Fun from the first frame, by Lloyd McDowell. Film Student at Univeristy of Ulster, Magree Campus.
DRJ#10 - Reflecting on the final project and final semester.
Introduction This post is on a reflection of my final project and final semester! I have to start of by saying this, there is a lot like...
DRJ#9 - Editing The Evolution of Cinematics of Video Games: An Introduction.
Introduction This post is about the editing that I did for this project! In DRJ#8 (Filming Day!), I had mentioned that the recorded audio...
DRJ#8 - Filming Day!
Introduction This post focuses on filming day! HOORAY! Like any project, getting done to actually making something is what filmmakers...
DRJ#7 - The Script/Running Order I have developed.
Introduction This blog post will include a hybrid document that I have made to help me during my practice for when I am filming. This is...
DRJ#6 - What Equipment I will for the practice and Risk Assessment Form
Introduction This post will show the equipment that I have decided to use and booked for the practice. Choices and Reasoning for...
DRJ#5 - Concepts and ideas for the practice half of dissertation.
Introduction This post will include some of the concepts and ideas I had for the practice half of the final project. As my project will...
DRJ#4 - The Videos and interviews I have watched.
Introduction These are all of the videos and interviews that I have watched as a part of my research, my hope for these was to get...
DRJ#3- The Citations gathered from Books, Online Journals and Websites
Introduction This post is about the books that I have researched and the citations that I have gathered in order to create my theory of...
DRJ#2 Dissertation Research Journal Update Post
This is an update post, this is a follow up from the initial post that I made in DRJ#1. I have been quite busy with my personal life,...
DRJ#1 Dissertation Research Journal Introduction Post
Introduction to DRJ format Hello and welcome to the first post of my Dissertation Research Journal! This post will just outline the...
The Experimental Film: World of Nightmares
This experimental film was inspired by the series of video games I have enjoyed, films I have studied, research from over the course of...
R&D Session Five: The Lawnmower Man (1992)
The Lawnmower Man was an extremely interesting take on what Virtual reality can do for humans, but also the terrors of what it could lead...
R&D Session Six: Technologies used for Virtual Reality Experiences
I have talked a lot about films thus far that I thought do a good job at creating a digital world that an audience finds believable....
Experimental Class Review: Week 6
This week is actually listed as week 7, I believe it was during this time that we had our class trip to the Void Art Gallery. So for...
R&D Session Four: Tron (1982)
Digitize user and let them play games, to the death! Tron (1982) is a story very near and dear to my heart, growing up this has had...
R&D Session Three: Total Recall (1990) & Memory Manipulation
Virtual Reality therapy gone wrong? Total Recall is an interesting movie on the topic of Virtual Reality. My reasoning for this is not...
Experimental Class Review: Week 5
This is actually from Week 6 according to blackboard. So I will be counting it as Week 5 for consistencies sake in the blog. Below are...
R&D Session Two: Ready Player One (2018) & Sword Art Online (2012)
In this weeks session, I will be sharing my thoughts on some media that I have consumed to help me with my Experimental Film. The media...
Experimental Class Review: Week 4
This week there was only one film linked on Blackboard, that being Symphonie Diagonale (1924). When I loaded the link the video...





















