FINAL REFLECTION ON THE SCREENING + MY HOPES For my film, I tried to create an upbeat, and inspirational tone to really support Diana’s storytelling and advice for young, female creatives. I felt it important to centre Diana’s narrative around impact, and how such projects can benefit not only viewers, but also greater communities and oneself – something Diana passionately […]
ASSIGNMENT FOUR
FINAL REFLECTION Historically, women in the film and screen industries have tackled barriers in almost every respect. Foremost, is the challenge of career progression in an industry dominated by men (Screen Australia, 2015), and the knock-on effects such domination has. Not only are women severely underrepresented in key creative roles, both in the fiction and non-fiction sectors, but opportunities for […]
ASSIGNMENT TWO
MWFF MICRO FILMS FILM ONE: FILM TWO: FILM THREE: PROMPT 2 Producer and filmmaker, Diana Fisk, entered the Australian film industry in 2017, and has since grounded her career in creating projects which focus on human connection and social change. Primarily working within documentary, a genre which “frequently possesses an activist orientation” (French, 2019, para. 3), Diana’s […]
ASSIGNMENT ONE
PROMPT ONE PROMPT TWO – INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND JUSTIFICATIONS My approach for this interview will primarily be one of research and listening. I will be actively listening and engaging with the interviewee, in order to understand their narrative, and how it might translate into a shorter profile. Moreover, I’d like for the interview to be quite conversational, […]
A5 PART 2: FINAL REFLECTION
ON THE SCREENING + OUR HOPES Having completed our makeshift zoom exhibition, I feel it was a lovely ending, and goodbye to this studio! In terms of our group’s manifesto, the main idea I hope audiences were able to resonate with is the unnecessary nature of opposition. Although the idea of simply enjoying what you want to enjoy is familiar […]
A4 INDEX PAGE
Link to final Group Manifesto Individual reflection
A4 – INDIVIDUAL REFLECTION
THE GROUP WORK This project has been a really interesting experience, and unlike other group work I’ve completed before. I think working in a team for this assignment was great, in terms of both our general dynamic and workflow. For me, one of the most interesting parts of working as a collective was just being able to discuss in length […]
A2 PART 2 – MANIFESTO POSITIONING STATEMENTS
In 2020, we must champion the narratives, films and creations of marginalised people – with even more vigour than that which has been afforded to straight white men for the course of cinema history. It is time to get rid of the canon’s waiting game. No more reluctance around declaring the greatness of new films. Shout that they are masterpieces […]
A2 PART 1 – MANIFESTING CHALLENGES TO THE CANON
Diving deeper into the canon has thus far been an interesting journey. In the past five weeks, I feel as though I’ve been able to better understand justifications for the canon, or more aptly, the inevitability of there being one – in film and other art forms. Paul Schrader’s article was definitely insightful in contextualising such arguments for the canon, […]
A1 – THE GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME?
PART ONE: MY TOP 5 
Heya! Here are my five ‘greatest’ films of all time. Not entirely ranked because I am painfully indecisive. PART TWO: WEEK 1&2 REFLECTION The first two weeks of Canon Fodder have been undoubtedly interesting. In complete honesty, I was slightly intimidated by this class as I’m not that familiar with the usual canon […]