Digital Artefact: Contextual Essay!

Inspired Denim My Digital Artefact consists of an Instagram account and TikTok account (@Inspireddenim) dedicated to sharing photos and videos of denim jackets and jeans that I have customised. As well as an online Esty account which I have linked on my Instagram account. My digital artefact involves me finding second hand clothing pieces andContinueContinue reading “Digital Artefact: Contextual Essay!”

Module 3: m a k i n g !

Throughout the making stage of my Digital Artefact, I continued to focus on content creation and the curation of my project. My Digital Artefact consists of an Instagram account and TikTok account (@Inspireddenim) dedicated to sharing photos and videos of denim jackets and jeans that I have customised. In the end, I decided that InstagramContinueContinue reading “Module 3: m a k i n g !”

Module 2: Make It, Break It and Repeat

Hi there! This is an update on the progress of my Digital Artefact: Inspired Denim! Which consists of both an Instagram and TikTok account where I share my own attempts at painting on denim jeans and jackets. MY FIRST PROTOTYPE: Below you can see what my project looked like when it first started (which let’sContinueContinue reading “Module 2: Make It, Break It and Repeat”

Digital Artefact: Project Beta!

Hi there! Here’s an update on the progress of my project ‘Inspired Denim’! For a reminder on what I set out to do, feel free to check out my previous blog post. When I first started this project I was initially putting all my effort into physically making the denim art pieces and then justContinueContinue reading “Digital Artefact: Project Beta!”

Americanization and The Red Sea Diving Resort

Netflix’s recently released film, “The Red Sea Diving Resort” is loosely based upon the true story of Mossad agents secretly smuggling Ethiopian Jews out of Sudan to Israel. Unfortunately what could have been an opportunity to tell an interesting and incredibly complex; both politically and culturally, story, has instead been made into a Hollywood-style, spyContinueContinue reading “Americanization and The Red Sea Diving Resort”

Hip Hop, Rap and Globalisation

In the 1980s, the musical genres of rap and hip hop began increasing in global popularity. This rapid rise to global prominence can likely be attributed to the introduction of the internet and new communication technologies, which consequently accelerated the globalisation process. Initially originating from African American communities in America during the 1970s, nowadays, localisedContinueContinue reading “Hip Hop, Rap and Globalisation”

Format Reality TV- The International Sensation

After a long day, one thing I love to do is zone out and watch some good ol’ fashioned, (some might say ‘trashy’) reality TV. https://media.giphy.com/media/ujwRYM0hJaaIDAbo2P/giphy.gif Well, the other night I was watching “If You Are the One” a humorous, Chinese dating show, and I couldn’t help but think that it seemed really familiar. CountriesContinueContinue reading “Format Reality TV- The International Sensation”

Module 1: The Process of Ideation

Hi there! Thank’s for checking in, consider this post an update on my digital artefact- ‘Inspired Denim’! At the beginning of BCM114 I initially began brainstorming a whole lot of different ideas of what I could do for my Digital Artefact. I considered taking over and running my mum’s wedding hair-styling business page, helping myContinueContinue reading “Module 1: The Process of Ideation”

An Introduction

Hi there! https://media.giphy.com/media/PK1YQhAoBOpP2/giphy.gif My name is Alina and over the next couple months I will be undertaking the subject BCM111 (Global Media) as a part of my Bachelor of Communication and Media. So far, one thing this subject has made me consider is how global I am, and I’ve realised that whilst I consider myselfContinueContinue reading “An Introduction”

Digital Artefact: Project Pitch!

Hi there, this is my (BCM114- Making Media) Digital Artefact Project Pitch! What am I going to do? This project is based upon my love of art and explores the growing trend I’ve noticed online of people customising and painting jeans/denim. It will involve me finding second hand clothing pieces and painting different images. HowContinueContinue reading “Digital Artefact: Project Pitch!”

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