Media Industries 2 – Seminar #2

The BREAKING IN seminar talks about the Television industry. The overall theme of the seminar was Breaking Bad. I liked the way they linked Breaking Bad with the Wanted Theme. The Breaking In team dressed up as cops, too. High-distinction for theme. Most of the Breaking Bad theme was incorporated to the promo video and the promotion posters for the seminar. The promo video was a parody of Breaking Bad, and the timing of its creation was on time. The Breaking In team even made [candy] blue meth for this and stuck it along with the posters. High-distinction for promotion. The content of the seminar was relevant and was really focused in talking about the media industry. The guests that they invited had plenty of experience working in TV and they had different positions, and had worked in different types of production. Moreover, one of the guests was Media graduate from RMIT. They offered a lot of tips on getting your foot in the door. Some of this tips include CV making, paying attention to details, getting into networking sessions and seeking internships while still being a student. They elaborated about the work environment of the TV industry and shared some personal experience when working. Distinction for content. Staging of the stage during the seminar was really well. It was well decorated and they used couches instead of stools, which can be pretty uncomfortable to sit in for long periods. They borrowed a lot of props such as green carpets and blue couches, creating this cozy, colorful set. It looked less seminar ish. High-distinction for staging. With this colorful set, they had a talk show format with good audience engagement. The guests seemed like they had fun with the guessing game as well. It really sustained my interest. The use of the applause sign was pretty good to keep the audience engaged with the seminar. High distinction for approach.
Overall grade for this seminar is High-Distinction.

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With a Banana™

Our Facebook page event for Integrated Media 2. A banana themed cult manifesto with The Great Fuji as our wonderful leader.

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“Never let a banana go to waste” – Fuji

♦ Proud followers of the banana church ♦

Alois Wittwer

Ella Thompson

Nadya Devina Kwee

Tiana Koutsis

William Ellis

Zoe MacLean

Media Industries 2 – Seminar #1

The NON FICTION seminar talks about documentary films. The overall theme of the seminar was Pulp Fiction. Theme was incorporated into the posters but not really applied much to the seminar. Credit for theme. The approach of the seminar was in Q&A format and it felt a bit dry at times however, I liked how they approached the guests by presenting a case study [Asylum Seekers]. Distinction for approach. The content of the seminar was overall relevant. It was focused on informing students about documentary filmmaking. They had experienced guests who’s done pretty good documentary work. I especially thought Genevieve Bailey was really informative and provided the audience with really useful tips on working as a documentary filmmaker. She also shared a lot of her personal experiences, such as the making of “I am eleven”. She gave some tips on getting the right interviewees for documentary films. Some other tips from the seminar was when Terry Cantwell talked a little bit about funding, which is useful information for people wanting to get into doco filmmaking. The guests also shared a bit about being passionate in creating documentary films, and to build relationships with people in the industry, respecting them, and to be humble. High distinction for content. Promotion was overall okay. The posters could have been a bit bigger and colorful to be more eye-catching. The promotion of the seminar on social media was executed better with yellow text and interesting images. Distinction for promotion. The staging of the seminar was pretty good as I don’t remember there being any audio or video difficulties but again, it could have been more themed. Distinction for staging.

Overall grade for this seminar is distinction.