The Uni Survival Guide

Unfortunately, due to the fact that we only had the two of us in our group, we were unable to meet all the criteria for this exercise. So instead of doing a traditional interview, Lucy and I created this direct-to-camera survival guide for the first…

Searching the Archives

Project Brief 3 requires at least 30% of our final products to be found footage under Creative Commons license. This means I’ve had to spend a fair amount of time searching the internet for clips that I might be able to use for my project,…

Workshop Five: Filming a survival guide

Once again, this week’s workshop focused around preparation for Brief 3. With the tables arranged in a very conference room manner so we were all facing one another, we discussed where everyone was at in terms of finding interview subjects and planning their project. While…

Lectorial Four: Preparing for Interviews

As the due date for Brief 3 draws closer, there is a lot to be done in order ensure that the final product we hand in is up to standard. This week’s lectorial introduced us to some of the best practices for interviews as well…

Reading: “A Beginner’s Guide to Textual Analysis” By Alan McKee

Textual analysis has always intimidated me somewhat. I’m never certain that I’m focusing on the right elements, or drawing the right conclusions. However, I found Alan McKee’s “A Beginner’s Guide to Textual Analysis” in my ability to analysis texts, as McKee emphasises that there is no single…