During today’s lectorial, Daniel Binns elaborated on one of the subjects for the Project Brief 4, Texts. Texts “are the material traces that are left of the practice of sense making – the only empirical evidence we have of how other people make sense of the world”. Its interesting to think that texts are a form of communication in which help share and view the production of ideas from one generation to the other. Text has been around for ages and allow for many fictional and non fictional stories to continue to live on. It’s used in almost every medium of media, magazines, books, movies, online, and more, it allows for titles or an extended elaboration to express feelings, stories, and information from one individual to another.
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Media 1, Week 2 Lectorial Reflection
Today’s lesson encouraged us to become more aware to every day surroundings that may be ignored or not given much attention normally. Rachel challenged our group to “notice” every form of sound, print, digital media on Swanson St. There were print media and digital media, up-high and down-low. There were lights, sounds of communication and advertisements everywhere, it just took ourselves a chance to walk in silence and to allow ourselves to “notice” all these forms of media.
Below are the forms of media we had discovered documented:
UP HIGH: ON THE GROUND:
– Logos – Newspapers
– Traffic lights – Branded rubbish
– Advertisements – Magazines
> on the library – Flyers
> on the trams
> on buildings
– Satellities
– TV screens
– Lit up signs above walkways
– Shop branding
MID-GROUND: BACKGROUND:
– Tibet protest – Tram bells
> Sound – Pedestrian sounds (communicating)
> Posters – Conversations
> Culture – Scents (cultural food)
– Newsstands – Music within shops (targeting audiences)
– Posters
– Stock screens
– ATM machine
FOREGROUND: IN YOUR HAND:
– Fashion – communicating one’s – App sounds (Facebook, games)
identity – iPhone text message sounds
– Busker – music – Camera shutter sound
Brands and Advertisements
Tibet Protest
Building Advertisement
Sound of Tibet protest
Sound of a busker on Bourke St.
This task was beneficial in that it allowed us to “notice” the accumulation of forms of media and communication that surrounds us. The city is full of a multitude of conversations and advertisements and this allows our culture to indulge ourselves into a fast pace, and connected community.