Workshop | Michael Firus

Class Team Work

One has to love a good stock image… When PB4 was announced as a team-focused exercise, a fair amount of the lecture theatre either groaned or laughed nervously. However, after this week’s practical, I can honestly say that their fears were misguided. A quick scan of the room reveals a set of content groups humming…

Lesson learnt.

Lesson learnt. I think we were all quite surprised by the amount of formalities and restrictions that needed to be dealt with before filming anything as outlined in this week’s lectorial (that isn’t a word by the way). Formalities that are absolutely imperative unless filming yourself under translucent bedsheets in a blacked out tent somewhere…

Roosters and Red Tape

I distinctly remember the first time I decided to do something with a camera that went past the “play with” mentality. Coming from a photographic background, my Dad felt it necessary, sometime after my 9th birthday, for me to have a camera. It was at that time that I decided to make a film. The…

Visuals for a Haiku

Haiku, for the uninitiated, is a very short type of poetry. Originating in Japan, it has been adopted as verse in its most distilled form. Traditionally in print form, Haiku poetry consists of three lines or phrases. The first line has five syllables, the second 7 and the last 5 again. This week in RMIT…

On Comics and Cinema – Scott McCloud’s ‘Blood in the Gutter’

The idea of closure as described in Scott McClouds comic ‘Blood in the Gutter’ is an interesting one and was discussed at length in our workshop. McCloud defines ‘closure’ as “(the) phenomenon of observing the parts but perceiving the whole”. He gives the example of the gutter (the empty space) between comic panels as being…

Focus and the Notification

I think that it’s pretty fair to say the notification tone is one of humanities biggest distractions from deep focus. Each mobile hardware and software platform has its own distinct set of chimes to let you know when the next frivolous message has reached your hand. These tones are heard constantly on the morning commute…