This weeks lectorial was about textual analysis. The main discussion was about what aspects we have to look at when analyzing a text. Basically, the key aspects are: Sign/signifier/signified – can be visual, linguistic, aural, or a combination of all Denotation – the literal meaning…
They say, “a picture paints a thousand words”. According to Victor Burgin, a picture can also assist in conveying the message from a thousand words. This week’s reading, and excerpt from Burgin’s Thinking Photography, explains how images convey a message through symbolism. While this reading…
So, for our Media 1 seminar, we were given a small task that involved the use of H2N Recorders. The task was to record an interview on a choice of three topics: What I like about RMIT City Campus RMIT Library – different spaces and…
So, in our Media 1 seminar this week, we watched each others self portraits.Looking around the room, I noticed that everyone had the exact same reactions as each other when their own video came up. Personally, I thought they were all well done, even though…
Before I begin, here is one sound that I well and truly… hate. But at the same time, I absolutely love it. Anyway, one of the blog post topics suggested by Rachel in the lectorial was about sounds that we either love, or hate. And…
What is foley? Foley is probably one of the most useful techniques for enhancing atmosphere. According to Urban Dictionary, foley defines as “one who can bong a beer faster than anyone and parties the hardest” (iMissYouFoley, Urban Dictionary, July 09, 2009). While this definition could…
Is it sad that I’ve actually got a copy of this on my iPod? Back in the days of year 11, I studied 3/4 Music Performance, and a small part of it was to learn how to do music analysis. So, I’m going to attempt…
Due to public transport complications, I wasn’t able to attend the week 4 lectorial. But I did, however, manage to listen to the recording of Rachel’s section whilst following the slides. I’m finding this week’s topic of sound to be particularly interesting, because I haven’t…
The second reading we were assigned for this week was more focused on the topic of sound. However, instead of talking about the the structure and perspective, it talked about the recording and mixing. I noticed that a lot of this topic was pretty much…
One of this weeks readings was an excerpt from Theo Van Leeuwen‘s Speech, Music, Sound. The set chapter was on the topic of sound and perspective, and how the image and sound can create depth and atmosphere. In the text, Leeuwen talks about how there…