Gut feelings. Sitious behaviours. Questionable observations. There are many mindsets we can take on as curious beings as we clutch at success; a term so ambiguous, so fragile, it makes all these feelings interlock and bind as we make our way through the fast-paced media landscape. Taken from this week’s reading, Howard Gardner had mused […]
“Just as the standard five-day work week has been heavily eroded, so too have the time and place of work. Whereas the old industrial clock regulated our lives in discrete blocks of time and space, with the separate spheres of public and private life, the constant connectivity and global reach of mobile, digital technologies erase time […]
There’s something delicious about personal practice and bettering your craft for the real world. A rush, if you like. I love discovering new tricks and tips about grammar, or how to handle a proofreading and feedback better. Shining a warm, positive light, Cal Newport in some ways feels the same. Presenting his ideas, this week’s […]
This reading made me want to die in the nicest way possible. Today I spent most my day freelancing from home, designing and completing an entire website/e-commerce store. I’m not even a web designer. Yesterday I was writing job descriptions for a group of Monash University students, where I’ll be conducting all social media for […]
Okay, firstly, I have a problem. It’s pretty underwhelming, but also total killjoy: what’s the deal with this week’s reading? Issued by the Global Entertainment Media Outlook, the report aggregates a large slice of data towards Entertainment and Media. Slapping it with the kitsch nickname of E&M, the authors glean statistics to serve the purpose of […]
“Uber, the world’s largest taxi company, owns no vehicles. Facebook, the world’s most popular media owner, creates no content. Alibaba, the most valuable retailer, has no inventory. And Airbnb, the world’s largest accommodation provider, owns no real estate.” – Tom Goodwin A handful of questions run through my mind as I read in bewilderment: I’m […]
Interested in transmedia storytelling, my role in The Digital Director was both of a creative and a team leader. Heading the social media team, our goals were materialised by the influence and interest in expanding our tacit knowledge around digital mediums. Inspired by the current motivations in many film or media campaigns, I wanted […]
Challenged with Screen Australia’s Wild Card Pitch, I set out to create a pitch that would be “good in a room”. Inspired by coming of age films like Boyhood (2014), Rushmore (1998) and The Virgin Suicides (1999), my first initial stories extended from concerns of self-exploration and discovery, looking towards the problems and ideals surrounding young […]
Observing the materiality of the frame, SERIES is a project that integrates the frame into a multimediated online environment. Initially motivated by Haidee Wasson (2008), I began SERIES with the concept of exploring the networked screen and its suggested formative role. By ‘transforming celluloid, electronic and digital images into differentiated social and material sites of cultural […]
As part of my studio On The Frame, every two weeks I’ve decided to upload five frames from a film I’ve watched recently. In the last week of our studio, we had the opportunity to watch Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). Directed by George Miller, there’s many ways to describe this film, but ‘epic’ would probably […]
