This Weeks Lecture.

What stuck with me the most from the lecture was that if you write for an intended audience that audience will eventually come. I really want to write TV shows in the future but I have always been worried that n0 one will like what I create. TV shows need a strong cult following to continue over a few seasons. So this little idea has changed the way I’ve though about creating films or television series. Thinking about your intended audience is a lot more important than I thought in high school. Whenever we had to write a paragraph on who our intended audience is and why I thought it was a waste of time. I just wanted to skip that part and get onto writing a script. Of course creating something for a specific audience doesn’t guarantee you success, but it will definitely help.

 

Also, print media seemed to be attacked quite a bit in the lecture. Is print really dead? Of course digital media will become more popular but I for one still prefer to read a book in it’s printed form than on a Kindle or a laptop screen. My eyes just can’t focus on a digital screen for so long. Perhaps it’s because as I was growing up we didn’t read picture books off screens and books are just what I’m used to. Maybe in the future, since little kids all seem to be carrying around iPads these days, people will grow up more used to reading off a screen.

MOTIVATION

Since my previous realisation about how unproductive/unexperienced I truly am (click here to see the post) I have decided to enter a short film competition. Now I know this film will probably be one of the dullest pieces I ever make, which is ironic since the the theme is “Greece is light”, but it is experience nonetheless. The competition I am entering is a Greek-Australian film contest that looks for greek students, much like myself, to enter. The films are shown on Greek Television, across Europe, America and Australia. That is an indication to how complex and sophisticated Greek TV is. I had a look at previous year entries and the films never seem to be made by media students (there is only a limited amount of Greek-Australian Media students in Australia).

 

Even though the plan and idea for the film I am making (with another student from Melbourne Uni) is quite basic and nothing too “Spielberg”, I have found that I am actually pretty excited about it and I finally get to put all the techniques (like how to set up an interview and how to record sound clearly) to the test and get something done that I might actually be able to put on my resume.

 

Zorba The Greek, 1964.