Operation Media

In this lecture we were taught about narrative and the pervasiveness of story. It was opened with a clip of the Princess Bride and an explanation of how we apply the lessons we learn early in our lives to later… Continue Reading →

Narrative is an extremely important concept in cinema studies and is present in almost all lengthy movies, so what is it? Narrative can be considered to be a chain of events linked by cause and effect and occurring in time… Continue Reading →

Many things have been learnt from this Assessment, in which the students of Media 1 were expected to create a 2 minuted edited sequence of footage(both found and recorded) in the form of a self-portrait of someone we knew. My… Continue Reading →

In today’s lecture(week 6) we were given insight into the importance of collaboration in both media and the rest of the workforce. Employers are saying teamwork is one of the major things they are looking for in graduates. They need… Continue Reading →

After watching the T.V show ‘True Blood’, I decided to research how vampires have evolved into the modern era! They have come a long way since Bram Stoker’s Dracula. A new generation of vampires has stepped out of the shadows and… Continue Reading →

In the media 1 practical this week, me and my fellow students were introduced to two pieces of equipment. One was a zoom sound recorder and the other a video camera. We were given a set of instructions and asked… Continue Reading →