Here is my attempt of the first minute of Cracker Bag (Ivin 2003): EXT. BACKYARD – DAY Eddie fills a can with soil and crushes it flat with her foot. INT. WAREHOUSE – DAY She cycles into a warehouse and walks over to a scale. She place a large sack onto the scale and a MAN […]
Read more "It’s A Cracker"…to another world. Or at least, the main characters in our stories can do that. With our screenplays in working progress, we had a pretty creative exercise that made us realise what kind of characters we have (or don’t have). We were asked to list as many words as we can describing the ‘world’ of […]
Read more "Let’s Take A Walk"With only one week left before we start production, what else could possibly go wrong? Well, fortunately enough not a lot, but there’s always that one thing. And in this case, it’s securing a location. You would think that filming at your own university would be the more practical and time efficient idea considering the […]
Read more "What Could Possibly Go Wrong?"And let the filming … continue. Last week, my group and I have begun filming for our short film assignment (and click here for a recap) which now brings us to our second week of production. We began the week by reviewing all the footage we had captured and did a somewhat rough cut of the opening […]
Read more "Play It Again"This week was definitely a very productive week for my Media One group in terms of making progress for our fourth project brief. We meet 3 times a week; 2 of them being outside of class time. I think what makes us so productive is that we divide the work evenly and set ourselves goals […]
Read more "Productivity Strong"If there is anything that can lift my mood, it would have to be musicals. And in this sense, I’m talking about musical films and TV shows. And if there is also anything that is keeping me going this semester, it would be the fact that in a couple of weeks, I have a 6 […]
Read more "Musical Motivations"One of our readings for this week is Making Public Television Social? Public Service Broadcasting and the Challenges of Social Media by J. Van Dijck and T. Poell. It’s main points are mainly about how television has become more ‘social’ due to the integration of social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, and how this […]
Read more "Are You Still Watching That?"In this week’s workshop, we focused mainly on working on our fourth project brief. My group and I came together and discussed our progress from our Tuesday meetings, as well as plans for our Friday meetings. Our group has been very productive this past week (and you read my progress report here), and it was […]
Read more "Game Plan"In this week’s lectorial, we covered institutions and the type of essays we need to produce for our fourth project brief which is convenient considering my group and I are doing our project on institutions. As summarised by Branston & Stafford (1999) in The Media Student’s Book 2nd Ed, institutions are enduring; regulate and structure […]
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