Visiting the Biennial

These are photos taken from when I visited the Liverpool Biennial back in September, looking at one of the certain exhibitions. We looked at an artist 'Mona Hatoum' where she has created 3D cities and routes of the world. We found it quite difficult to understand, however trying to think about what each of the pieces meant made us each come up with our individual opinions. It was interesting going to a different location other than just going to the lecture room, especially as it was one of the first weeks of being in Liverpool.



Digital Media Tools

I took these photos yesterday for the module Digital Media Tools. I am yet to take more and make more progress, hopefully when the weather gets a bit better.

Contemporary Media Issues - Lesson 2

It is currently my second week of Media Professional Studies, and today's work was based on contemporary media issues. We were asked for this week to bring in an item that personally is significant to each of us, whether this is a special gift, jewellery etc.

I decided to bring in a photograph taken from July this year from the holiday I went on to Tenerife with four of my close friends. I felt this was personal and significant to me as it was my first time I had been abroad, and my first plane journey and also the first time I went on a holiday with no parents or guardians with me. It made me much more independent and was one of the last things I had done together with my close friends, before coming to University.

I was put into a small group with Amy, Daldeep and Matthew, where we had to tell each other about our significant objects and decide how they linked together . Amy brought in an award she had previously won for her football couching which she received at Liverpool Football Club. Daldeep brought in a Liverpool FC jacket as she is a keen supporter of the club, and Matthew brought in a zombie novel 'The Walking Dead' as he is highly interested in this genre.

Once finding a connection between each of our objects, we were to make a presentation and present it to the rest of the members of the course. We used Prezzi which none of us had ever used before. It allowed us to make a presentation that flowed easily and used fun visual graphics. It allowed us to add photos and videos, that were relevant to our objects. It took about an hour to make the presentation and we were all quite pleased with the finishing result. We decided to go first presenting to get it over and done with, which I feel was a good idea, as it meant we wouldn't have to sit and worry through other group's presentations.I usually find presenting hard, but I felt I did okay and having other confident groip members, made it a little easier to get up in front of everyone.

Recent Media Experience - Tim Burton

This week, I began my first year of the three year course, Media Professional Studies at Liverpool John Moores University. I was introduced to all the media techniques and modules I will be using throughout the next year. This blog will help keep myself an archive of the different media I will be looking at throughout the next three years on this course.

I recently watched this week two of the director, Tim Burton’s most successful films in the box office, ‘Sweeney Todd (2007)’ and ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)’. Reason why the public viewers enjoy Tim Burton’s direction and producing of his films are that they will always know what to expect; dark and gothic. With Sweeney Todd, Burton’s gothic imagination fits in very well with the plot of this film as the plot is based on violence and murder. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory however you would expect from reading the book authored by Roald Dahl, to fit all its conventions of a Children’s Fantasy genre. The gothic imagination of Burton works in this film, as he uses visual effects to fit the fantasy element of the film, however having Johnny Depp cast at Willy Wonka, instantly make the film much more gothic especially as he has been cast as the gothic and bizarre character in other Tim Burton films including Sweeney Todd.