first meeting

What our group wants to find out for a particular media industry is DISTRIBUTION of content. Essentially, we want to cover a number of aspects of distribution hence we divided the topic into three main areas: DVD, EXHIBITION and ONLINE.

Brainstorming companies/businesses under each area:

• DVD – Mad Man and Hopscotch
• EXHIBITIONS – Village Cinemas, Hoyts, Nova and Cameo
• ONLINE – Jib Jab and Ish Media

We have also assigned everyone in the group their specific tasks in contacting companies:

• DVD – Keshanee (Mad Man), Joe and Selwyn (Hopscotch)
• EXHIBITIONS – John (Nova), Connie, Lorraine, Cyndy and Jessica
• ONLINE – Steven, Toni and Soong Fee

Looking at the seminar proper, these are the roles for each group member:

• FILMING – Steven and Toni
• PHOTOS – John and Connie
• HOSTS – Keshanee and Joe
• STAGING/CATERING/USHERS – Jessica, Soong Fee, Cyndy and Lorraine

Seminar Schedule: WEEK 7, 11 SEPTEMBER 2009

Basically, this blog is where we document our journey in preparation for the seminar including the things we find out and learned during and after the collaborative process. Danica (speaking in the third person) is organising, managing, and ensuring that everyone’s doing their assigned tasks, is on the right track and meeting deadlines. It is Danica’s responsibility to relay all the collaborative work to the Media Industries 2 representatives.

Tasks to do:

1. Set up a Facebook group and Blog/General communication tool/Updates
2. Think about the approach that we want to take and important questions we want to find out from distributors or distribution companies
3. Begin contacting people from the industry/Booking/Scheduling
4. Weekly Collaborative meetings

Notes: It might be a good idea to produce a ‘show reel’ as an introduction to each area of distribution. Although this might be more applicable to the ONLINE distribution. Also, think about the idea on ‘video pirate’ – something that could be interesting and entertaining to include in the seminar. It’s a general fact and it might be an issue but we’ll see how we go and where it fits in the seminar.

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Same day where we were supposed to be discussing in class for the last half an hour seminar, our group decided to ‘meet up’ somewhere else outside Uni. It’s still a collaborative meeting though to get to know people we are going to work with in the group. (Wish you were there: Keshanee, Soong Fee, Cyndy and Jessica)

From left: Joe, John, Toni, Selwyn, Connie, Lorraine & Danica

From left: Steven, John, Joe, Toni, Selwyn, Connie & Lorraine

From left: Joe, John, Toni, Selwyn, Connie, Lorraine & Danica