Last week – our audio essay rough cut was due. It was at this moment, where I learnt that we were behind. This week in our workshop, our video rough cuts were due. How did we go this time?
Surprisingly enough – our tutor seemed to be happy with where we were at. We had all our audio recorded, and cut and edited into the places we wanted them to go. All that was left was to gather pieces of b-roll to overlay on top of the audio.
So the week 11 workshop consisted of me feeling bad about myself. Ha, as if that isn’t new.
Anyway, week 11 was the due date for our audio essay rough cut. And this day was significant because it made us realize how behind we were. Continue reading
In the past few workshops – and the workshops to come in the future, it seems that majority of our workshop is taken up by group work in relation to our project brief four. But time after time, I’m starting to see this as more of a hindrance than a benefit. Here’s why.
First of all, let me say that it has nothing to do with the people in my group.
It’s more of the fact that sometimes, our group has no reason to do ‘group work’. To provide some context – I’ve gathered that our group doesn’t do well with planning how we’re going to edit our video/audio essays without any footage in front of us. It seems like most of us – if not all of us, would prefer to record some footage, then work from that. So naturally, we planned a few dates ahead of time where we would all meet-up, and record some vox-pops and interviews. Continue reading
Logo for ABC – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Institutions. Is that a good enough intro?
The workshop for this week (04/05/16) was full of open discussion and thing alike. In groups, we traded information regarding our found articles and discussed them in detail. Following that was a small presentation of our findings to the rest of the class, which gave opening to a small Q&A from the other groups. I think this little Q&A was great for finding weaknesses in our information. It helped identify areas where we lacked information in. Continue reading
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This weeks workshop was pretty productive if I do say so myself.
This workshop, after a few tasks that I can’t remember – we got into our groups for the upcoming project brief 4 and did some collaborative work once again.
We had an extensive discussion on what we could frame our media essay around. After several minutes of back-and-forth conversation, the questions we have come up with to frame our media essays on is: Continue reading
SEINFELD — Pictured: Jason Alexander as George Costanza (Photo by Andrew Eccles/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Time to be a judgemental prick about other people’s work!
I’m just kidding…
On Wednesday 20th of April, we were forced (against our will) to show our finished interviews to the rest of the class. Overall, everyone’s was great! Some were phenomenal, others – while still good, could’ve been better. We were put into groups to assess one another’s work and give positive/negative criticism. Look below to see links to my group members interviews, as well as my feedback: Continue reading
Can you tell a gripping story in an interview?
The way I thought about interviews before, is a retelling of experiences and events that have already occurred. Never did I once think that interviews could have the standard formalities of a narrative; a beginning, middle and an end. Continue reading
On the lectorial of week 5, we did a bit of practice for our upcoming project brief; where we must record a two to three minute long interview of someone.
We were randomly placed in groups of three, and given a tripod and a ‘cute’ camera as our equipment (our tutor tends to find a lot of equipment cute). As per usual, we instantly came across an issue. Before I go into it, have a look at the image below:
Notice the problem? Continue reading
In this weeks workshop, we covered a number of things. First of all, we all showed our finished self-portraits, and it was very interesting to see everyone else’s idea of ‘identity’. I was fascinated about how everyone approached this task. Some were abstract, some were quite simple, and others were just weird (like mine!). One thing I did notice was that a lot of people used a birds-eye view of themselves walking. Another common shot was a close-up of tea/coffee being poured.
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In this weeks workshop, we talked about the readings by David Gauntlett regarding creativity and digital media – talking about a change in the way we think about media studies. Dubbed “media studies 2.0”, this new form of media studies encourages creativity and making, rather than the old model where theoretical studies is more prevalent. My previous post talks a bit about this change, so go ahead and read up on it if you haven’t already (it’s freee~).
So what kind of affects will this shift impose? How will it change your day-to-day life? Well, as our class discussed in huge detail, we are already in the process of this shift, and it’s called social media. First of all, let me get this straight. You don’t need to be a media practitioner to create media. Almost every single one of us create media in some way or form. Posting a Facebook status, uploading on Snapchat, or even posting a new photo on Instagram are all forms of media creation.