Presentation & Exhibition Report

Presentation & Exhibition Report

SoI written on 28/10/15, Reflection written/posted on 30/10/15

Statement of Intentions: My role in tomorrow’s presentation is a fairly small one. Kerri and I have written a brief speech, mirroring the awkward award ceremony banter between presenters – which is hopefully both informative and possibly even … entertaining? Here’s a copy of it:

K: Hey David Delmenico, I have a question – What is lost and found if we disassemble the conventional relationship between screenwriting and filmmaking?

David: That’s a great question Kerri.
Industry production methods usually see the film script written before the shoot. So in the Writing For Film studio, we investigated what happens when the writing is woven in to all three stages of production.

Kerri: Oh yeah! So kind of like how we worked in collaboration with the Creative Writing students to challenge these stereotypical roles in film production! It all makes sense! We explored models of industry practice and then turned those practices on their heads.

David: Precisely! We conducted a range of film production experiments such as improvising action with pre-written dialogue; improvising dialogue with pre-written action; shooting from prose, and having the Creative Writers shooting a scene written by the Media students.

Kerri: Wow, what a crazy world we live in! And if I’m honest, I’m more of a blogger than I am a Spielberg – you can check me out at mediafactory.com.au/kerri-anne-gordon – so I liked how the studio gave us the opportunity to explore our thoughts, feelings and aesthetics on our blogs, which will for sure be a great portfolio once we finish our degrees!

David: Oh, definitely! That’s something to pop into the old LinkedIn profile! And that’s not the only thing we had to take away from this studio, Kerri – we honed in on our pitching and presentation capabilities, learnt to consistently evolve and explore our production concepts following regular consults with the tutors, and even got shown the ins and outs of some pretty fancy equipment!

Kerri: Now that you mention it, I can’t believe what a jam-packed semester we have just completed. And, we got not one, not two, but THREE super funky tutors to guide us through it. I don’t know about you David, but I’m feeling #blessed.

David: I definitely am, Kerri. How about we have a look at what the Writing For Film studio created over this past semester?

Kerri: Sounds fabulous, David. Roll the tape!

After this, I think my role is pretty much done. I also contributed a 500 word contexualizing statement on Trams, Rentals & Instrumentals, posted a couple of days ago on my blog, and Matt has created our screener and poster, ready to be shown off at tomorrow’s presentation!

Reflective Edit: I don’t really have much more to add, to be honest. I thought our presentation went well! The reaction to our little speech seemed pretty warm, and it was nice to see the variety of work that our groups created up on the screen. All in all, a pretty positive experience!