Another studio done and dusted, Room With A View is officially over and I’m a little upset to be honest. The studio gave me a first hand look into a career path that I’ve always been interested in – and for a long time have wanted to pursue for the rest of my life. Radio […]
Read more "blog #77: that’s a wrap"Yesterday was my first time on air presenting my own show! It was such a thrill, I really enjoyed my time on air at 3RRR and hope that one day I would be able to broadcast my own show weekly across any radio platform. Our interviews all contained great content which I’m super happy with! […]
Read more "blog #74: first step in a long journey"After a couple of stressful weeks with school work, jobs and personal life – we’re less than a week out from our second live show. This second live show is where I’ll be able to show my skills on the microphone and present Room With a View! I’m so excited but also a little bit […]
Read more "blog #73: practice makes perfect"Recording our demo proved to be a lot trickier than we had initially thought… clearly there is a lot of work that goes into a radio show! Our interviews with Celeste Mountjoy and Rob Corica went really well, and the banter between Isabelle and Sarah along with the songs was perfect – our downsides were […]
Read more "blog #71: demo day"In 4 weeks of university, we’ve only had 2 classes for Room With a View as the other two were lost with mid-semester breaks and public holidays. This disruption in the timetable has made it hard for our group to solidify a good time to meet as well as allowing us to polish our ideas […]
Read more "blog #70: planning a show"Finally, after a year of focusing on film and being behind a camera, it was time for year 2 of university to start with a huge focus on radio – the pathway I would love to follow upon leaving school and graduating. Radio has been a huge passion of mine for as long as I […]
Read more "blog #69: take a little time to enjoy the view"Being someone who loves reality television, the focus for week 10 was reality television with a specific focus on shows such as The Bachelor, Unreal and Candid Camera. Reality television can best be described as “the ‘entertaining real’… ‘authentic’ personalities, situations, and narratives is considered to be reality TV’s primary distinction… and also its primary […]
Read more "blog #68: part one, the bachelor & dating shows"Transnational television can best be described as a concept, program or idea that takes different forms (Chalaby, 2005). Many existing formats have gone transnational and have worked: for example, cross-border satellite TV channels, international and regional news channels and joint ventures. Chalaby also infers that transnational television takes different forms (Chalaby, 2005) including the international […]
Read more "blog #67: part two, transnational programs"If someone was to ask me to record my television habits before commencing my Television Cultures course at the start of this semester, I would have given them a weird look and asked them why it was important I had done that. What I hadn’t put much thought into, which turns out to be the […]
Read more "blog #66: part three, my television habits"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 […]
Read more "blog #63: homecoming"