Workshop Twelve: Filming

Today’s workshop was cancelled, so our group decided we would use the time would have spent in class filming for PB4. We’ve decided to use some of the audio from the audio essay in the video essay, so we can focus more on the visual…

Workshop Eleven: Audio Draft and Video Brainstorming

We’ve just played the draft of our audio essay to the class and got some feedback. The edit is still in the early stages. Currently, we only have the main dialogue track and haven’t really addressed the creative criteria of the brief. The main feedback…

Workshop Ten: Scripting and Refining Research Questions

Currently in the workshop, our group is attempting to refine our research questions to reflect what we want the final essays to focus on. After some feedback from the class, these are the questions have come up with: Audio essay – How has the way…

Workshop Nine: Deconstructing PB4

Project Brief 4 has been more than a little confusing for most people in my workshop. I think just about every group has found the sheer amount of material given with the brief, especially after having no media related classes in week 8. I think…

Workshop Eight: Working from Home

This week’s workshop was cancelled, so we have to complete the set work from home. It’s a little challenging, seeing as we didn’t have a lectorial either this week due to the ANZAC day holiday, but I’ll try my best to keep on top of…

Workshop Seven: Mini Festival Feedback

Today’s workshop involved screening all the films for PB3 and giving feedback to others using the hats model. The following is the feedback for my group members Amber, Yellow hat: I like the old found footage. The link between her family history and current politics…

Workshop Six: Narrative Structure

What is the ‘controlling idea’ (Robert McKee) of your portrait? In other words, what is the most interesting thing about your participant/interviewee that you want to communicate? The controlling idea behind my portrait is the dedication and passion required to pursue a career or interest…

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…

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…

Workshop Four: H2n Zoom Recording exercise

After watching everyone’s Brief 2 projects in a ‘mini film festival’, the bulk of this morning’s workshop focused on sound, following on from the readings and the lectorial. In order to prepare us for working with the H2n Zoom microphones to record the interview component…