Having done some very useful refining of our ideas in class, moving into the producing of our 10 sketches proved to be a much more relaxed process as we were now confident in where we were headed. Thankfully, our sketches didn’t require us to leave the one room for filming, allowing us to shift comfortably … [Read more…]
Having come to class with a large and broad list of ideas, we soon learnt that we would have do some refining. This meant that, rather than apply our concept of parody to a large amount of very different video types, we had to bring ourselves back in to one much more specific idea. From … [Read more…]
Having watched several student presentations of the types of online videos they enjoy, I feel that my understanding of the platform has increased somewhat. Several webseries helped bring attention to the differences between TV and online in a serial sense. Factors that come into play here include duration and budget, as online series tend to … [Read more…]
For project two, our idea is to take ten different aspects of online video review and create sketches that explore each of these things through deconstruction and parody. In order to figure out the content of each sketch however, we planned a full script for a parody online video review, and then pulled this apart … [Read more…]
Online Video…What is that? Nothing by LJ Frezza Criteria Making use of the video essay form This video is part of the video essay sub-category, super cut/compilation. This means it is made up of a large amount of clips cut together to make one video. This differs the more conventional types of video essays, in … [Read more…]
After a slow start, the process of mind mapping based on online video progressed fairly quickly, as everyone found they had several things to contribute. This early ideas phase was not exactly organised, so after we had a good amount of sticky notes, we had to tighten them into a slightly more neat manner. This … [Read more…]
During Seth’s presentation/discussion of the OVE portfolio assessment, a good question from a student resulted in an in depth explanation of the differences between formal and informal writing, in relation to our blogs. This was mainly useful in explaining the idea of a polyvocal voice, as well as the means of referencing in informal writing … [Read more…]
Michael talks about Thom Yorke’s latest album Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes, and its interesting distribution method, whilst also sharing his love for In Rainbows, which I appreciate. I promise I didn’t see his post until after I did mine. Rachel reminisces on the days when she knew and played with her neighbours, as she now acknowledges … [Read more…]
So with all the talk about iTunes and gatekeepers in the last symposium, I was reminded of something Thom Yorke did on the weekend. He released his second solo record Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes, and distributed it through BitTorrent where you can download one song and video for free, followed by a $6 pay gate, in … [Read more…]
From the Small Worlds reading, this photo stuck out most to me, for whatever reason – most likely that it was a photo with not too much of a caption, and it was from the first couple of pages, and I might have been kind of rushed for time. Anyway, I found this quite … [Read more…]