Game Playing ...

In our Contemporary Media Issue this week were split ourselves into groups and were asked to play various games. The games ranged from classics such as board games (Kerplunk) to top of the range apps on IPad’s. The game my group chose was possibly the most simple out of them all, which was “Who am I” we found this very enjoyable. Other groups played games such as COD which mostly attracted the males in the class, due to the violence content of the game. It was interesting to see the appeal of different games to both the male and females in the class. Some of the games such as the games on the WII, it brought out a competitive side in some, unlike the game our group was playing as there isn’t a clear winner unlike computerised games. This class was an introduction to our new assisment 'Play' .

Film Language ....

Swimming Pool is one of my favorite films that has been screened within out Film Language lectures, i enjoyed the simplicity and the metanarrative of the plot, which creates a intelligent twist to the overall narrative.

Film Language Assignment One ...

The Tourist Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmack, Year 2010

Film Language . . .

Film Language is one of my favorite lectures, upto now we have covered the following; Mise en scene, Cinematography, Editing, Sound, Narrative and Narration, Plot, Story and Structure all of which i feel i have a good understanding. Also we have been assessed on a scene analysis which i found helpful for the fact i was able to test my knowledge on all the above.

Creativity and Concept . . .

Within Creativity and Concept we have looked at several techniques on thought and concept, which has been very interesting to review. We have looked at random images/ de Bono cards, Eno cards and brainbox. All of which are to help trigger the mind and personal creativity. Within session 5 we looked at Scamper and created concepts for Snow Inc which helped us as groups and individuals to control our mind thought and creativity techniques  which i personally enjoyed. Session 6 was based on peoples behavior and how we can create something that can benefit people, our idea was; an anonymous based screen of though, basically each person in the class has some form of keyboard and when a question is asked, the class will type there ideas and thoughts into the keyboard and will appear on a large board at the front of the class, therefore all ideas are shared and people wont feel intimidated or pressurised.

The Medium is the Massage . . . Collective Intelligence

Contemporary Media Issues ...Session four...

We were grouped into small groups and provided with a text to examine (The Medium is the Massage) we were then asked to read the book and create a Wiki and a Prezzi presentation which describes the book. This task was very interesting due to the information i found whilst researching the book, such as the meaning of the text and the people involved with the text such as Stelios Arcadiou who i found very interesting.




Prezzi - http://prezi.com/bvddoyp1am2m/copy-of-the-medium-is-the-message/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1AhxTbMdF4

MoFilm . . .

MoFilm come in for a workshop were we were all grouped of and asked to make an short film from around 15-30 seconds long for an advertisement for Indian, out group produced an idea which stuck to the brief. This workshop helped us experiment and have fun with the concept.