blog #63: homecoming

So after my amazing 3 week holiday to North and Central America, I’m back in gloomy old Melbourne – where the sun never shines and rain is aplenty. My first day of semester 2 at RMIT consisted of a session for my studio class Character as well as a lecture for The Spectacle of Music Video which were […]

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blog #60: reflecting

Brief 4 was a collaborative piece in which each group was given a topic that they had to research, and then eventually produce a media artefact that creatively responded to one of the conceptual ideas central to Media. Once divided into our groups we were set on our way to research this topic. My group, […]

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blog #58: dusty roads ahead

Week 12’s lecture, today, was all about media materialism! Dan took over this lecture again and presented the 2 hour seminar in a really engaging and comprehensible way. I especially loved the way that all the media terms were discussed and defined explicitly. The terms ‘Holocene’ and ‘Anthropocene’ were terms I struggled with but once […]

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blog #55: director’s cut

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 […]

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blog #54: seedy sunday

After finishing work late last night and staying up until an unreasonable hour, I had every excuse to justify my sleeping in until midday. Now that I’ve got the house to myself (my grandma is away visiting my family in Adelaide), I’ve realised just how much effort goes into running a household – of this […]

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blog #52: correlation nation

Working with Sandy and Ali has been a really interesting and fun experience! Here are links to both Ali and Sandy’s blogs where they both discuss over a few blog posts the key ideas and their thoughts on the Brief 4 planning, meetings and filming. Ali: http://www.mediafactory.org.au/ali-bucha/ Sandy: http://www.mediafactory.org.au/alexander-jones/ Take a look!

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blog #51: camera roll

A panorama shot taken from the day of filming. Highlighting our hiring of lighting equipment, 3 cameras showing different angles, LCD TV screens displaying graphics that correlate the script, and a really trendy and cool set!

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