We’ve been able to progress quite a bit on our project since our last consultation, especially in the way of re-structuring our sequence and identifying what is yet required to fill in the gaps. I’ve been able to edit the… Continue Reading →

Week nine has been quite productive in regards to the progress we have made towards our micro (I heard someone use that terms the other day and so am adopting it) documentary. On Friday we had the opportunity to showcase… Continue Reading →

Yesterday Bronte and I conducted our first interview, which was with Rachelle from Share the Dignity. Fortunately, despite being based in Brisbane, she was travelling down to Melbourne for the weekend for an event and had the time to squeeze… Continue Reading →

One of the things that has most appealed to me about this course is the emphasis it puts on documentary as a device to advocate for something important and that our society requires. This of course includes the documentary Bronte… Continue Reading →

  On Friday of week four we grabbed some cameras to play around with different techniques in making a pretty impromptu piece. Only having thirty or so minutes, we grabbed a camera as well as some recording equipment and headed… Continue Reading →

One of the strongest motivating factors for my pursuing documentary is aligning my passion – in want of a better word – for more holistic healthcare approaches with engaging in and helping to create robust and fair debates. As we… Continue Reading →

As we near in on the second half of the semester, it’s pretty important to ask the question: “what is it that I want to have to show when we’re all wrapped up?” I came into Documentary As Action knowing… Continue Reading →

The highly controversial 2016 film exploring the men’s rights movement created by director Cassie Jaye, “The Red Pill”, is an interesting film, around which to base a blog post about the ethics of filmmaking. Please note, as with “What the… Continue Reading →

  I found that calling into question my personal motivations for creating documentary a really valuable way to commence this semester. It’s been through identifying what it is about documentary that I find so appealing – and necessary, as well… Continue Reading →

As an aspiring creator of documentary, you could say it’s pretty pertinent to engage with different documentary material often. I spend a fair bit of time doing this, keeping an open mind to watching a variety of films, created in… Continue Reading →