In today’s Media 1 lectorial, our guest speaker gave us a brief outline on how to create a basic Podcast. Three important factors need to be addressed these are :

1. Sound
2. Voice
3. Music

Sound meaning Sound effects  aid to the podcast soundscape however only use when necessary don’t add sound effects for the purpose of having a sound effect, add it to create meaning.

Voice meaning the narration in the podcast, the words we hear the announcer and guests speak, portraying the stories the listener hears.

Music aids to the podcast soundscape again to create meaning. However it doesn’t have to layer with voice to evoke the listener, it can be used as  a methodic break for the listener (relaxation time!)

Nakita xx

In this week’s media 10 reading the ideas of perspective and social distance. This can only be explained through the concept of Spatial Positioning (size of frame and perspective). Not only can sizes of shot create distance between the viewer and what is represented based on the image of everyday experiences but so can sound. Sound is differentiated through the 3 stage plan (close/ immediate, middle/support and far distance/ background).

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Sooooo as my boyfriend eats his 8bit burger I thought I’d quickly write up my media 1 initiative post. I was just at Green Day which was the present I got my boyfriend for his 19th birthday (he’s a big green day fan from back in the day) and it was absolutely amazing. I only knew a few of their really big songs such as Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Holiday and American Idiot but I still had so much fun being a part of this experience. However most of the time I wasn’t able to fully appreciate what was happening right infant of me as I had to film clips from the concert for my Networked Media project and I admit guilty that I posted some short film clips on my snapchat story. However I was amazed to see that hardly anybody was on their phones or using video cameras while watching the concert. Normally you can guarantee everyone is on snapchat taking photos or filming. Yet No one was doing this, everyone was living in the moment. How is it that apart from rare instances like the Green Day concert that we are consumed with media and never pay attention to whats happening right in front of us? Can we no longer live in the moment?

Nakita xx

In the week 9 media 1 tute, we started it off by watching half of the classes PB3 videos. Next we were assigned into our PB4 project collaborative group projects. In my group we decided to make a brainstorm in order to link our ideas in relation to the theme Attention. As shown in the picture attached we focused on how we have become distracted and bad communicators due to the era we were born in, where everyone is continually swarmed by media and technology (in the process of this brainstorm we found some linking points such as click bait and hyper attention). After this I worked with a partner to learn how to use the mike Zoom H2N. We learnt the correct way to hold the device in order to receive the best possible outcome and how to turn the dials to pick up the best frequency. My partner and I recorded a short trial interview with this mike so we could practice using it and learn how to export the product created.This is attached below.

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In the Week 9 Lectorial the theme of group work was consistently reiterated by guest speaker Rachel Wilson.She explained that not only will her speil help us with the upcoming PB4 group projects but for our employability post uni. Work fields are looking for people who like to work collaboratively and enjoy working as part of a team.

You are employable through:

• Initiative and Enterprise
• Communication
• Learning
• Technology
• TEAMWORK

People often despise group work due to a level of ‘unfairness’ but what’s important is how you can overcome and fix it, rather than complain.

How to Collaborate effectively:

• Have Clear Objectives
• Good Communication
• Consistency
• Respect
• Support
• Responsibility

Towards the end of the Lectorial Brian Morris informed us all about our PB4’s and also gave insightful tools in order to do well such as using resources such as ‘Library search’ and ‘Library Guide’.

Nakita xx

In the Media 1 Week 9 Reading ‘ Did Media Literacy Backfire?’ , the importance of understand accurate facts and sources on the internet is argued. The idea that the internet-based media literacy needs to be better, as we are consumed by false facts and false accusations e.g.. ‘Google was trustworthy and Wikipedia was not’. Boyd encourages readers to understand the sources to prove accuracy, however also considers that not everyone agrees on what makes a trusted source e.g.. the conflict between science vs religion. We consider ourselves our own ‘masters’ and from a young age are introduced to the idea of ‘being sole proprietors of knowledge’. We can dismiss experts and turn towards what the public says on the internet as it’s at our fingertips, accumulated with the idea of ‘Public Trust’. Although this idea of doubt becoming a tool is what we are informed by, Boyd proclaims that we must undergo a cultural change in order to address fake news and improve media literacy by enabling others to hear different perspectives and not rely solely on prior incentives.

Nakita xx