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In school it wouldn’t be any stretch of the imagination to propose that you participated in a fire drill. You are taught that the sound of the alarm means something has gone wrong and you need to evacuate the building,… Continue Reading →

Fun Game: try replacing the iconic theme from John Carpenter’s “Halloween” with the song ‘YMCA’ by the Village People at all the murder scenes and suddenly you go from timeless horror classic to a weird comedy film. Obviously soundtrack has the… Continue Reading →

Before we start learning how to render audio files and adjust volumes levels and all that technical stuff, we have to learn the basics. Listening is a term that conjures up images of prep classes where the teacher attempts to… Continue Reading →

I was exposed to experimental film for the first time this week. My preconceptions about the genre was that it was composed of either random, confronting or shock value elements in order to break out of the conventional film structure… Continue Reading →

This weeks workshop had to evolve to become part workshop, part lectorial, thanks to labour day.  We discussed the points that the readings by David Gauntlett brought up about the meaning of ‘media’ and what it means for consumers and… Continue Reading →

For this task I wanted to avoid capturing the more “cliche” aspects of central Melbourne, I wanted to find the gritty, abandoned, more left of centre aspects. I also wanted to avoid overly sad or morose tone to the video… Continue Reading →

In the world of media, or perhaps more so the world that media has seeped it’s way into in every way shape and form, there seems to be an endless list of ‘things’ to know. One could easily become so… Continue Reading →

Interrogated by his computer, David Gauntlett brings up some interesting points relating to how ‘media’ is perceived and what it actually entails and the role it plays. Media has a sort of art vs. science complex I believe, the creative… Continue Reading →

This week I watched the film “Blood Diamond” for the first time, granted I’m not a Dicaprio fan so I’ve somewhat avoided it until now. I had no prior knowledge of the films storyline or context and was both somewhat… Continue Reading →