Month December 2017

This music video has completely destroyed the respect I had for Taylor Swift. After years of battling bad press, sexism and stereotypes, Taylor Swift made a glorious return to character with her last album, 1989. 1989 received overwhelmingly positive reviews from… Continue Reading →

This week I am looking towards the music video for the 80s classic Take On Me by Norwegian synthpop band A-ha as my source of artistic inspiration. This music video often appears in the top end of “best of” music video… Continue Reading →

Editing in a tiny booth with three other people was a nightmare. No working air-con and clashing personality meant that our editing process ended up being a cycle of someone re-writing over somebody else’s work. By the time I figured… Continue Reading →

If there is anything that this studio has drilled into me, it is that I am  improving my organisation techniques. I’m not quite where I’d like to be, but I am definitely better than I was when I first began… Continue Reading →

Having learnt about lighting in class, my group was anxious to get started. We had planned several lighting set ups, which in the end proved too ambitious as not only did most of the group not know how to set… Continue Reading →

I never thought it could be so hard to find an orange jumpsuit. Our group really liked the idea of having our female lead in a dynamic outfit that stood out from the striped inmate outfits. We searched every website… Continue Reading →

(This post was written at the beginning of the studio, however I am a goof and forgot to post it) As we continue to brainstorm about how we will incorporate the band members into the music video,  I have once… Continue Reading →

Being a perfectionist, I have resigned myself to believe that I will never truly be happy with any work that I have had to produce under time constraints. Personally, I believe that I put a lot more effort into this… Continue Reading →

Sunday 10th December, Shoot day #2: Obstacles In contrast to our first shoot day, the 10th of December was a sunny but cold day (don’t even know how that works, thanks Melbourne!). This meant that the pool water was chilly,… Continue Reading →

Tuesday 28th November, Shoot day #1: Obstacles Our first shoot day brought with it many challenges. First of all- it was very hot! I tried to combat that by providing Paddle Pops for the cast and crew, only to realise… Continue Reading →