Writing For Film // Presentation & Exhibition Report

Statement of my intentions:
In anticipation of the exhibition, I intend to present the ‘produce’ of the past semester to the media cohort, subsequently portraying a true and appealing reflection of the Writing For Film Studio. As much as it is a reflection of the work and collaboration achieved by the studio, it is also, to some extent, a pitch to the other students, therefore encouraging me to depict the course in as positive and attractive a light possible. I will do this by creating precise, engaging content to attract my colleagues to choose the studio, should it repeat in the future.

Reflective report:
My roles in this year’s Media Studio Exhibition included writing a two-minute script/dialogue on behalf of the studio to present to the cohort with David, which explained the intentions of the studio, its methodology and the work produced throughout. I was proud to represent Writing For Film and feel as though I was clear in my description of the studio without it being dry or longwinded. People seemed to love it! In addition to this, I created the poster for my group, STeve, which features imagery of our footage and collaborative process, as well as some copy that briefly explains the process and intentions of ‘Keeping Mum’. Overall, it was nice and refreshing to hear feedback from students who had not heard about nor seen the project all semester long – they seemed to really be responding to our work which felt quite rewarding!

Artefacts:
Presentation script:

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

David:
Thats 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 into 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!

Poster:

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That’s all for now, folks!

Kerri Gordon

I dig music, social media, celebs and sweet potato fries.

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