe the intended audience are people over thirty. The people Danah was interviewing were the same age as myself and I could definitely relate to the subjects who were saying that their…
WEEK SIX INITIATIVE
After reading this week’s reading, “Why Do the Youth Share so Publicly?” by Danah Boyd I decided to review my online media habits. What are my privacy settings on Facebook? Who can see my photos? Why am I posting that link? I thought I knew a lot about media but this course is making me critically look and think about…