Raw Poster The 2016 French-Belgian film, Raw, follows a young girl, beginning her transition to university, where she will study as a veterinarian. Everyone in Justine’s family is also a vet, as well as a vegetarian, however once a hazing ritual forces Justine to eat raw rabbit kidneys, she uncovers an insatiable appetite for flesh … Continue reading Raw (2016) →

Dead Poets Society Welton Academy is as conservative and conventional as any boys school, however when a new English teacher, John Keating – playing by Robin Williams – arrives, he takes a completely new approach to teaching than the boys are used to. Besides encouraging them to tear out pages, of textbooks, he doesn’t like, … Continue reading Dead Poets Society (1989) →

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3QfdRF9RpI Watch Our Pitch Here! Here it is…our DA idea. Following a large debate on what exactly we should do, Kira and I decided on a sort of safe-haven for young women that would typically be in university. A place where people could come together and share interests, give and receive advice, as well as … Continue reading Digital Artefact Pitch →

cast members Through the rapid development of modern technologies, television has increased (and decreased) in popularity over the years, and nowadays, it is difficult to find a household that did not, at some point, own some form of TV. Although this type of media is now under threat from streaming services such as Netflix and … Continue reading The Walking Dead →

watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmk8kmvVcyo (Al Jazeera, n.d.) What is privacy and what issues can arise from breaches? Privacy is defined as an individual’s right to keep their personal matters, and any relationships secret, or out of the public eye. With the steady increase in the development of new surveillance technologies, it is becoming more … Continue reading How To Sell a Massacre (Al Jazeera): Privacy Issues FAQ →

A ‘public sphere’ refers to the place where individuals go to find things such as news and political debates, in order to determine what issues will be faced, or impact the individual the most. The public sphere also narrows in on where these issues are talked about (Rauchfleisch, 2017). As the popularity of social media … Continue reading Like, Comment, Share →

Twitter. Love it or hate it, you can’t deny that it has a big presence in the media industry. I, personally, have had my (personal) Twitter account since 2011, and within this eight year period, I have learnt to love the website for it’s easily accessible news, as well as it’s plethora of memes (although … Continue reading The Blue Bird →

In August 2012, a Canadian owned company, Quebec Automobile Insurance Society, launched a campaign, which consisted of three images (including the one featured above) called Buckle Up. Stay Alive. All three images depicted a similar monochromatic graphic; a simple coloured tee shirt embroidered with one clearly visible year alongside an automobile seatbelt, which bisected the … Continue reading Simply Complicated →

Hello? Is this thing on? It took me a while to figure out how to start my first blog post, especially considering I’m talking about audiences to an audience… Every single person, including you and I, are apart of some kind of audience – whether it is knowingly or not. I like to think of … Continue reading Audience-ception →