This curtain call will be my final post curating my top 5 blog posts, as well as talking about my learning graph and reflecting on the semester that has just passed. Above is my learning graph that we were asked to complete in class, I found this exercise to be extremely fascinating as it […]
Read more "blog #62: curtain call for semester 1"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, […]
Read more "blog #60: reflecting"One more month until I’m engulfed in this glorious landscape!
Read more "blog #59: one month countdown"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 […]
Read more "blog #58: dusty roads ahead"As I got on the train today for work, it’s so hard not to now observe every part of media that is consumed on a train. This course has taught me a lot about everyday media, so I now catch myself tallying in my head each individual piece of media around me. Just alone, on […]
Read more "blog #57: sit back and observe"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"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 […]
Read more "blog #54: seedy sunday"Eduardo Navas’ article discussing remixes and mashups is a perplexing and highly informative article. The idea of sampling is something that Navas explores throughout. What I love most about the reading is that Navas specifically defines remix and mashups implicitly which provides great perspectives. The article also looks at mashup and remixes over time, from […]
Read more "blog #53: reading over then re-reading the reading"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!
Read more "blog #52: correlation nation"