Attending what I later found out, was the second last media tutorial for this semester proved to be both a fruitful and painful venture.

Having recently hi the studio to record the technology script, I was deep in editing mode during class. I had been editing out all the profanities that Bianca managed to expel during our session and trimming down all the pauses to congeal the dialogue into something that could be presented.

After showing the work-in-progress to Rachel, I managed to encounter a situation that all those who edit fear… my computer crashed… without me backing up my work. This middle finger to the face meant that the previous hours worth of work was flushed down the proverbial drain.

I did manage to calm my tits just long enough to re-edit approx %20 of what was lost before packing it up, packing it in and letting it begin.

This did prove to highlight the importance of saving ones work and also the necessity to stay calm.

– donandsherri

Arriving to the Thursday afternoon tutorial 15 minutes early left me utterly bored…which, gave me a perfect opportunity write this post. Sitting in this room, by myself, prompted my mind to flash back to last weeks lesson.

A non-enjoyable experience to say the least.

…and to set the theme for this flashback……..

– donandsherri

After attending the tutorial last week, a somewhat too familiar thought entered my head, I am further behind than I thought I was.

Having Rachel inform us that we had a 1,200 word annotated bibliography due in exactly 1 week, not to mention the plethora of other work due in differing subjects, I naturally began to chant the mental incantation of “oh shit, oh shit, oh shit”.

This did serve to put a metaphorical firework up my sphincter and initiated was has been a highly productive few days. Having now completed the bibliography and gained a clearer vision on where the group assignment should head, as well as gaining further advances in other subjects, I feel that everything is back on track.

Or as the gods like to put it –

(music attributed to Radiohead)

– donandsherri

Having finished the Media Self Portrait and forgetting its very existence, I was alarmingly surprised to learn that the task for our week 5 tutorial was to present our piece to our contemporaries.

Seeing both my metaphorical ‘self’ on the screen and having my physical self in the same room, projected in front of a class of 20 people, was a nerve-racking experience that ultimately proved highly rewarding. By having my peers cast their views on the way I was portraying myself via a piece of media enabled me to better come to terms with critique and helped fuel my inner desires.

I can categorically say that I will still dread every time that this will happen, although now I will welcome it as a means of further improving both my technical skills in editing and a way to come to terms with critique.

– donandsherri

THU – 5th – MARCH

This was the day that the first practical for Media commenced.

The objective of this practical was to further introduce both the class and the teaching faculty for the subject, as well as to gain some familiarity with our new websites and blogs. Which you are currently reading. Right Now. (Insert appropriate ‘Inception’ music).

The session managed to progress quite rapidly, as the practical aspect ran smoothly. With only minor technical difficulties arising we managed to finish ahead of the expected scheduled 3:30pm.

This is not to say that, at times, the session felt like it was dragging on.

Due to it being the start of the new semester, all the different unions were positioned outside the building fighting over the new kids like vultures on a dead carcass to gain their loyalty for the year. This feast of new flesh was soundtracked by an array of differing pop songs that managed to repeat itself three times.. There is only so many times that a person can listen to ‘Uptown Funk’ before they start to question their own sanity, let alone notice the clock starting to move slower.

– donandsherri