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Week 5 - The tute exercise.

Our goal and yours is to enter into the world of Culture Jamming.
You are to devise a plan to get noticed by 'normal' media.
As we saw in the lecture, Ireport.com allows the public to report on anything.
There are some similar sites that are more local and may prove to be more interested in local events.

The Tute task for Week 5 consists of the planning and research you undertake to be ready to produce your news story/public report/local update (whatever it may end up being). This should include who is doing what in your group and how you are going to make/produce the content of your Culture Jam.

You can use video, still shots, audio, standard text and documents you may want to create as props.
Internet resources should be used to give depth and credit to your Jam.
In groups of no more than 4 and all must post their own blog entries.



To complete this entire task it will take two weeks but the first half will be assessed during weeks 6/7.

Talk to your tutor about your plans.

Week 5 - TuteSpark

Hi Class,

In line with the lecture content that Josh covered this week, we want you engage with the term "Culture Jamming".

Look it up, see if you can find what is considered to be the first Culture Jam, find the most influential Jam, the most damaging.

These 3 examples should be posted in your blog with an explanation of where and why they were found and used.

You can show what impact they had or are having too.

Essay Help

For a 'short' essay like this, the following should be a good guide...

These simple steps will guide you through the essay writing process:

Decide on your topic.

Prepare an outline or diagram of your ideas.

Write your essay statement.

Write the introduction.

Define the terms that you are exploring.

Write the body.

• Write the main points.
• Explain the terms/points with quotes and your own take on these.
  
• Write the subpoints.
• Elaborate on the subpoints.

If possible include an 'If/then' statement of your own to propose a solution or alternative.

Write the conclusion.

Add the finishing touches. eg. References, Bibliography etc. (you have to remember to record where and what you look at/study while preparing to write and while writing)

Week 4 tute task - not tutespark - this is the tute exercise.

Video or 'film' has not always worked online.
Answer the following in your blog:-

1.Where and when did usable online video start? (provide some refs. and an example if possible)

2.In the lecture we heard about technological innovations that were used by the studios to lure audiences. (mostly to combat the popularity of TV)
What recent innovations are being used to lure us in the movies?
What are they luring us from?

3.Are short films still being made? Why? Who pays for them to be made?

4.The term viral is thrown about adhoc but what does it mean in film/movie arena? Give some examples.

5. Online video distribution isn't limited to the short film format. We are now starting to see television styled shows made solely for internet release (webisodes). Find an example of this style of content and discuss how viewing television content in this way can positively and negatively affect the viewer's experience.

Week 4 - Big Screen to Small Screen - TUTESPARK

Hi Class of 2010,

We want you to find some short films (3 please) that were made for internet distibution/viewing.

They can be from any genre, any style, but please can they have some sort of story. Not just a quirky funny instance that became viral...

Yes a actual attempt at short film.

They can be from any website, not just youtube.

You should comment on what you think makes them good or what made them good at the time.
Why they became, or will become, popular.

Please embed them into your blog. If that is not possible then a link will do.

TuteSpark week 3

The Tutespark for week 3 is to find at least 3 (three) examples of digital devices that are not electronic.

Preferably they should be communication technologies.

To help with your search you should define:- digital, analogue, communication and electronic


Please supply references.

Include some pictures.

Week 3 Treasure Hunt

Answer these questions without using Google or Wikipedia, and then write your answers in an entry in your blog. Provide the URL (with the date you accessed it) of where you found the answer, and include extras like images, embedded videos, etc.

1. What is the weight of the world’s biggest machine? How much did it cost to build?

2. What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Ozzy Osborne?

3. When and what was the first example of global digital communication?

4. What is the cheapest form of travel from the Gold Coast to Melbourne?

5. Who is Hatsune Miku? What company does she belong to? What is her birthday?

6. Find a live webcam in Antarctica. Find a place to stay in Antarctica.

7. What song was top of the Australian pop charts this week in 1980?

8. How would you define the term 'nano technology'? In your own words, what does it really mean?

9. What type of camera is used to make ‘Google Street View’?

10. Translate these questions into Klingon.

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Week Two!!!

There is no TuteSpark.........I know you're all disapointed but cheer up there's plenty to do for this 30 shot film that you are making.

By Now you should have your blog up and running and you would have emailed the address of the blog, Your name, your student number and the day and time of your tute. You email this to tutespark2010@gmail.com

You have to include the above in both the subject line and the body of the email. It must be sent from the new gmail account that you made for this course.

Now for week two:-

In groups of 2 or 3 people from your tute, you are to take one of the supplied fictitious movie titles and shoot your 30 still shot movie that hopefully displays some of the knowledge you gleaned in Josh's lecture.

The stills are then loaded onto the computer and you use iPhoto to make a slideshow. During this step you can rearrange and delete to your hearts content.

Export a movie of the slideshow from iPhoto (it's in the File Menu).

Upload the movie to a Youtube Account. (start one if no one in the group has one)

Now you have to embed the movie on Your blogs.

See screen shots.... I'll get them up soon..

Extra effort is noted.... Some notes/thoughts about the process...etc.. What you have done and what it might be useful for.