Week 7 - Lecture

Wikipedia is definitely the first source I choose to find information about anything I need to know instantly.  Of course many of our teachers encourage us not to use it in our research essays, it is however a good starting point.

The readings for today talked about peer governance and the 'inclusionist and deletionists' of Wikipedia. The most interesting section was the example case of the 'inclusionist and deletionists'. It is without a doubt that Wikipedia's information is untrustworthy. Mainly because people can edit the information easily. It is an open source. Although it is now quite restricted, it is still doubtful. Some information can be true but some can be fabricated. But, then again, despite of all this, people tend to come around Wikipedia usage. Perhaps because we are already so used to it, it is an automatic choice. Like using Google as search engine.  'Google it' is probably the most common phrase now... 'Just quickly read Wikipedia' is only just behind.

Kostakis, V 2010, 'Identifying and Understanding the Problems of Wikipedia's Peer Governance: The Case of Inclusionists Versus Deletionists', First Monday, vol. 15, no. 3, viewed 7 September 2011, <http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2613/2479>

Week 6 - filmmaking progress part one...

Our task is to make a short clip anything that deals with new communication technology. One of our group members suggested that we should have a girl texting her boyfriend. They start messaging each other but the guy stops. With no reply, the girl worries and starts thinking about different kind of scenarios in her head. Thought this would be a great idea for filming because it is quite relatable and texting is of course, a new communication device. Sort of like the ice coffee advertisement for Dare.

We will have to go through some copyright issues because it is important that we don’t use anything illegally. Creative commons is one of the sources that we will use especially for music. All in all it was a great discussion. We made a Facebook group just to keep everyone in contact in case someone found a new idea. Which is probably a good communication tool. I think for group assignments Facebook group is a great way to communicate to everyone and share ideas or comments.

Week 6 Lecture

The birth of cinema was 1895 and since then filmmaking developed in a way that no one possibly could have thought back in the days. By developing new technologies we can now watch movies on demand. The Internet can easily do this as it also allows you to watch streaming live films on television via Netflix or Foxtel. YouTube is another predominate device that consumers can watch feature films. It is a good source for developing filmmakers before entering the ‘real world’ of cinema. In our lecture, famous directors shot some short films targeting the Internet market. BMW short film series was a great success.


The timeline of cinema, as our lecturer elaborated, reveals how much technology developed during these periods. It is still continuing to please the audience. 3D television says it all.

An article questions if cinema is still required in our world today. The issue is that most revenue comes from DVDs instead of cinema itself. Is it killing Hollywood? Well not exactly, films are still making money right? And isn’t that what Hollywood is all about? Worst-case scenario, consumers watching films online for free. Although, it is quite scary what the future holds for cinema next. Hopefully technology will keep cinema alive instead of the Internet dominating.

Roddick, N 2006, ‘Does Cinema Need Cinema?’, Journal of Sight and Sound, vol. 16,  no. 9, pp. 1-12, viewed 4 September 2011, ProQuest Central database