Studio Description and Site Archive

2023 :: Semester One :: Studio EXHIBITION Sites

Studios described HERE

2022 :: Flex Semester :: Studio EXHIBITION Sites

Studios described HERE

PEOPLE AND PLACES
Character and location in non-fiction media making

DELIBERATE FILM (ONLINE)
The learning of filmmaking inspired by prompts and guided with constraints

2022 :: Semester Two :: Studio EXHIBITION Sites

Studios described HERE

THE POWER OF THE CUT
Film editing and the soul of cinema

PEOPLE AND PLACES
Character and location in non-fiction media making

SPECULATIVE SOUND DESIGN
Sonic imaginings and worlding with sound

DECONSTRUCTING FED SQUARE
A multimedia showcase in celebration of Federation Square’s 20th Anniversary

LIKE THAT VIDEO
Designing the creative brief and production of video content for socials

TRANSLATING OBSERVATION
Experiments in actuality, subjectivity and film form

AUTOMATED DECISION MAKING + SOCIETY
Exploring automation in everyday life

CANON FODDER
Creating media manifestos that interrogate cinema canons

SOUNDS LIKE A STORY!
Telling true (and not so true) audio stories ‘artfully’

AUGMENTED CINEMA
Creating immersive media with film and video

THE VIDEO ESSAY
Writing with images or, five methods for audiovisual criticism

THE PROOF OF CONCEPT
An exploration of proof of concept storytelling within media

FIX THE APP
Understanding platforms with social theories, designing apps to make them better to live with

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2022 :: Semester One :: Studio EXHIBITION Sites

Studios described HERE

DIRECTING PERFORMANCE
Investigating acting performance as a core component on screen

DOING MOBILE MEDIA
Practice, Placemaking and Performativity

FIX THE APP
Understanding platforms with social theories; designing apps to make them better to live with

FUTURE MACHINA
Creating Contemporary Futurology with Film, Video, Audio & Immersive Art

PRODUCTION ON A SHOESTRING
How financial constraints enable distinct creative solutions

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEDIA
Making media art about the internet and the self

ECO VIDEO
Crafting ecological intimacy

MAKE HASTE! FILM WASTE!
Communicating the circular economy

MEDIA BODIES
Exploring film and sound with technology, place and the body

READY CAMERA ONE
Multi-camera studio production

REAL TO REEL
Self-directed non-fiction project

ROOM WITH A VIEW
Broadcast radio as a collaborative space and enduring audio medium

SOCIAL VIDEO
Designing and producing social video for art galleries

THE FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE
Conceiving and mounting a film festival

THE SCENE IN CINEMA
Studies in camera coverage

THINKING WITH PICTURES
The personal essayfilm

TO BE AT SEA
Making site-responsive media in uncertain times

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2021 :: SPRING SEMESTER :: STUDIO EXHIBITION SITES

It is with great pleasure AGAIN that we can share with you the exhibition sites from the Spring Semester Media Studios. This semester sometimes goes unrecognised but always produces great work as is evidenced here in each studio’s site:

DIRECTING PERFORMANCE
Investigating acting performance as a core component on screen

POETIC VIDEO
Listing the everyday

2 classes, 2 sites:
1 DECONSTRUCTING/RECONSTRUCTING GENRE
2 DECONSTRUCTING/RECONSTRUCTING GENRE
Filmic explorations in the implosion of genre

Studios described here Media Studio Descriptions Book – 2021 Spring Flex

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2021 :: Semester Two :: Studio EXHIBITION Sites

A CAPITOL IDEA!
Arts-based placemaking and filmmaking

ALTERNATIVE MOBILE MEDIA
Exploring alternative media technology through analysis and making experiments

CANON FODDER
Creating media manifestos that interrogate cinema canons

COLLECTING EMBODIMENT
Making media collections through, with and about the sensing body

COOKING UP A STORM
Food and food culture on the small screen (Links to an external site.)

DELIBERATE FILM
The learning of filmmaking guided by prompts and constraints

DESIGNING DRAMA
The practice of narrative film production

EXPERIMENT.SCREEN.SENSATION
Screen art and film workshop

INFINITE LISTS
Poetic approaches to media production

INSTAGRAM VIDEO
Designing and producing Instagram video for art galleries

OK ZOOMER
Podcast production foregrounding Gen Z voices

REAL TO REEL
Self directed non-fiction project

SCREEN LAB
Educating and engaging through cinematic experiments

SOCIAL SCRIPTWRITING
Writing narrative scripts in collaboration

THE NEWS IS A JOKE
Investigating news satire and parody in a post-broadcast era

Studios described here (broken into online and face to face although all had to be  online):
ONLINE Media studios sem 2_2021
ON CAMPUS Media studios sem 2_2021

 

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2021 :: Semester One :: Studio EXHIBITION Sites

Studio Descriptions ONLINE ONLY studios  & ON CAMPUS studios

COLLECTING EMBODIMENT
Making media collections through, with and about the sensing body 

DELIBERATE FILM
The learning of filmmaking inspired by prompts and guided with constraints

FACT CHECK
Investigating the impact of ‘Fake News’

FUTURE MACHINA 
Creating contemporary futurology with film, video, audio & immersive art

FUTURE PLAY
Exploring the potential of games and playful media for social innovation and change

IT’S NOT ROCKET SURGERY 
Communicating complex ideas

MAKING SENSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA 
Exploring social media as a space for research and creative media making. Linkedin news!

MISS FISHER AND THE PROBLEM OF THE PREQUEL PODCAST
Working in a writers room to adapt content between formats and producing cinematic audio drama 

PLATFORM VIDEO
Social media video content for McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery
Site coming soon

REAL TO REEL
Self-directed non-fiction project

ROOM WITH A VIEW 
Broadcast radio as a collaborative space and enduring audio medium

SEEING THE UNSEEN 
Media and the environment

SIX MODES OF DOCUMENTARY 
Drawing on the “six modes’ to develop distinctive documentary voices 

THE FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE 
Conceiving and mounting a film festival

THE SCENE IN CINEMA 
Studies in camera coverage 

UNRAVELLING THE REAL 
Experiments in documentary

WOMEN BESIDE THE SCREEN 
Gender and film production

 

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2020 :: Spring Semester :: Studio EXHIBITION Sites

It is with great pleasure AGAIN that we can share with you the exhibition sites from the Spring Semester Media Studios. This semester sometimes goes unrecognised but always produces great work as is evidenced here in each studio’s site. Check it:

DECONSTRUCTING/RECONSTRUCTING GENRE
Filmic explorations in the implosion of genre
Studio Leader: Cassandra Tytler

FUTURE PLAY 
Exploring the potential of games and playful media for social innovation and change
Studio Leader: Ingrid Richardson

REAL TO REEL
Self directed non-fiction project
Studio Leader: Rohan Spong

USES OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Rethinking our visual literacy through photographic practice
Studio Leader: Brian Morris

 

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2020 :: Spring Semester Two :: Studio EXHIBITION Sites

 

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2020 :: Semester Two :: Studio EXHIBITION Sites

Students and studio leaders alike rose to the occasion and in many ways surpassed this year’s difficult situation. Multiple times a week we heard about new ways of making films, recording podcasts, developing social media and building careers out of adversity. Ingenious methods of teaching, research and collaboration were developed by staff and students that will stay with us well beyond the pandemic.

Please enjoy engaging with the studio’s exhibition sites from semester 2 and below that from semester 1 

RMIT VIRTUAL SHOWCASE – CAPITOL THEATRE 

Media Studios Book Sem 2 2020

ALTERNATIVE MOBILE MEDIA
Exploring alternative media technology through analysis and making experiments 

CANON FODDER
Creating media manifestos that interrogate cinema canons

GETTING INTO CHARACTER
Generating characters through writing and filming.

COLLABORATIONS: SOFT CHOREOGRAPHY
Poetry + Essay; Word + Moving  Image

DEMAGOGUES, DOUBTERS AND DOUCHEBAGS
The voice-over in documentary film

EXPERIMENT. SCREEN. SENSATION.
Screen art and film workshop 

INFINITE LISTS
Poetic approaches to media production

MAKING EMBODIMENT
Media making through, with and about the sensing body

PLATFORM VIDEO no site (commercial on confidence)
Social media video content produced in partnership with McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery.

REAL TO REEL
Self directed non-fiction project

SCREEN LAB
Educating and engaging through cinematic experiments

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
Educating, informing, influencing and rallying on social media

TELLING STORIES WITH SOUND
Podcasting and audio storytelling

THE NEWS IS A JOKE
Investigating news satire and parody in a post-broadcast era

TRANSLATING OBSERVATION
Experiments in actuality, subjectivity & film form

UNRAVELLING THE REAL
Experiments in Documentary

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2020 :: Semester One :: Studio EXHIBITION Sites

Media Studios Book Sem 1 2020

CLIMATE CHANGING MEDIA
The Political and Poetic Possibilities of Climate Change Communications

DELIBERATE FILM
The learning of filmmaking inspired by prompts and guided with constraints.

DELIBERATE FILM2
The learning of filmmaking inspired by prompts and guided with constraints.

DEMAGOGUES, DOUBTERS AND DOUCHEBAGS
The voice-over in documentary film

DOCUMENTING THE ENVIRONMENT
Imaging New Futures

EXPERIMENT. SCREEN. SENSATION.
Screen Art and Film Workshop

FACT CHECK
Investigating ‘fake news’ in a post-truth world

THE FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE
Conceiving and mounting a film festival

FROM SCREEN TO STREET
A video collaboration with HRAFF

FUTURE MACHINA
Creating Contemporary Futurology with Film, Video, Audio & Immersive Art 

GREEN MEDIA
Media making in partnership with Friends of the Earth’s ‘Act on Climate’ campaign

INFINITE LISTS
Poetic Approaches to Media Production

MAKING EMBODIMENT
Media making through, with and about the sensing body

MAKING SENSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Exploring social media as a space for research and creative media making

REEL TO REAL
Self directed non-fiction project

ROOM WITH A VIEW
Live to air radio as a site for collaborative production and distribution

THE SCENE IN CINEMA
Studies in camera coverage

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2019 :: Spring-Flex (Nov-Dec) Semester :: Studio EXHIBITION Sites

Studio Descriptions |  Spring-Flex Semester (Nov-Dec) 2019

Studio Outcomes and Reflections:

EGG HUNTING-studio

REAL TO REEL-studio

CONNECTING CITIES-studio [link coming soon]

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2019 :: Semester Two :: Studio EXHIBITION Sites

Studio Descriptions Booklet | Sem 2 2019

Studio Outcomes and Reflections:

UNTOLD-STORIES-studio

THE-NEWS-IS-A-JOKE-studio

MATERIAL-CHOREOGRAPHIES-studio

ALTERNATIVE-MOBILE-MEDIA-studio

CANON-FODDER-studio

DECONSTRUCTING-RECONSTRUCTING-GENRE-studio

ONLINE-VIDEO-studio

SEEING-THE-UNSEEN-V3-studio

SENSING-THROUGH-MEDIA-studio

THE-LIMITLESS-FRAME-studio

EXPERIMENT.SCREEN.SENSATION-studio

FILM-LIGHT-studio

SONIC-MATERIALITIES-studio

MEMORY-IDENTITY-NEIGHBOURHOODS-studio

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2019 :: Semester One :: Studio EXHIBITION Sites

Studio Description Booklet   Sem 1 2019

Studio Outcomes and Reflections:

BATTLE OF THE SKETCHES – Smashing the patriarchy one LOL at a time

THE CAPITOL – Reconstructing the Magic

DEMAGOGUES, DOUBTERS AND DOUCHEBAGS – The voice-over in documentary film

ENTANGLED MEDIA – An exploration of storytelling using multiple modalities

FOOD ON FILM – Culture, aesthetics and politics

THE FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE – Conceiving and mounting a film festival

LIGHTS, CAMERA, (INTER)ACTION – Exploring the creation of interactive media art with sound and video

NOW, THIS – Fake news and fact checks

REAL TO REEL – Self-directed non-fiction project

ROOM WITH A VIEW – Live to air radio as a site for collaborative production and distribution

SCI-FI, SUPERHEROES AND THE SUPERNATURAL – Contemporary issues of society and identity in speculative fiction media

SCREENING FASHION – Figuring fashion within the moving image and vice versa

SMALL THINGS – The learning of filmmaking inspired by prompts and guided with constraints

TRANSLATING OBSERVATION – Experiments in actuality, subjectivity and film form

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2018 :: Semester Two :: Studio EXHIBITION Sites

Studio Descriptions Booklet | Sem 2 2018

Studio Outcomes and Reflections

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2018 :: Semester One :: Studio EXHIBITION Sites

Studio Descriptions Booklet | Sem 1 2018

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2017 ::  Semester Two

Studio Descriptions Booklet | Sem 2 2017

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2017 ::  Semester One

Studio Descriptions Booklet | Sem 1 2017

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2016 :: Semester Two

Studio Descriptions Booklet | Sem 2 2016

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2016 :: Semester One

Studio Descriptions Booklet | Sem 1 2016

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2016 :: Summer Semester Intensive

Studio Description Booklet | Summer (Jan-Feb) 2016

  • The Great Belgian Egg Hunt: Music Video Production (Studio Leader: Rohan Spong)

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2015 :: Semester Two

Studio Descriptions Booklet | Sem 2 2015

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2015 :: Semester One

Studio Descriptions Booklet | Sem 1 2015

  • The Art of Persuasion: poetics & politics in documentary (Studio Leader: Liam Ward)
  • Documentary Ontography: nonfiction stories, lists and things (Adrian Miles)
  • Ghosts and Space: Mediating Place (Rachel Wilson)
  • It’s Alive (Leo Berkeley)
  • Online Video Experiments (Seth Keen)
  • Room With A View: multi-platform radio as a site for collaborative production & distribution (Bruce Berryman)
  • The Scene in Cinema (Paul Ritchard, Robin Plunkett)
  • The Story Lab: no limits narrative (Daniel Binns)