As the director of Unexpected, Unexplained (2022), I was given the responsibility to provide my team a story with enough value worthy of telling though the production of a documentary. In deciding to centralise my idea on telling the unique recounts of ‘ghost stories’ or ‘paranormal encounters’, I aimed to ensure the documentary idea wasContinue reading “Unexpected, Unexplained (2022)”
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Unexpected Unexplained – (Short)
Steven Cakarovski always said his scepticism toward the paranormal world would be a ‘difficult thing’ for him to change because of his ‘see it to believe it’ attitude. Recalling upon a memory which still to this today shocks him to the core, the inability to find a logical explanation for what he had witnessed thatContinue reading “Unexpected Unexplained – (Short)”
HSC At Home: Life In Lockdown During The Biggest Year of High School
A majority of primary and secondary schools experienced a mass closure during what was considered NSW’s biggest COVID-19 lockdown since 2020. For almost four months all Year 12 students of Greater Sydney were forced to endure their final school year from home. With the graduating cohort of 2021 being the first year to undertake aContinue reading “HSC At Home: Life In Lockdown During The Biggest Year of High School”
How Long Can This Possibly Last For?”: What It Feels Like To Live With The Delta Variant In NSW.
“How Long Can This Possibly Last For?” is a short audio piece in which my cousin Toby Greene expresses the difficulties and stresses that the most recent lockdown in NSW has caused his day-to -day life. Toby explains how he has had to put everything on hold to stay clear from the transmission of theContinue reading “How Long Can This Possibly Last For?”: What It Feels Like To Live With The Delta Variant In NSW.”
Record Breaking Winter Weather: NSW and VIC See Major Road Closures Due To Rare Climate Patterns:
Image: Central Western Daily – Dangerous Black Ice Covering NSW Road. New South Wales and Victoria are has been experiencing record breaking winter temperatures with rare figures that have not been seen for over three decades. Due to the impromptu arrival of extremely harsh cold weather, regular commuters upon major roads are warned to beContinue reading “Record Breaking Winter Weather: NSW and VIC See Major Road Closures Due To Rare Climate Patterns:”
Winter White-Out: NSW Experiences Its Coldest Weather To-Date:
Image: Central Western Daily – Snowfall in Central Western NSW town, Orange. Various towns within NSW have experienced their coldest temperatures last seen in over two decades. Local residents have been warned of safety concerns developing from rare and erratic climate patterns. Sydney City has reached a record breaking temperature of 10.3 degrees, a temperatureContinue reading “Winter White-Out: NSW Experiences Its Coldest Weather To-Date:”
Does Social Media Coverage Influence The Hysteria Surrounding COVID-19 Vaccine Rollouts?
Despite the hysteria surrounding COVID-19 in Australia gradually easing, that’s not to say fears and stresses have completely disappeared. With the rollout of the vaccines covered frequently as a breaking news event on social media, large news corporations such as ABC News and News.com express vastly differing sentiments regarding the processes and reliability of theContinue reading “Does Social Media Coverage Influence The Hysteria Surrounding COVID-19 Vaccine Rollouts?”
Is Social Media A Safe Place To Defame People?
With the rise of social media, it is now considerably easier for ordinary people to publish their own content for the world to see, a similar prospect to that of ‘professional’ publication, but, without the stress of a team of editors checking every single detail for it to be passed and read by the world.Continue reading “Is Social Media A Safe Place To Defame People?”
Has Social Media Bias Vilified Scott Morrison Regarding His Response To Parliamentary Rape Allegations?
The current Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison was being heavily criticised by the Australian public regarding his responses to rape allegations between staff members from the Parliament House. With many traditional media companies utilising social media to report on Mr Morrison’s commentary about the issue, it becomes clear that evident media bias is fuelling theContinue reading “Has Social Media Bias Vilified Scott Morrison Regarding His Response To Parliamentary Rape Allegations?”
How Much Power Does Wealth Have In Media Ownership?
With the increasing diversification of media that has gradually occurred throughout ‘Information Age’ the delivery of news and media centralises around the hyper-personalised twenty-four hour cycles of news that is accessible across a myriad of social media platforms. However, that’s not to say traditional forms of media such as newspapers and radio have become obsolete.Continue reading “How Much Power Does Wealth Have In Media Ownership?”
Nick Cakarovski 