Never been much of a comic book reader, but the one series I do read (The Walking Dead) is going to be forever ruined by me always looking at the type of “gutter” between each panel.

This piece related to the Walking Dead in another way which I noticed as I watched the latest episode on Monday, the idea of condemning a character to a thousand deaths by not showing the action blow by blow in individual panels, a technique used in the tv adaptation of the comics as well, creating a death that can be as violent or as humane as the viewer likes.

I may already use premiere pretty regularly and be pretty comfortable with it, but I’m glad we got a bit of a lesson in organising our premiere workspace and all that stuff, had no idea about making bins etc.  That’s going to save me a whole lot of grief during both my university projects and personal projects (sneaky plug of my youtube channel).

Hopefully I can use it to create a much simpler, cleaner and more efficient workspace, which will allow me to edit my projects a lot easier, and be able to remain organised when editing all my projects over the next 3 years at university.

WERE YOU NERVOUS ABOUT PRESENTING YOUR WORK?
A little, but because I was last in the group to show my work I was a bit more relaxed.

WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK DID YOU GET?
I got some alternatives, such as filming in landscape rather than portrait, as well as some critiques over the accuracy of my image of me dressed as Harambe.

WAS THE FEEDBACK USEFUL?
Yes it was because it gave me a better understanding of what the demographic I presented to want to see in media products.

WHAT IS MOST DIFFICULT ABOUT THE PROCESS AND WHY?
Giving criticisms (wearing the black hat) because I never like putting people down for something they worked hard to make.

HOW MIGHT YOU GET BETTER AT THIS HAT SYSTEM OVER TIME?
Getting better at realising what emotions media texts provoke and feeling less guilty about giving criticisms.

WHAT MIGHT BE A GOOD WAY TO SEPARATE THE MOMENTS OF RECEIVING FEEDBACK AND ACTUALLY EVALUATING IT AND DOING SOMETHING WITH IT?
Just really concentrating before receiving feedback on the idea that there are always ways of improving something, and this feedback can be used to make your media products and creative processes better.

IS IT WORTH REFLECTING ON THE FEEDBACK BOTH CLOSE TO THE EXPERIENCE AND A BIT FURTHER ON?
Definitely, I think it is important to give yourself some time to let the excitement of creating your own media text settle before taking on feedback too seriously, for example in year 12 I didn’t want to take on board any suggestions for the plan for my film, but after creating the film I realised that those suggestions might have worked in a different and potentially better way.

Just cause I want everyone to feel my pain, here is the horrible noise I have to listen to every time I enter or leave my house 🙁

During the lectorial activity, which involved noting down all media within a specific area (we were sent to Federation Square) I noted how much advertising there was.  This advertising was not only located within the actual area, but was also visible in the background in every direction you looked.  This could possibly be taking advantage of the design of the space (the lack of walls) and the huge volume of people that pass through it to take advantage of the public transport and shops etc in the area.

The videos, images and audio clips I shared as part of my self portrait task were all posted with the intent of giving readers of my blog an idea of

• What interests me
• What my circles are outside of university
• What I get up to outside of university

Would have liked to post a video of my weekend to give everyone a good idea of what I like to get up to on the weekends, but I thought a audio file might be a bit safer.

(Noah McCartin, I don’t know whether to be disgusted or impressed)

Unfortunately was made redundant from my (very) part time job, so the only dates I can afford to take my girlfriend on is to the local RSPCA to play with the kittens.

One of my other subjects that I’m studying at RMIT is Spanish.  This is a little clip of me practicing some beginner sentences.

Me and my cat’s little after shower tradition in the armchair, one of the few times he actually pays me any attention.