This is a video that I came across during Year 11 VCE Media. It’s an ad from the organisation GetUp! that was produced as part of a campaign to legalise same sex marriage in Australia. It’s done in a really… Continue Reading
In this week’s lectorial, Dan talked about the concepts of narrative and non-narrative. I liked the idea that Dan spoke about of the fact that story is our way of structuring existence: “everything is story and story is everything”. In… Continue Reading
Today our Project Brief 4 group had a really productive workshop session. We filled out the collaborative contract, figured out our available meeting times, brainstormed an overall idea what the media platform and content for our topic, jotted down minutes… Continue Reading
New York City is my favourite city in the world, and I had the privilege of visiting in December of last year. This is a video I found that I think captures the essence of the city as a home… Continue Reading
One of the topics of today’s lecture was the concept of semiotics. Having studied Year 12 Media, I already had some prior knowledge about the concept and was interested in Brian’s further discussion. I found this week’s reading about Barthes’… Continue Reading
This morning I stupidly forgot to set my alarm clock and woke up three hours later than I should have, making me miss the workshop so I didn’t get to be there to see and discuss everyone’s project briefs. However… Continue Reading
https://vimeo.com/125386757 WRITTEN REFLECTION: What you consider to be the most successful and problematic aspects of your submitted work I’ve always been a logical person, and I’ve always liked doing things in a straight forward and conventional way. So when it… Continue Reading
“Living Moments” – NYC streets frozen in time from Paul Trillo on Vimeo. When I first saw this video, I was blown away at how this was produced with only smartphones. This is also another example of the Bullet Time… Continue Reading
This week’s lectorial theme was ‘collaboration’. It simultaneously excites and scares me that much of the next three years of this program involves working in groups and collaborating with my peers; and that in the media industry in which I… Continue Reading
In this week’s workshop, we took turns discussing our progress for the next project, and it was interesting to hear the range of people that were the subjects of everyone’s portrait documentary. I have decided to use my friend Aisha… Continue Reading