Category Archives for media one
Comedy Festival
Over the past month I’ve worked for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival handing out flyers. Standing outside Town Hall for three or four hours a night for a month exposed me to the best and worst of Melbourne’s population – … Continue reading
PB3 Synopsis
“Vic” In her first ever interview, Victoria Meehan discusses how she got started in her career as a singer/songwriter, her artistic process and the obstacles she’s had to overcome to be successful.
Week Six Workshop Exercise
What is the ‘controlling idea’ (Robert McKee) of your portrait? The most interesting thing I want to communicate about Vic is her passion for her work. Music is what she really loves to do and I hope that comes across in … Continue reading
In case you were unsure, I didn’t make this video. I stumbled across it last night and it brightened my day so I thought I’d share it with my media cohort. Can’t Tell Me Nothing with Zach Galifianakis from S … Continue reading
“Anna”
I just stumbled across this video, written by Will Butler from Arcade Fire, while looking for some music to listen to while I blog. I always think its really compelling when music videos, or in this case a musical short … Continue reading
Dramatic Development, Time and Story Structure
Michael Rabiger, 2009, Directing the Documentary, 5th Edition (Focus Press) pp.283-291 This chapter focused on elements that can be used to create drama within a documentary. These elements included the types of characters necessary to create drama – heroes and heroines, … Continue reading
Behind the scenes part two
I think the point of this post is I need to learn how to put photos into a blog post without it looking like a scrap book made by a five year old, at least I got the photos onto … Continue reading
Surviving Uni
Surviving Uni from Holly Karas on Vimeo.
Behind the scenes
In Friday’s workshop we completed an exercise to familiarise ourselves with both the Sony MC50E and the interviewing process. Surprisingly we didn’t come into too many technical difficulties, the biggest one that comes to mind is the tripod not being … Continue reading
Narrative
A classic structure for a narrative film is the ‘three act’ structure. The first act establishes the story: characters are introduced, the setting is established, and the events of the film will be set in motion. It can be noticed … Continue reading