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Week 8 - Fame & Celebrity

This week's class is very similar to the topic I discussed for my Dialectical inquiry on Fans and Fandoms. I believe they go hand in hand...

Leighanne Fernandes

Aug 12, 20205 min read

Week 7 - Class, Capital & Consumption

This class was rescheduled for the following week - week 8 due to Eid holidays and a clash in everyone's schedules. However, this was a...

Leighanne Fernandes

Aug 7, 20204 min read

Week 8 - ooOoh where did it all go?

Haha you must be wondering "What's up with this title"? Same. I was too. This week had unexpectedly taken a major toll on me. I was burnt...

Leighanne Fernandes

Aug 7, 20205 min read

Week 7 - Getting back on track

I tried my best to hustle this week due to the feedback we were provided on being extremely slow last week. I could foresee that if tasks...

Leighanne Fernandes

Jul 31, 20203 min read

Week 6 - Fans and Fandoms

This week, being the week of my presentation, was an extremely intriguing topic. I am not saying this because of the topic I have chosen...

Leighanne Fernandes

Jul 26, 20204 min read

Week 6 - A Hurdle along the Way...

This week felt a little out of place, starting from the advisory meeting to team updates by the end of the week. I am trying my best in...

Leighanne Fernandes

Jul 25, 20205 min read

Week 5 - Subcultures

Subcultures is an interesting topic of discussion because it is a branch from mainstream that has it's own set of culture and values. It...

Leighanne Fernandes

Jul 25, 20205 min read

Week 5 - Getting into the Concepts

I'm slightly happier that we are finally getting into some productive work from this week. I was able to put together a shot list with...

Leighanne Fernandes

Jul 17, 20203 min read

Week 4 - Mainstream

Mainstream seems like a very interesting topic of discussion, mainly for the fact that "mainstream" can be perceived in various ways...

Leighanne Fernandes

Jul 17, 20206 min read

Week 4 - Pitch Presentations

With our hearts pounding (mainly for animation ofc), we had set meetings with each of our advisors to officially pitch our "visual album"...

Leighanne Fernandes

Jul 11, 20203 min read

Week 3 - Aesthetics

We were told last week that this lesson is a very interesting topic to go about. So, when preparing for the class beforehand, I read...

Leighanne Fernandes

Jul 10, 20203 min read

Week 2 - Post Structuralism

Post structuralism is a far less complicated topic in terms of understanding its origin and what it is governed by. In definition,...

Leighanne Fernandes

Jul 5, 20204 min read

Week 3 - Preparing for our Pitch Presentation

This week, we had to prepare for our official pitch presentation to our advisors. So far, all the advisors from the other fields (design,...

Leighanne Fernandes

Jul 4, 20204 min read

Week 2 - Fleshing out the Story

Even though it has only been the second week in this exciting journey to the finish line, we have come A LONG way!!! A lot of...

Leighanne Fernandes

Jun 27, 20207 min read

Week 1 - Post-modernism

Post modernism is a movement that came after its predecessor: "Modernism". It is an idea that can be best described as a questioning or...

Leighanne Fernandes

Jun 21, 20203 min read

Week 1 - The Beginning of an exciting End!

Title inspired from teammate Josh! Starting off with week 1, a lot of thoughts and ideas ran through my head. Should I fully flesh out an...

Leighanne Fernandes

Jun 20, 20207 min read

My Contributions

Here is a detailed list of contributions I have done for the project SPIN OFF which includes my major and minor inputs. Major...

Leighanne Fernandes

May 14, 20204 min read

Genre & Semiotic Analysis Report

In this blog report, I will be explaining the genre implemented in the short film SPIN OFF with references to semiotics and cinema...

Leighanne Fernandes

May 12, 20205 min read

My Role in the Production Pipeline

Coming to an end with this trimester, I feel that I have learnt quite a lot through the experiences and challenges that came along the...

Leighanne Fernandes

May 8, 20205 min read

Self-directed Learning

Through the entire course of this trimester, I tried to research and work on tasks that would help me push my models to the next level...

Leighanne Fernandes

Apr 25, 20204 min read