The Looking Glass

Media analysis and commentary

Month

August 2015

The Sense8 Switch

During the course of Film 3, my eyes have been opened to so many film techniques that I have been itching to try, and when we were told to pick a technique to investigate with a group on Friday I… Continue Reading →

Location, Location, Location

If you ever have a few hours to spare I completely recommend just wandering around the city. Melbourne has so many hidden treasures as I discovered on Tuesday when my boyfriend and I found ourselves at Flinders having already eaten,… Continue Reading →

Boxing Film Exercise

For this initiative post I wanted to push myself and created a short film exercise for myself that corresponded to my interests as a film making, mainly choreographing and filming action/fight sequences. I took three scenes from movies that showed… Continue Reading →

The Scene of The Crime

Its only as I’m typing this up that I realise both the story pitches I mentioned in my last post involved (attempted) murder. Oh well! I chose to look at a location for the second one, involving a jogger in… Continue Reading →

Viewing Practices

When consuming television, we have certain viewing practices that we perform as a ritualistic accompaniment to our enjoyment of the show. These practices, such as where, how, who with and when we view shows, can differ from person to person,… Continue Reading →

Getting An Idea

For years Ive had half formed ideas flitting around in my head, vague dreams along the lines of ‘wouldn’t be cool if….’, ‘I’d love to make that….’ and ‘but what if I could…’. It was only this year that I… Continue Reading →

Moving With Purpose

I never knew the distinction between an ok actor and a good actor until now, because I never realised exactly how hard it is to make everyday actions look good on camera. Something as simple as walking down a staircase,… Continue Reading →

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