As the end of the first semester wraps up, there are a few more assignments to be submitted before we all are free from university for a while. Tomorrow, I have my final test for Music in Popular Culture and I really need to do well in this one to bump up my grade from my […]
Read more "blog #56: testing 1, 2"This is Ali’s first cut for Brief 4. I have to say that I really am loving it so far. Aside from a few sound issues and things of that nature, which will all be ironed out by the end of it, it’s actually come up really well so far! The coverage and cuts are […]
Read more "blog #55: director’s cut"What a great day! Today’s tute was dedicated to filming our Game Scope segment for Brief 4… and what a success it was. Ali really nailed the camera set up and whole production and Sandy’s acting was perfect. The group really came together to produce a successful, and quite professional, short piece! I’m so proud of […]
Read more "blog #49: that’s a wrap!"Today’s lecture was all about copyright, sampling and originality. Dan, today’s lecturer, played some very interesting videos to keep us all engaged, intertwining it with some academic research. He then gave us an activity, to listen to Girl Talk’s song This Is The Remix and then to list as many song samples that we could find. I […]
Read more "blog #46: sampling samples"Today each individual group had to present their prototype or a rough outcome idea for their Brief 4 presentation. Everyone’s outcomes are coming along really nicely, it was good to see what others were doing as well to provide a little inspiration and motivation for my group, Team Forte’s, final media artefact. My group, after […]
Read more "blog #40: final cut"Today, my group met up for a fairly extensive meeting to discuss the filming, script and production of our final piece: Brief 4. What we know so far is that it’ll be a talk show like concept, discussing 2 particular texts and how mediums are used in each. Here is a prototype for it:
Read more "blog #37: prototypical"Today, at 3.30, my group had a replacement meeting for our usual Monday time as Sandy had fallen ill. It was a relative quick and succinct meeting, basically running over how we had all gone in the annotated bibliography, as well as talking about research, any issues we had and our final media artefact. Everything […]
Read more "blog #35: meet me halfway"This annotated bibliography task is becoming a little bit tiresome now. After starting on Friday, the task is due tomorrow which means I really need to get a move on. I’m currently over halfway through the task, and after today’s catch up with the rest of Team Forte, I should be right on track to finish […]
Read more "blog #34: annotate in overdrive"This is Team Forte’s brainstorming exercise for our topic of MEDIUMS. The poster explains the final artefact ideas, different types of mediums, and then going into what each artefact can entail. I was the scribe for this task and am overall very happy with how it all turned out.
Read more "blog #31: cloudy with a chance of brainstorm"Finally, the big 30! Dirty thirty. Halfway to 60. Now that’s crazy. To me, writing blogs have never been a chore. I love doing them. Maybe my content isn’t exactly amazing, but I feel like I’m using this more as a general university life journal rather than a Media specific journal… but maybe that’s what it […]
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