I have definitely preferred this audio assignment to the two visual ones before. There were many positives to this assignment and this began with my team members. I was paired with Jaie McGuiness and Mikayla Hyndman. Jaie was the expert on all things ‘Star Wars’ which made it a lot easier when deciding which fandom to look into. Jaie also picked…
Category: MEDIA ONE
WEEK 12 LECTORIAL – Wrapping up Media One
What and how did you learn that you think was really valuable? What did you find the most challenging about the course? What have you discovered? Technical Skills – Blogging, audio recording, video recording, audio and video editing Conceptual/ theoretical skills – Media as academic discipline, reading and researching academic work Ways of working and learning – Work ethic mode,…
READING/ LECTURE – WEEK 11
LECTURE: TELEVISION, STREAMING + AUDIENCE FRAGMENTATION by Romano Lobato We had our final guest lecturer this week! Ramon Lobato is a Media and Communications expert and gave us insider knowledge into the changing landscape of Television. Titled ‘Television, Streaming and Audience Fragmentation’, Ramon explained that T.V is no longer a broadcast landscape. Whilst most people in the room put up…
WORKSHOP WEEK 9
I was absent during the week nine workshop but was in contact with Jaie and Mikayla via Google Drive and Facebook Group Chat. I read over the ‘Dummies Guide to the Zoom Handy Recorder H2n’ that was on the Media Factory blog to make sure I was up to date. In Week Ten when our group had to create our…
WEEK 9 INITIATIVE
For half of week nine I was actually in London and flew back into Australia at the end of the week! Before I left London I really wanted to get in an interview for my online magazine (genzine.com) and through Instagram connected with Jasmine Dunne, a London based photographer. We met in Shoreditch and walked around getting to know each…
WEEK 8 READING/ LECTURE
According to this week’s lecture, ‘Fandoms’ are perceived as cultural ‘others’ and are usually seen as freakish, obsessed, hysterical and infantile. (M. Hills 2007). This stereotype has existed for years; from teenage girls screaming at The Beatles in the 60’s to generations dressing up and going to watch The Star Wars films, we all know a fandom of some sort.…
WEEK 8 INITIATIVE
There are so many conventions for fandoms being held around the country and Melbourne is one of Australia’s largest pop-culture hubs. It is a huge industry and as I am not a part of a fandom myself, for this week’s initiative I decided to pick the brains of someone who is… Dylan Arkoshy is a 21 year old living in…
PB3 – Interview with Philip Pass
Final Version for Vimeo Passie Film from Jasmine on Vimeo. A moment of reflection from a ‘family man’s’ past; father, husband and Grandfather, Philip Pass filmed in his backyard in the city of Melbourne.
WEEK 7 WORKSHOP
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…
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.…