About me and this blog

Hi! My name is Rumena Zlatkova, originally from Bulgaria and currently based in Coventry, UK.

I specialise in sound, photography and video production, online presence and web marketing – I both do it and consult people about it. Some people even call me ‘The Feedback Girl’.

I am currently studying BA Media Production at Coventry University. I enjoy learning both in an academic and non-academic context, so I also read a lot, experiment a lot, expand my knowledge and work on developing my skills daily.

On this blog I am collecting my thoughts and reflections from my professional, academic and personal life – as well as showcasing my work and development process. I am trying to stick to the ‘media’ topic, but since this is such a wide term, it can get quite eclectic at times.

Here is a selection of interesting posts I’ve written during the last few months:

Professional struggles and personal development

• Directing for Drama and Working with Actors – A Few Notes
• Empathy task – Religion and atheism
• NUFilm Productions is born.
• Creativity needs trust, not fear
• ‘I have an idea that could actually change the world–but I’ll wait’
• How *not* to solve problems in your life

Technical process and development

• Media Production and professional development – evaluating my creative and technical skills
• Producing and directing promotional videos using green screen. My working process.
• NUFilm Productions – plan for the Nokia Short assignment
• NUFilm Productions – Nokia Short shot list and storyboard
• Creating visual impact: Composition
• Persistence helps (five months into my Daily uploads Flickr project)
• HTML Website – Design process and final result

Research, media theory and guest posts

• Reading ACTA. Some assorted comments from my Twitter feed
• Tricking perception using marketing and advertising. Can it be used to do good?
• SOPA PIPA POP-A.
• Debbie Isitt, Director of Nativity!, speaks about filmmaking and improvisation
• Music & Sound Design in Computer Games – Dave Ranyard’s talk in Coventry University
• Tom Ford’s ‘A Single Man’, creative responsibility and modern film making
• Grooveshark, music distribution and culture in a digital media environment
• Can watching comedy make you a better person?
• Re: Lev Manovich’s ‘Understanding Hybrid Media’, or how our existing knowledge affects what we call ‘new’ and ‘hybrid’
• Creating impact, memes and online presence
• Provocative art vs. Structured art
• A veteran computer user’s thoughts on the commercialisation of computer technology (guest post on my blog)

Thanks for stopping by – I hope you enjoy your time here. To contact me, use the Contact form at the bottom of the blog, or email me at hi@rumenazlatkova.net.

Other online spaces

• Vimeo channel – my video work and experiments
  http://vimeo.com/rumena
• Flickr stream – my photography work and experiments
  http://flickr.com/rumena
• Soundcloud profile – my sound work and experiments
  http://soundcloud.com/rumenazlatkova
• Twitter feed – where I tweet and retweet interesting links
  http://twitter.com/rumena_zlatkova/
• Zootool bookmarks – where I bookmark the best of the web
  http://zootool.com/rumena
• Last.fm profile – where I discover and share good music
  http://last.fm/user/Rumi_7