Media
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Pomodoro ramblings
In my first classes this week, I introduced first-year students to the Pomodoro technique. I’ve had a mixed relationship with the technique, but sometimes find it useful in terms of getting my head fully into a project during its opening stages. In solidarity, I too typed non-stop for 15 minutes (a reduced pomodoro — usually they… Continue reading
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My theory of cinema
The more I think about it, though, the more intrigued I’m getting about just what my conception of cinema is. Continue reading
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Death to the selfie stick
Today I had the pleasure of attending the RMIT nonfictionLab‘s symposium on interactive documentary. A great many interesting talks were given, and I’m hoping to collate some of my notes into coherent ramblings here and elsewhere over the coming days. I was reading various tweets today, watching some of the presentations at the conference, and ruminating more generally… Continue reading
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Editing
Rough cut. Draft cut. Polish. Proof render. Final cut. *crack beer* … Changes arrive. Final cut V2. Final cut V3. Export for web. Continue reading
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Abbott government axes community TV
The Federal Communications Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has announced today that licences for community television will not be renewed in 2016. This means all community television stations will stop broadcasting at the end of next year. Continue reading
About Me
Daniel Binns is a media-maker and theorist of media and screen cultures. He is the author of The Hollywood War Film: Critical Observations from World War I to Iraq (2017), and Material Media-Making in the Digital Age (2021), and has published work on Netflix documentaries, drone cinematography, and film genres. Long walks on the beach are fine, but I much prefer cabins in the woods, board games, RPGs, and movies.
Daniel Binns 