RMIT University Screening Recap

On Monday, we had a screening at RMIT University in downtown Melbourne. The city features a wide range of architectural styles, and the RMIT student center was definitely a unique example. One of the buildings looked like it was covered with green slime! Our screening was organized by Professor Lisa French in conjunction with her “Asian Cinemas” class. Lisa’s research interest is in gender and feminist issues in film, so we thought our film would be a good fit. The audience consisted mostly of students, as well as our friend Jen and Melinda O’Connor from 3CR Radio, who had interviewed us a few days ago.

We had our first technical glitch during this screening. The VGA connector down by the stage wouldn’t sync resolutions properly with either my MacBook Pro or iPad. Unfortunately, there wasn’t enough time to try setting up the computer in the projection booth, so we verbally gave the Keynote presentation and played the movie via the DVD. The mantra that I’ve been saying in previous posts holds, “Always have a backup!”

After the screening Lisa and Jen accompanied us to dinner at a Vietnamese noodle shop. Lisa told us that she has the opportunity to travel abroad to teach at RMIT’s other campuses, including Singapore.

And now for some photos from our screening at RMIT University.

WP-SmugMug Plugin: http://tow.com/projects/wordpress/*[[](/batch.download.php?aid=8159340)Ah, to be a student again! Near the entrance to the Kaleide Theatre at RMIT University.](http://photos.tow.com/1028099864Eips4-L.jpg) *Rae in front of the Kaleide Theatre entrance. *An empty Kaleide Theatre. *Come on in for our free screening of Autumn Gem! *Students, faculty and guests await the start of the film. *Rae with organizer, Professor French from RMIT University. *Professor French introduces us to the stage. *Rae answers questions from the crowd following the screening at RMIT University. *The crowd was comprised of mostly RMIT University students.