In what ways do you hope your screenings/exhibited/screened work engaged its audience and communicated a key concern of the studio? My main hope for engagement with our work is to raise awareness of disinformation and how easily one can be deceived by ideas that appear real but are not. If our work prompts the audience to pause and think critically about the ways they are exposed to disinformation and […]
Reflection #4.4 The Final Artefact Reflection
To enhance this work for a film festival, I would extend the duration to 15 minutes, allowing for a deeper exploration of key topics discussed in our interview with Meg. While our 5-minute documentary is commendable, expanding it would allow us to incorporate more insights and discourse from her interview, particularly delving deeper into the issue of disinformation. I would pay keener attention to her discussion of how […]
Reflection#4.3 AI and Disinformation
In today’s world, the prevalence of disinformation creates an unstable and confusing climate. Fact-checking is often insufficient, and numerous opposing voices make discerning truth from falsehood challenging. I approach the information we receive with a critical eye, considering who benefits from it and the motives behind its dissemination. Plato once warned that the greatest threat comes from those who believe they know the truth, who may act on falsehoods with […]
Reflection #4.2 Collaboration
I consider myself a diligent collaborator, setting high standards for both myself and the work I present. When working with a group, I offer them the opportunity to meet these standards collectively or allow me to take on the task myself to ensure it meets the desired level of quality. Fortunately, in this instance, my group agreed that our work should be of a high standard, which was fantastic. […]
Reflection #4.1 Documentary as a consciousness-raising tool
An aside: When we considered whether weather documentaries could be useful tools in explaining, exploring, or even combating disinformation, I was definitely in favour of their usefulness. According to Merriam-Webster, a documentary is “a presentation (such as a film or novel) expressing or dealing with factual events: a documentary presentation”, which lends them a certain credibility. Documentaries have long been heralded as valuable educational tools. They can shed light on […]
Assignment #4 Truth Be Told | THE RIGHTEOUS GENE
Dr Meg Elkins is alarmed by the toll the internet is taking on all of our minds. When we see disinformation online, we tend to believe it for a variety of psychological reasons. As one of the pioneering minds in the fields of disinformation and psychology, Meg empowers ordinary citizens with the tools to approach information critically. THE RIGHTEOUS GENE is a five-minute documentary that illustrates the intricate workings […]
Assignment #4 SUBMISSION
Please find all the links you need to the three posts for Assignment #4, The Final Artefact and Reflection Assignment #4 Truth be Told | Final Artefact | THE RIGHTEOUS GENE Reflection #4.1 Documentary as a consciousness-raising tool Reflection #4.2 Collaboration Reflection #4.3 AI and Disinformation Reflection #4.4 The Final Artefact Reflection Happy Navigating 
Assignment #3 To Do List
Change everything that says Righteousness to Righteous At 15 seconds, remove the shot (Abi’s shot) Add typing sounds over the title sequence Motion stabilize the opening When the title fades out, change the music to the atmosphere Change the cut to RMIT (too abrupt) Establishing shot of Bowan street For the setup of the experiment: Table, Abi, explained, Super cut of their reactions Download […]
Week Four, We Strike !
This semester, we’ve talked a lot about the dangers of AI, specifically AI-generated photos and videos, used by bad actors to spread disinformation. Could AI be harnessed for good? Could it even be used in your major assignment? Are you aware of any ethical issues with using generative AI? Can any of these issues be mitigated in some way? I believe that AI can be utilized for positive purposes, […]
Assignment #1.3 REFLECTION ON ‘A Royal Odyssey’
For my artifact of misinformation, I created five images portraying my sister as different historical queens using Photoshop. Fortunately, my sister is a performer, and I had access to plenty of headshots of her. To create the images, I masked my sister’s face and layered it on top of downloaded images from Google depicting historical scenes. While I could have utilized more advanced techniques to alter colours and […]
Assignment #1.2 DISINFORMATION ARTEFACT : A Royal Odyssey
Hey Travelers, we all know about the classic time travel theories right? The Mandela Effect messing with our memories, John Titor dropping future bombshells, and The Simpsons practically scripting reality—it’s like a time warp out here! For real, though, it’s like we’re living in a sci-fi flick. But yo, what if we’re just scratching the surface? What if time travel ain’t just about the little stuff? What if […]
Assignment #1.1 REFLECTION ON THE READING
What is Post-Truth: Reading Reflection This week’s reading delves into the concept of “post-truth” and its implications in contemporary political discourse. McIntyre (2018) argues that in today’s American politics, we see a disturbing trend of irrationality, ego, and the prioritization of policymakers’ perceived truths over the greater good of the people. Through this lens, there’s a clear need for higher evidence standards and more rigorous fact-checking to counter the misuse […]
Assignment #1 Submission Index
Please find all the links you need to the three posts for: Assignment #1, ‘A Royal Odessey’. Assignment #1.1: Reflection on the Reading Assignment #1.2: Disinformation Artifact: A Royal Odyssey Assignment #1.3: Reflection on ‘A Royal Odyssey’ Happy Navigating
Assignment #5.2 Studio Review
Synthetic Media Reviews Inc. By Benjamin McCormick, Daniel Caball Moore, Adrian Schiavello, and Amy Chan The first group’s work I’d like to discuss is ‘Inc’. Among all the videos produced by this studio, theirs was the most poignant concerning the topics we’ve discussed throughout the semester on synthetic media and its evolving impact on the future of workplaces and the changing value of human input. Their […]
Assignment #4 Synthetic Media Short Film | TARE
In the aftermath of a heart-wrenching breakup, Rose stumbles upon duplicates of herself, each representing a distinct aspect of her fragmented identity formed by the pressures of social and synthetic media. As she grapples with self-acceptance and identity, Rose embarks on a profound voyage of self-discovery and acceptance. Along the way, she reconnects with her authentic self and, in a heartwarming culmination, reunites with her […]
Assignment #2 Synthetic Film Opening Scene | GENTEEL
What were you trying to achieve in terms of critically communicating about synthetic media and explain the method in which the editing process was used to attempt this? This assignment aims to communicate the invisibility of synthetic media and its use as a companion and friend while in development. I used AI as a person to bounce ideas off of and mold and shape this assignment when I was […]
Weekly Blog 6: 21st-27th August | Generative Art
This week was a bit weird for me as I could not attend any of our classes due to being very sick. However, from the class updates and the Cnavas modules, I could keep up with the key concepts of the week, which included getting feedback on our rough cuts and color grading 101. While my friends gave me some feedback over email, unfortunately, it was not as implementable as […]
Weekly Blog 5: 14th-20th August | Virtual Production and Immersive Art
It was great this week to look at demos of an Unreal Engine Virtual Production. It was incredible how they created a completely digital stage and could transfer a scene to the technology. Exploring the three-act structure had me a little confused at first. Not because I didn’t understand the concept as a stand online idea but because I didn’t understand how to apply it to a 2-minute movie intro […]
Weekly Blog 4: 7th-13th August | AI Acoustics
This week we explored the three-act structure and how to incorporate it into our second assignment. I found this quite hard to grasp, not as a stand-alone concept but how to apply it to a two-minute opening sequence, but after looking at movies like James Bond, I realized how the opening 5 minute is usually a microcosm of a story within the larger world which leads to the eventual plot […]
Assignment #1 Synthetic Film Opening Title Sequence | REFRACT
What were you trying to achieve in terms of critically communicating about synthetic media, and explain the method in which the editing process was used to attempt this? I aimed to convey a deeply rooted human emotion using AI and its range of tools available at the low-cost end. Inspired by class discussions on the uncanny valley, which refers to the discomfort people experience when facing humanoid-looking robots, I […]
Weekly Blog 3: 31st July-6th August | The Robots are Here
The key learning we covered this week was exploring the programs of 3D Painting Substance Painter and Murph AI- while my computer didn’t survive the process, it was great fun playing around on a classmate’s laptop and seeing how we can customize objects that can be used for animation or video edits. Conceptually, “The Robots are Here” was very poignant. I think we’ve been so afraid of the idea of […]
Weekly Blog 2: 24th-30th July | Deep Fakes
This week we delved further into deep fakes, taking time in class to film ourselves before recreating ourselves digitally. While I really enjoyed it, I was happy to be unsuccessful in creating my replica, as I feel there is an incredible lack of power over one’s image once it’s been uploaded and created digitally. It’s hard enough identifying a real user on social media platforms where people can claim photos […]
Weekly Blog 1: 17th-23rd July | A New Semester
What a way to get into the semester. I enjoyed seeing an overview of the work ahead, especially the programs were going to be exploring throughout this studio. While I enjoyed using polymorph to capture 3D objects and Metahuman to *try* to clone myself this week, I am particularly interested in working with Runway AI. Their programming to me seems to be the most advanced platform for those who don’t […]
Assignment #5.2 Studio Review
Firstly, The Real World Media Studios: Alienation was a really moving project. As a group, they created a really warm experience. They did a wonderful job of telling a story through interactive origami and play. While simple, the concept was super effective, and I really loved that it created a full circle to the first week of the semester with the class origami. The use of origami as a mode […]
Assignment #4.5 When it’s All Over
As we come to the end of assignment #4 for Real World Media, lets address the following prompts… In what ways do you hope your creative exploration is received by its audience? For the exhibition, I hope that our audience feels a child-like joy and curiosity when experiencing our work. Even if not all elements of our story are completely understood or comprehended, I want the sandbox to […]
Assignment #4.4 Meaning in Space
As we get closer to our exhibition, it is time to research the art of curation. In this reflection, we will explore why a curated room with a directed path to follow helps create the most meaningful and narratively immersed experience for your audience. While I believe all of our work for this assignment has been wonderful and has led to a beautiful outcome that is both creative and […]
Assignment #4.3 Filling Emptiness
This reflection is going to look at the research on the lifespan of tree species that led to solving a major roadblock in the creation and filling of the sandbox diorama. This week I faced a problem. I purchased a nice big box for our sandbox, only to take it home to my miniature sculptures and realize, sh*t, the work I’ve done will not, in a circumstance, fill this […]
Assignment #4.2 Trees Cry Too
This reflection is going delve into how we can create an anthropomorphic connection for our audience with our sentient and magical tree species —The Arbors. For context, our planet is inhabited by the Codans who, through their selfish exploitation of the life-giving, shade-providing, and fruit-bearing Arbors, are able to survive on the surface of Coda, where previously they had not been able to survive. After years of building their […]
Assignment #4.1 The Fall of a Civilisation
This reflection will cover my research on how civilizations fall, using Earth, and its possible future cataclysms, to guide our story of how the Codan civilization meets its ruin. For assignment #4, my main task assigned by the group is to create a sandbox diorama that has the ‘discovered’ elements of the lost civilization that piece together the stories of their rise and fall. While we in this day and […]
Assignment #4 Reflection Index
Please find all the links you need to the five reflections that make us assignment #4. Reflection #4.1 The Fall of a Civilisation Reflection #4.2 Tree’s Cry Too Reflection #4.3 Filling Emptiness Reflection #4.4 Meaning in Space Reflection #4.5 When It’s All Over Happy Navigating
What is Craft?
To Define Craft by Meaning What is Craft? Critical Reflection The concept of craft and its definition has shifted over time. In late medieval Europe, it was defined as a lower-class job requiring expertise in a trade (Howell 1986), which slowly expanded into a novel pastime for the upper class, occupying busy fingers (Schaffer, 2011). Craft encompasses human skill, quality, and rarity in the twenty-first […]
Week 3 In class Activity
My craft is meant to represent institutions, dopamine holes, and indoctrination. The all encompassing grip of media that is inescapable in our day and age. The icy pole sticks create the ‘building’ while the skull is made from soft clay. (I will admit, I didn’t make the hair clip that it sits on, but I needed something to anchor it)
Assignment #1.3 Detox always has been and always will be a trend
We took a turn down to look at the more negative reactions affiliated with being a media and technologically-driven society. Paasonen (2020) says that [Media]…contribute to the influential trope of disenchantment” and that we as a society fall into the allure of nostalgia to escape the uncomfortable present post covid. While I believe this stirs many great points about exploiting our eagerness for ‘enchantment,’ it also makes me think about […]
Assignment #1.2 Relevance vs Evolution
This week we delved further into the definition of “old media” and what it truly means by reading Simone Natale’s “There Are No Old Media.” It included great discussion about the relevancy in which we view different pieces of technology in modern society and how the dates of their release aren’t as important to their classification as old or new; comparatively to a technologies popularity or social relevance. Natale (2016) […]
Media, Place and Time
iCloud Library Started using in 2015 when I first got an iPhone. My oldest photos on this phone (a newer model) as from 2019. The photo is found is from 21 July 2019 I was at friends for a high tea birthday party. It was a beautiful big house, with a gorgeous garden and pool. It was a really hot day; everyone wanted to be indoors. I never posted […]
Assignment #1.1 To Fold or to Flow
This week has posed many great questions about Media and what it is. I had always assumed that ‘media’ by definition, encumbered any form of communication, socials, or art form that was creative and created from digital elements. This, in retrospect, fits perfectly into my generation Z view of the world. From our class brainstorming, I was open to the idea or reminder that Media includes anything broadcasted or shared […]
Assignment #1 Index
Please find all the links to my posts comprising Assignment #1. Week 1. Assignment #1.1 To Fold or to Flow Week 2. Assignment #1.2 Relevance vs Evolution Week 3. Assignment #1.3 Detox always has been and always will be a trend Happy Navigating
Media Audit
What media do you use every day? Journal * Dated Diary * Ticktock Pinterest Instagram Youtube Netflix Binge Stan Disney + T.V Novels * Iphone Computer Origin (Sims) Age of Empires Xbox Nintendo Switch Gmail Icloud Wattsapp Spotify Google Calander Google Chrome Word Adobe Structured What do you use them for? Journal (Reflecting, decompressing) * Dated Diary (Organsign and planning my week)* Ticktock (Entertainment) Pinterest (Research, Visual Discovery) Instagram […]
Real World Media
Welcome to 2023, Media 3. My studio for this semester is Real World Media.
Welcome
Welcome to my brand new. I hope you enjoy reading about my thoughts and ideas as we work through different projects and studios. Completed Studios so far include: 2022 Media 2 Studio: The Power of the Cut 2022 Meida 3 Studio: Real World Media Currently Undergoing: 2023 Media 4: Synthetic Media Please use the navigation panels to work through the different assignments and courses over my degree. […]
Assignment #1 Index
Please follow these link to all posts related to assignment #1. Post 1: The Power of the Cut Post 2: Workshop Activity 1, The Lenny Shot List Past 3: Workshop Activity 2, Preparing your Edit Post 4: The Initiative Post
Assignment #2 Index
Please follow these links to all posts related to assignment #2. Post 1: Workshop Activity 1, Significant Moments Post 2: Workshop Activity 2, Mark Le Fanu Post 3: Deconstruction Post 4: My Way of Working
Assignment #4 Reflection
When I first began this studio I thought its aims were to progress our editing skills and give us tips and tricks of the trade to create edits usable in everyday life. Now, after completing this course I’ve learned so much more. This course has shown me how to work plan and create professionally. It’s also broadened my idea of what an editor can be, from freelance to personal film […]
Assignment #5.2 Final Reflection
The showcase was a wonderful way to finish the semester. I loved getting to see what my classmates created and see how they’re worked evolved from rough cuts into fully-fledged edits with the story, meaning, and pizzazz. Seeing our work on screen also reminded me of some fundamental learning curves. All small discrepancies you think are unnoticeable on the small screen and aren’t worth the painstaking hours to change turn […]
My Way of Working
Look, I have not been quiet in my… disinterest… in labeling all of my shots within premiere, however, over the past few weeks, I have definitely taken on some of the labeling and organizing suggestions. It’s interesting because I’m overly clean and controlling over my space in life, but my laptop doesn’t hold that same standard, and neither do my edits. However, I have slowly been incorporating more, such as […]
Deconstruction
Let’s deconstruct a favorite scene of mine from Death Becomes Her (1992). Warning that there are some ‘icky’ images, for lack of a better word, even though the movie is rated M. (If you haven’t seen it, this is, in my opinion, a cult classic.) Now, this scene is both long and can be broken up into shorter segments, and youtube, unfortunately, doesn’t have one clip for the entire […]
Workshop Activity 2: Mark Le Fanu
For today’s blog post, I wanted to discuss the homework, which was a reading by Mark Le Fanu called ‘On Editing’. It was a lot to digest and read, but there are some specific points that I think deserve discussion and learning from. The notion that editing is lying is interesting to me. I don’t know if I necessarily like it because to me, to live your own life is […]
Workshop Activity 1: Significant Moments
The week four activity was great. I really enjoyed the significant moment exercise because it allowed us to learn about each other in our groups. I discovered that I like sharing personal stories and bringing a little joy to the classmates who heard. I have no shame, so I am more than happy to overshare. I don’t know if I’m going to enjoy watching back somehow, I think the second-hand […]
The Initiative Post
Food. Nothing is more vital for humans. Nothing is transformable. Pasta, Pastries, Peanut butter or Peas. It is something that connects every single human and also causes such great divides in identity. And in my very humble opinion, no tv show or movie has ever captured its entire qualities as Netflix’s ‘Chef’s Table.’ The show follows some of the best chefs in the world and, in recent seasons, has been […]
Workshop Activity 2: Preparing you Edit
‘Preparing your edit’ worksheet and activity was one of my favorites so far. I really liked being able to play around in adobe and learn fantastic organizational techniques simultaneously. I definitely learn best if I get to do what I’m learning as I’m learning it, especially when it comes to something as fiddly as Premiere. I am looking forward to working with videos that have unattached audio as well, seeing […]
Workshop Activity 1: The Lenny Shot List
I enjoyed working on the shot list for the ‘Lenny’ script. At first, I found it hard to visualize what the scene was meant to convey or how in a wider story it would fit in, but after deciding I wanted to make my sequences to suit a fantasy film, I could plan my shot list to feed into this vibe, and build the theme even in a really short […]
The Power of the Cut
When looking through all the media studios, I was looking for something that I thought could be turned into practical skills that were broad and easily transferable into many tasks, jobs, and careers. It also just happened to be the case that I also love to edit, watch films and analyze the power of the choice in making a scene or movie ‘good’ or ‘bad.’ I like to watch movies […]
Assignment #5.2 Studio Reflection
This assignment is a written reflection of up to 800 words that responds to your studio’s final exhibition website in Week 13 as well as your experience of engaging with another studio’s website. The purpose of this assignment is to reflect on some of the key ideas and your learning in the studio and other studios through the lens and experience of the Week 13 website exhibitions of the studio’s final work. Your written reflection should address […]