17 March

In Media One’s third lectorial, three guest speakers presented: Anne Lennox, Kyla Brettle and Paul Ritchard. The lectorial’s focus was on media as a ‘public practice’ through engagement with the world and others. The presentations were informative, interesting and pedagogical. I will comment on the three presentations separately.

Anne Lennox

Anne’s primary focus during her speech revolved around copyright in medias including film, television prose, the internet and music. Copyright in the context of international patenting, moral rights and infringements to copyright were also discussed.

Kyla Brettle

Kyla’s delivery of her presentation on travelling, opportunities and international media was phenomenal. She spoke of her own life experiences in travelling to Kabul and making hard-hitting documentaries. Kyla’s primary message was to put ourselves ‘out-there’ as media practitioners, accept offers we would not normally consider inclusive of our comfort zone and do whatever it takes to succeed.

Paul Ritchard

Paul initially introduced us to the ‘film-tv blog’ on the Media Factory website which is a broader blog in terms of film, television and new media at RMIT. He spoke of serendipity and ‘happy accidents’ in terms of filmmaking and media making.