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  1. mercurydrinker

    My Major Work.

    I promised ages ago I would post up my major works up one day when I fixed up my floppy disk... well now that I have... I've finally posted them up... Here it is... any comments encouraged... and for those who wanna know, I got 46/50 for it, which I think is a bit generous... considering...
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    Thinking about transfering from UNSW to UNSW:COFA... Help please!

    Well it appears my Uai was insufficient for me to get into my first preference course Digital Media @ COFA, instead I got my 4th choice Arts (Media and Communications) @ UNSW. I'm currently considering transfering to Digital Media at the end of the year, and I was wondering how I would go...
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    What did you think of the exam?

    Was it hard, easy or not too bad? And what about the selection of plates? i haven't done it yet, its on in about 5 1/2 hours :) I just wanted to post the first thread :D
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    Revenge Tragedy

    So did anyone else do it? How'd you go? It seems everyone does the Crime Fiction genre here.... I wrote about a palestinian suicide bomber for the creative, not sure how the markers will take that... But its probably the best exam creative story I've written... The essay was pretty...
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    Additional Material text types for the Exam

    I'm doing Revenge Tragedy, and I've already got two additionals, Memento and Gladiator, the problem is I don't know if I should do another additional, that isn't a recent film.... Is it necessary to have two different text types for your additional? Because in the exam it does ask for "a...
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    Who has Modern and IPT on Friday?

    How incredibly shit is that? How are we expected to write for 6 fucking hours? My arm was already sore from monday and wednesday, bloody hell!!!!
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    Are you using a fancy quote about change at the beginning of your essay?

    Are you using a fancy quote about change at the beginning of your essay or in the introduction? I'm thinking about adding one, but do think that this will appear like I'm "trying to hard" to the marker? The quote I have in mind is: To change and to change for the better are two...
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    What case study do you plan to do for the essay in section II?

    We did a case study on the beach culture in Australia and assosciated artists, so I think I'll be doing that.... We also did "The Nude"...
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    Which uni is the best for Design, Digital Media, Visual Communication & Architecture?

    Alright, I've narrowed down the courses that I want to do to either Design (as in graphic design), Digital Media, Visual Communication, Architecture, Interior Architecture or Media and Communications. :D Which universities would be the best for each respective course? I've heard UNSW is...
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    Take a look at my Major Work....

    I sorta like my artwork, tell me what you guys think, be brutally honest.... Its basically a visual interpretation of the Radiohead album "Kid A". Keep in mind: I started my artwork on the thursday before the day it was due. There was an exhibition on the Thursday, so I had to make a...
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    Can someone help me out with Frontline?

    For the additional texts for Frontline do they have to directly relate to the issues explored in a particular episode. Or do they just have to be about misrepresentation of truth in general? For example for "Add Sex and Stir" do I have to find an article about how sex is used to manipulate...
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    Favourite Movies.

    Whats everyones Top 10 favourite films? Just interested in what sorta movies you guys watch... :D Here's my list in (no particular order, except the first three which are my most favourite...): The Shawshank Redemption Memento Fight Club Gattaca Groundhog Day Se7en American History...
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    Any Radiohead fans here?

    Its a long shot, but I was wondering if anyone here listens to Radiohead... At school theres about 1 or 2 people that listen to them, (not as religiously as me though) but everyone else knows them as the guys who played "Creep" and thats it. Which is a shame cos they really are easily the...
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    What UAI did you get?

    This for those who have done the HSC and for some reason are still interested in talking about the HSC. What UAI did you get? and what subject did you do? I'm just curious. :)
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    Which uni is the best for Graphic Design?

    I really want to do Graphic Design (or something similar) in uni, and I was wondering which University is most suited for this sort of course. Also what are the prerequisites (for instance is it necessary to have more than 2units of maths) and what is assumed knowledge is needed? And can...
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    I have no idea what I am doing.

    I am completely stuck for ideas in art. I'm thinking about doing a mix media work, but I don't know what concept to do. I got a few ideas but they aren't really going anywhere. Ideas so far: *War and its effect on the environment. b/w imagery from WWI and WWII, mostly dead trees and...
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