Intellectual property (IP), as defined by the World Intellectual Property Organisation, relates to the creation of the mind; inventions; literary and artistic works; and symbols, names and images used in commerce. IP is then divided into industrial property and copyright.

What intrigued me the most learning about this topic was the thought of not having copyright in our lives. We have grown up in an era with copyright laws to prevent our works from being repurposed by others.

Before copyright became relevant, protecting others from having their works taken by someone was considered to be part of the public domain. This allowed anyone to take your work and claim it as their own.

These days many people create watermarks onto their works. You can find them on pictures posted to platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest and many other social media sites. They are not limited to just social media, you can find them on other works such as paintings. These marks are a way to prevent others from using their images/works and claiming them as your own. They are super easy to make and stamp onto your images. Below is a quick tutorial on how to make one for yourself!

-Olivia

Over the years I have spent countless hours and thousands of dollars trying to create this image that I live a perfect ‘reality’ but my life is far from perfect.

“Happiness is the same price as red bottoms” -Ariana Grande, 7 Rings

I always admired those who owned Apple products and as a young teen I dreamed of a MacBook and an iPhone. I convinced my parents to get me that MacBook and I got a job so I could get myself an iPhone. The world of social media was the reason behind why I believed that I ‘needed’ these things to be happy. The ‘realities’ I was seeing on social media pressured me. I grew up thinking I needed an Audi or a Mercedes for a car and I needed those red bottoms and that classic black double G Gucci belt to have a perfect life. But what was actually happening was that I was being influenced by the hyperrealities that these social media ‘influencers’ were creating and ultimately sucked into a society obsessed with materialistic items.

Below is a collection of the items I have purchased that I believed I needed in my life, I know now after having purchased them that not all were ‘necessary’.

-Olivia

When I was thinking about ideas for my DA, I automatically thought about finally filming videos and posting them to Youtube. I was always too scared of what people would think when I was younger which was what stopped me then, but this DA has allowed me to be as creative as I wanted, so I decided Youtube was for me!

Filming Youtube videos is a lot of fun. I really enjoy the process of sitting in front of my camera and doing my makeup or talking to what seems like myself, but to be fair I talk to myself all the time anyways so what’s new?. But I’m not the biggest fan of editing. I’ve found that editing is the hardest part about my DA, especially finding the time to edit those videos I’ve filmed. It’s not that I don’t enjoy it because at times I do, it’s the part before I begin editing to be the hardest because I’m not always bothered.

I currently have 3 videos filmed and ready to be edited but because of uni and all the assignments I’ve received, I haven’t had as much time to edit my videos as I would have hoped for. I also find it quite hard to sit in front of my laptop for hours editing since I’ve already been sitting by my laptop in my lectures and tutorials for hours. So I struggle finding motivation some days.

Filming a makeup tutorial can take me around 2 hours to film, and editing 2 hours worth of footage is very time-consuming but I know that I don’t want to give up on creating videos for Youtube. I also know that if I’m struggling to find time to edit long videos maybe I need to film different videos that aren’t as long.

So I’ve decided that instead of focussing on makeup tutorial videos, that maybe I should try filming vlogs or sit down videos giving advice on makeup or any other topics requested.

By creating videos that don’t take as long to film, it’ll allow me to edit and upload more frequently. I would also create a schedule as a way to keep track of what I need to do whether it be filming or editing to ensure that I’m creating content. I love what I’m doing so I’m going to do my best to push forward and find that motivation to edit what I have filmed.

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-Olivia

This weeks topic was one that interested me a lot. It had a heavy focus on psychology which I haven’t always been a fan of but for some reason this topic really caught my attention from the beginning.

There was a heavy focus on how the media frame news stories and yet another strong focus on the concept of schema. Learning about schema really intrigued me.

In the podcast type of remediation I created, I went into more detail on these concepts also providing examples to be able to better understand them. I even asked some of my friends about their thoughts on COVID-19 since it is a very current news story that was framed as something that was only affecting China until it spread and media outlets decided to flip their angles on the story and change their frames.

-Olivia