Media Student Readings

Preparation & Week 1

Taylor, Stayci. “It’s the Wild West out there”: Can web series destabilise traditional notions of script development? ASPERA Annual Conference 2015: “What’s This Space? Screen Practice, Audiences and Education for the Future Decade” 15-17 July 2015. http://aspera.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Taylor-2015_v2.pdf

Marx, N. (2011). “The missing link moment”: Web comedy in new media industries.The Velvet Light Trap – A Critical Journal of Film and Television, , 14-23. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/docview/890054142/fulltextPDF/254319CCEDA1407EPQ/1?accountid=13552

Williams, D 2012, Web TV Series: How to Make and Market them. “Utilising the Web.” Harpenden: Creative Essentials, Kamera Books. P49-50 

Click ‘Read online’ on left hand side at this link:

http://www.rmit.eblib.com.au.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=991582&echo=1&userid=egVG19HQSw4%3d&tstamp=1468478977&id=F3A2291FE5016F4A274C926D874DC7AEA0A429DA

Week 2

Ellingsen, Steinar. Seismic shifts: Platforms, content creators and spreadable media [online]. Media International Australia, Incorporating Culture & Policy, No. 150, Feb 2014: 106-113.

Click ‘Full Text PDF’ 

<http://search.informit.com.au.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/documentSummary;dn=133943614009807;res=IELLCC> ISSN: 1329-878X. [cited 04 Jul 16].

Becker, R, Sienkiewicz, M, & Marx, N 2013, “Andy Samberg’s Digital Success Story and Other Myths of the Internet Comedy Club.” Saturday Night Live and American TV, Indiana University Press, Bloomington. Pp 233-251

Click ‘Full Text PDF’ on left hand side

http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?sid=b3858244-60b0-4e28-b863-adc739cb44d8%40sessionmgr4003&vid=0&hid=4212&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=nlebk&AN=638273

Weeks 3 & 4:

Vineyard, Jeremy. “Setting up your shots; great camera moves every filmmaker should know.” Michael Wiese Productions, 2008. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2pPhOyqRzV7NWFudVllSU1RcUE (you will need to be logged in to your RMIT gmail account)

Rosenberg, John. Chapter 7 – Genre Editing Styles II. “The Healthy Edit.” Focal Press, Boston 201 p.67-78
Direct link (requires RMIT login) http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/science/article/pii/B978024081446900007X

Weeks 5 & 6:

Kellison, Cathrine. Producing For TV And New Media. “Chapter 6: Pitching & Selling the Project.”  Amsterdam: Elsevier/Focal Press, 2009. Print. http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/science/article/pii/B9780240810874000066