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Presented by RMIT School of Media and Communication.

RMIT Media Virtual Showcase 2021

Semester 1

When
16 Jun–31 Jul
Where
Virtual showcase – access anytime

The RMIT Bachelor of Communication (Media) end of semester showcase goes digital.

Emerging contemporary media professionals present their short films, video art, soundscapes and digital projects for the RMIT Bachelor of Communication (Media) end of semester online showcase.

Highlights include Cristina Ulloa Sobarzo’s meta-documentary on film editor Johanna Scott So, You’re Telling Me I’m Serving People Tea and Coffee? produced for the Women Beside the Screen studio in partnership with the Melbourne Women in Film Festival, which creatively profiles women who have forged a career in the Australian screen industries; Kennel, a phone app described as “Tinder for pets” by Marla Kalaw and Derek Xu; and the non-linear video series exploring the weight of grief, As Grief Holds Us, by Sofia Georganas, Andy Eaton and Rishi Ranjan.

Presented by RMIT School of Media and Communication.

Expand to browse the showcase highlights below:

Future Play Studio

Kennel game/app trailer  by Marla Kalaw, Derek Xu

Women Besides the Screen Studio
So, You’re Telling Me I’m Serving People Tea and Coffee? by Cristina Ulloa Sobarzo

The Next Generation by Chau Vu

Eye of the Beholder by Isabel Savenake

Deliberate Film Studio

The Box by Shiyang (Jack) Wang

Failed Mission by Joyce Wong

Kitchen Play by Xinyu (Sandra) Zhang 

The Call by Madeleine Cheale

Real to Reel Studio

Salvage by Emmanuelle Mattana

I’m a Writer by Ruby Walker (contains some coarse language)

Antiquarians by Beatrice Madamba, Jasper Cohen-Hunter, Sophie Aitken

Preserving the Gallery by Simon Tran

Collecting Embodiment Studio

These are each collections of multiple works. Videos should be watched in the order they are on the page.

As Grief Holds Us by Sofia Georganas, Andy Eaton and Rishi Ranjan

Belong to my Body (Dirt of My Mind) by Maddy Weeks, Rhonda Hodgson, Eva Williams

Making Sense of Social Media Studio

(All work by the whole of the Studio)

Instagram Unfiltered Instagram Page

Instagram Unfiltered Tik Tok Page

Tools For Change

Future Machina Studio

Crux by By Seamus Daniel and Jessica Hooper

The Doppelganger by Jiayao (Cherry) Lin 

The Breakfast Bandits by Chiara Watt, Leith Edwards, Lisa Jacobsen, Max Meaden and Patrick Neideck

Mars TV by JoongHyuk Joe, Marlon Mckinnon, Zane Giernatowski

Unravelling the Real Studio

Remember Me by Amelia Christie

How To Cope With Brussels Sprouts by Sabrina Phillips Brash

It’s not Rocket Surgery Studio

Why History can be Unreliable… by Joel Cormack, Keely (Yuqi) Xing, Willa Robinson, Xena (Xiaohang) Dong

Mona’s Secret by Alice Nguyen-Manderson, Jessica (Anqi) Li, Hamza Ipek, Trevor (Zihang) Wang

Seeing the Unseen Studio

Greenhouse Cage by Hang Yi Wong, Tianjin Shi, Jiangxue Han

The Dying Natural Vitality by Abby, Lee, Jacky & Yvonne

Room With A View Studio

Each of the Radio Features are in the Soundcloud embed below the RWAV live show

First Nations Artists by Bronte Pitcher, Holly Colvin, Lachlan Flannigan and Eliza Butcher

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