Being someone who loves reality television, the focus for week 10 was reality television with a specific focus on shows such as The Bachelor, Unreal and Candid Camera. Reality television can best be described as “the ‘entertaining real’… ‘authentic’ personalities, situations, and narratives is considered to be reality TV’s primary distinction… and also its primary […]
Read more "blog #68: part one, the bachelor & dating shows"So after my amazing 3 week holiday to North and Central America, I’m back in gloomy old Melbourne – where the sun never shines and rain is aplenty. My first day of semester 2 at RMIT consisted of a session for my studio class Character as well as a lecture for The Spectacle of Music Video which were […]
Read more "blog #63: homecoming"As I got on the train today for work, it’s so hard not to now observe every part of media that is consumed on a train. This course has taught me a lot about everyday media, so I now catch myself tallying in my head each individual piece of media around me. Just alone, on […]
Read more "blog #57: sit back and observe"As the end of the first semester wraps up, there are a few more assignments to be submitted before we all are free from university for a while. Tomorrow, I have my final test for Music in Popular Culture and I really need to do well in this one to bump up my grade from my […]
Read more "blog #56: testing 1, 2"After finishing work late last night and staying up until an unreasonable hour, I had every excuse to justify my sleeping in until midday. Now that I’ve got the house to myself (my grandma is away visiting my family in Adelaide), I’ve realised just how much effort goes into running a household – of this […]
Read more "blog #54: seedy sunday"With a packet of Red Rock Delt Salt and Vinegar chips in hand, I set out for a night of catching up on my favourite reality shows. If you didn’t know by now, hip-hop music, salt and vinegar chips and reality TV are my 3 favourite things in life. Given the option of losing Survivor […]
Read more "blog #47: These Are A Few of My Favourite Things"Today’s lecture was all about copyright, sampling and originality. Dan, today’s lecturer, played some very interesting videos to keep us all engaged, intertwining it with some academic research. He then gave us an activity, to listen to Girl Talk’s song This Is The Remix and then to list as many song samples that we could find. I […]
Read more "blog #46: sampling samples"Tonight was the premiere of Channel 9’s brand new show, adopted from the American version, called Married at First Sight. The show’s loose concept is that 3 relationship experts match couples out of a pool of around 20. The couple is then “married” in a normal ceremony, however it has now been made clear that it […]
Read more "blog #45: (nearly) married at first sight"Sunday night was spent being an emotional wreck finally tuning into something I’ve wanted to for a long time now. I can not believe what these people had to endure, it must be in our nature to rise to occasions when we are pressured to. For those that have not seen this before, Liz Hurley does […]
Read more "blog #44: #illridewithyou"Today I went out for breakfast with my best mate from Adelaide, he’s in town for the day for his auntie’s 50th and to see me so was really great to catch up! After brekky finished, I dropped by the newsagent to pick up my copy of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. People that […]
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