The day of the seminar came around and we felt quite prepared for the day ahead. The group worked really well to help create a stress free environment for the other members of the group and of course the guests. Prior to the seminar we went up to the level 3 computer room to print off some instagram cut outs which i edited together and printed off to have on the tables in the seminar. After that I went to meet up with Sarah and take her to the rest of the group to meet up with them and so that Ned could prep them for the seminar. We set up in the theatre and James and Brian helped me get set up with the camera at the back of the room which I would film on for the seminar. I think the seminar went really well, and Ned did an awesome job despite his short preparation time. There were a few things that we obviously would have done differently if we had another go but alot of them were things that we wouldn’t have known until the seminar had taken its course. Things such as seating arrangements and twitter participation but I think it went well regardless which is reflective on our feedback score.

I think I sufficiently participated in the group for this task, which was easy because it was such a great group to work with. I’m happy with how the final seminar went and I think most importantly people who were there got a lot out of it, I know i certainly did. I obviously haven’t seen all the seminar series yet, although I found the seminar series kind of helpful. I was a bit disappointed with this as my final semester course outline as I was really hoping to make something that could help my future career pathways, a substantial piece of work in the field that i would like to move into perhaps?! I don’t know. It was great working with my group though as they were a great bunch and we worked really well together.

As week 3 came around, things started to step up in intensity so we needed to bring our A game, fortunately our whole group was willing chip in and take on various roles so that we could get the ball rolling. The 3rd week class was good but bad because there were alot of people not there so it was hard to make executive decisions but we did get some good ideas for the seminar itself (Layout, props, initiatives etc.) which moved us all onto a nice wavelength with each other. I decided to try and get a guest who I thought would be good from the perspective of a ‘self-made’ social media user in Sarah Stone. I knew her through friends at school and was aware that she had quite a prominent online profile for her music. I bought this up with the group and they said go for her. I messaged her through Facebook and she was more than willing to help out which was great! I liaised with her up until the day  sending her general question outlines and if there was anything she would be uncomfortable with.

The poster was another aspect of the seminar that I took on as a role within the group. I wanted to great something simple and bright that would capture the attention of people walking by. I went for a minimal colour palette and put in some funky pictures of an old man sitting behind a oldish looking computer. There wasn’t too much meaning behind the picture except for the aesthetic which Torika and I kept when doing other pieces.  I did have some trouble with the posters because i forgot what Shelley had said about putting the official RMIT logo on the poster but I was quick to amend this problem before any of the posters were put up.

I printed off a whole bunch of these and put them up around building 9, 12 and 80 prior to the seminar.

I missed the first week of the Media Industries class but that wasn’t too much to worry because the meaty goodness came in the second week where we chose areas of interest for the seminar series. I was originally standing in the film section because that was what I had always wanted to do, but knowing that I wasn’t actually going to make a film I opted in with the social media crew because it was a little something different and there wasn’t as many people in the group. The next decision was the date that our seminar would be held and it turned out to be the first week of seminars which was week 5, which I guess is a blessing in disguise because we get it all out of the way and we set a course of direction for other groups of what works well and what doesn’t work well. I’m extremely happy with my group and I believe we can.

Our other first course of business was to come up with a catchy title that could be used sort of metaphorically with aspects of social media. We came up with In(ternet)ception which we likened to the different and constantly evolving areas within social media, much like the course of the movie. This was a good starting point and as I like to work with posters and such I took on board creating the poster for the seminar.