Tuesday 10th April 2011

On Tuesday we had an excursion to fed square. We were going to ACMI to see the VCE Season of Excellence 2011 Top Screen.

I caught the train into the city with Taylah and a few others that were going on the art excursion. We arrived at flinders street station at around 9am. We then went across to fed square to meet Rob and the rest of the class. We then headed into ACMI at around 9.15am and took to our seats in the cinema and waited for the VCE Media Films to start at 9.30am.

The first film 'Sunshower' was directed and created by a girl named Molly George from Ringwood Secondary College. Molly used a photo album as her focus point and used animatiated images/drawings as well as photos and film to tell her story. What I really liked about her film was the imaginative way she created it and especially the way the music lyrics depicted what was on the screen.

'Free Parking' made by Issac Brown of Northcote High School was a fun comedy about a group of friends who decided to be rebellious and park their cars in random places such as in a police vechiles only zone and on footpaths. It looked like a film that the cast/crew would have had a lot of fun making.

'Rally' was a short documentary that looked at the history of rallying and the technology of a modern day rally car. Its creator (Ashley Davies) obviously had a very strong passion for rallying because his level of knowledge was impeccable. Myself as the viewer, could definatly see the time and effort that went into creating the documentary, because the editing of the film was of a very high standard. Another thing I liked was the personality that the speaker brought to the film. Because of the comedic/informative presentation, it  allowed even people who may not have been to keen or interested the sport of rallying enjoy the documentary. The documentary had a clear storyline which I liked because I didn't need to try to think to much about what was going on, which allowed me to just enjoy it for what it was.

'Sock Doc' by James Vinson  of Scotch College and 'Untitled Screenplay' by Darius Family of Mount Waverley Secondary College were both great comedies. They were a great way to finish the VCE Season of Excellence 2011.

All in all, it was a very worthwhile excursion. I defiantly walked away from it with some ideas of my own that I hope to pursue in the future. Thanks to Rob for organising it aswell.