Our group has chosen the online video example ‘Apple iPhone 6 Review’ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61TAqY03xwk). If we contextualise this work/project in relation to the studio activities so far (the mindmapping and personal case studies) it would be placed in the genre online… Continue Reading
Reflection 1. Reporting An issue we ran into while filming our sketches came from our ability (or inability) to film smooth shots of the bottle opener. We needed to film shots that looked professional – the kind you see at… Continue Reading
About a week ago I had the chance to be an extra in a video for local comedy sketch group Aunty Donna. I debated whether or not to write a blog post about this, simply because there’s not a lot… Continue Reading
Today my group’s work on project two hit a bit of a road block as we approached Seth with our idea to create 10 parody style sketches of cliche Youtube videos. He liked the idea, and said we are still able… Continue Reading
My group began working on our sketches for project two a couple of days ago, and the most prominent thing I have taken from our time spent working together is how much time it actually takes to get things going.… Continue Reading
For project two, our idea is to take ten different aspects of online video review and create sketches that explore each of these things through deconstruction and parody. In order to figure out the content of each sketch however, we… Continue Reading
What is online video – notes from class presentations: are things made for tv or web? where can you watch it/what can you watch it on you watch online video in breaks / times where you wouldn’t traditionally watch television… Continue Reading
The studio today included around half of the class presenting their chosen case studies from project one, and discussing their interest in the content and what it means in terms of online video. The types of videos varied from advertisements… Continue Reading
Online Video… What is that? Originally for this close reading of an online video example, I had chosen to study an episode of Benjamin Cook’s web series Becoming Youtube. However, trying to write about why and how an example of online video is online… Continue Reading
Creating a mind map for ‘what online video is’ was a much more difficult task than first anticipated. Firstly, it’s clear that everyone has a different idea of what they initially think of when presented with the term ‘online video’, and… Continue Reading