I mentioned in week 1 that the plan would evolve as we go, so here is an updated weekly schedule. Please familiarise yourself with it as there are some very important milestones coming up, including Assessment Task due dates and guest lectures!
July 2016
Blogging 1.01
Thanks to the CWs who joined in the intro to blogging session, which I hope was helpful.
Just a reminder, to get to the dashboard that I was showing you (grey navigation menu down the left hand side) type in your blog URL, then add ‘wp-admin’ to the end. You will need to login to your wordpress account before you can access this.
One important thing I need to mention: When you are submitting a blog post for assessment tasks (or anything else), make sure you get the ‘live’ URL, not the ‘edit’ URL. This is why it’s good to have 2 tabs open: your edit window (dashboard, backend) in one, and the live blog in the other. So the ‘live’ URL for the example post I made today is:
https://tryingtohelpblog.wordpress.com/2016/07/20/demo-post/ (this is good, public, anyone can see)
The ‘edit’ URL looks like this:
https://wordpress.com/post/tryingtohelpblog.wordpress.com/192 (this is baaaaad, no one but you will be able to see this)
To get the ‘live’ URL, click on post heading on your live blog. So for the post I made today, I get to the live URL by clicking on ‘Demo post’ on the live blog.
I just wanted to mention that, as it’s often a confusing point for new bloggers. I’m happy to clarify further if you need.
Follow the link to see some more troubleshooting on logging in:
The writer’s brief
Link to the writer’s brief available HERE
Thank you to the CW crew for your feedback on the brief – some very useful points were raised about the role of writers, how the writer/director relationship will works, logistical concerns such as minimising multiple locations, creative concerns about limiting the amount of characters in each episode, and episode durations. It was great to hear that the CWs understand these challenges, and were very receptive to our suggestions.
We concluded that most of these concerns can be addressed through development, but it’s great to be thinking about them from the start. Some CWs also expressed an interest in acting in their own series’ as well, which the Ms were very receptive to.
Media – Week 1 Update
Here is a bit of a re-cap on Week 1, which can serve as a (very rough) guide to what you might do in your ‘Weekly update’ pairs as part of assessment task 5.
We’ll start getting you to produce these from next week onward, thanks to Alana and Shannon for kindly putting their hands up.
The Brief
Web series from the 2016 MWF
When looking to build up our filmography (? – webography?) of web series, here’s one port of call, which is the award winners from the recent Melbourne Web Fest – and most particularly, for our purposes, the comedies. Read the list here:
Media – Week 1 Workshop
Off to a great start, now there is plenty we need to get done this session. First up, we need to produce a 1 page brief to deliver to the writing students by the end o the workshop, with enough time to get some feedback from them. The brief should outline our aims, some background information on the sort of ideas we’re looking for, and the intended outputs – in other words, what we want to make.
Review: Week 1 Lectorial
Great to meet you all today and get things kicked off. At this point everything might seem a bit unclear and overwhelming, if so don’t worry, let’s address any questions in Wednesday’s workshop.
In case you need them, the questions we asked you to consider are:
- What are we going to make?
- What is something new that you’ve encountered in this discussion?
- What do we want to get out of this studio?
In Wednesday’s workshop the Media students will refine today’s discussion into a brief, then visit the CW students to get some input.
We’ll also discuss assessment tasks and the studio structure in more detail. See you then!
Media Students – Studio Guide
No doubt you’ve seen this already (you’re here after all, aren’t you?)
Just in case you haven’t, or need it again, here’s a link to Studio Guide – GOOD FORM (you will need to be logged into your RMIT email to access).
Please look over assessment task info, so you can start planning out your semester. As this is a collaborative studio, the plan may be adjusted week to week, but this will give you a good overview of where we’re headed.