It’s finally that time of the year: the end of the first semester. This has been a semester filled with advancing my media skills, gaining knowledge and meeting wonderful people. So, for our final lectorial we were asked to reflect on… Continue Reading
Dr. Ramon Lobarto, Senior Research Fellow in Media/Communications at RMIT University, took over the week 11 lectorial and discussed ‘television, streaming, and audience fragmentation’. The evolution and effects of television and forms of broadcasting are always important to discuss and… Continue Reading
Klya Brettle, an experienced practitioner in sound design and radio, took over week 10’s lectorial and has explained the importance of structuring audio, the importance of layers and textures, and the effects that these have on the overall audio piece. Basically, she… Continue Reading
Danah Boyd’s article ‘Did Media Literacy Backfire?‘ discusses how basic media literacy requires understanding the credibility of your sources. Brian emphasises this statement in the week 9 lectorial by explaining that ‘academic research’ needs to take place. This is where annotated bibliographies… Continue Reading
Think: Star Wars, Harry Potter, Star Trek, the Avengers, Sherlock, Doctor Who and Supernatural. What do they have in common? A crrrrrrrazy following. But why? Textual Attention. Like Brian said in this week’s lectorial: the question is how texts establish relations with… Continue Reading
Privacy was the leading topic of discussion in week 6’s lectorial and reading. Being a ‘millennial’ and growing up in the age of new technology, social media and Internet, my stance on Internet privacy are likely to generally be very different… Continue Reading
A guest lecturer came in to our lectorial this week to explain their experiences in interviewing. Louise Turley, an experienced worker in the Media industry and current producer of Back Roads on ABC TV, provided many, many helpful tips on interviewing… Continue Reading
I was hooked at Cal Newport’s line: be so good they can’t ignore you. For the week 4 lectorial, we watched a presentation by Cal Newport, an author and theorist. Newport examines the benefits and necessity of not following your passion… Continue Reading
How important is the placement of shots put side-by-side in film? The lecturer for week 3, Liam Ward, showed the class a clip of Alfred Hitchcock explaining the importance of this perfectly. In this video, Hitchcock follows the same idea… Continue Reading
Just like my Media 1 lecturer and David Gauntlett, I will pose the question of: What Is Media? Each and everyone has different views and ideas of what first comes to mind when thinking of media. Many will think of… Continue Reading