Master of Computing PhD Computer Science Feng Xie

VISUAL: Feng Xie. Master of Computing, PhD Computer Science. RMIT University logo.

VISUAL: Feng Xie standing on RMIT University’s campus smiling at the camera.

Feng Xie: I love Melbourne.

VISUAL: Feng Xie walking on the footpath down Bowen Street towards the camera, on her right (left of screen) is the entrance to RMIT’s Building 2. In the background are the signs for Building 4 and Building 6 and students are walking and sitting on benches along Bowen Street.

Feng Xie: It's a modern, international city ...

VISUAL: Feng Xie is standing in front of Storey Hall (Building 16) on Swanston Street. The camera is focused on her face and Feng Xie is looking off camera.

Feng Xie: ... and RMIT is right ...

VISUAL: Feng Xie is walking down Swanston Street towards the camera. RMIT’s Building 8 is on the right of screen in the background. There are lots of other students walking on the footpath in both directions and a couple of students are sitting on a bench. Lots of bicycles are leaning against light poles beside the footpath.

Feng Xie: ... at the heart of it; a young university ...

VISUAL: Feng Xie standing on Swanston Street in front of RMIT’s Building 14 (near the intersection with Franklin Street) in front of a bicycle hire bay at twilight. In the background trams and people are passing by and across the road are RMIT’s Buildings 39 and 80.

Feng Xie: ... full of energy.

VISUAL: Feng Xie walking inside RMIT’s building towards the base of an escalator.

Feng Xie: RMIT really takes ...

VISUAL: Feng Xie standing on an ascending escalator and facing the camera which is a few stairs above her.

Feng Xie: ... students' needs into account ...

VISUAL: Feng Xie standing in a corridor and placing her finger on her iPad. On the wall behind her are a few posters in relation to Student Services.

Feng Xie: ... providing help with study ...

VISUAL: Feng Xie speaking on her mobile phone and smiling as she speaks. The camera is front on to her. She is standing in front of the Student Services sign with two sections with an arrow directing people to the appropriate sections. The text for these sections is partially obscured by Feng Xie and also not fully on screen.

Feng Xie: ... and life outside university ...

VISUAL: Feng Xie speaking on her mobile phone and smiling, the camera is side on to her. The Student Services sign behind her is the same as per previous image but now easier to see and read. An arrow pointing into a room beyond the sign has sections relating to: Work and careers, Housing, Finance, For International students, Settle in to Melbourne, Legal matters. An arrow pointing to the right of the sign has sections relating to: Study and Learning, For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. People can be seen sitting at desks just beyond the sign.

Feng Xie: ... housing, jobs and so on.

VISUAL: Feng Xie walking towards the camera along a corridor with red carpet in an RMIT building (unknown location) alongside a row of lockers.

Feng Xie: At the School of Computer ...

VISUAL: Feng Xie walking towards the camera in a corridor and turning to her right to open a glass door. Beyond the glass door are circle desks with computers on them.

Feng Xie: ... Science and IT ...

VISUAL: Close up as Feng Xie opens and walks through the glass door. The bottom part of a sign beside the door reads Games Studio.

Feng Xie: ... you work with industry ...

VISUAL: Feng Xie sitting at one of the computer desks in the classroom and typing on the keyboard.

Feng Xie: ... partners on real-world problems.

VISUAL: Close up of Feng Xie’s hands as she types on the keyboard.

Feng Xie: The facilities ...

VISUAL: Feng Xie is sitting at the computer in the computer classroom and turns to look at the camera and does a Jazz Hands movement (ie waves her hands in front of her face and stops at her shoulders) smiling at the camera. Five students are working on other desks in the background.

Feng Xie: ... and support ...

VISUAL: Feng Xie is now sitting on a chair on the other side of the classroom, she smiles at the camera and, again, does Jazz Hands (ie waves her hands in front of her face and stops at her shoulders). Some students are still working at desks in the background.

Feng Xie: ... services ...

VISUAL: Feng Xie is now standing at the back of the same classroom, smiling at the camera and outstretching her arms. A few students are sitting behind her at the computer desks in the background.

Feng Xie: ... are superb.

VISUAL: Camera pans across students sitting at a yellow table in a study area at RMIT (location unknown) all looking at their laptop screens. Feng Xie is sitting separately at a table, side on to the camera and typing on her laptop. Three other male students are sitting at a table beside her.

Feng Xie: As well as our own studies ...

VISUAL: Camera pans across Feng Xie sitting at the yellow study table and speaking with a fellow female student. Her laptop is closed.

Feng Xie: ... we're also encouraged ...

VISUAL: Feng Xie sitting at the yellow study table with her laptop open and speaking with two fellow students - a female student is sitting beside her and a male student is sitting opposite her. The camera is side on to them. Other students are sitting in the study area and an escalator is in the background.

Feng Xie: ... to work in groups to share our knowledge ...

VISUAL: Feng Xie sitting at the yellow study table with her laptop open speaking with the male student sitting opposite her. The camera is face on to her.

Feng Xie: ... and ideas.

VISUAL: Feng Xie and six other students sitting beside and behind her in a lecture theatre listening and looking to the right of the screen.

Feng Xie: And at weekly seminars we can see ...

VISUAL: Camera is at the back of the room looking down at a male lecturer standing at a lectern at the front of the room with an overhead screen on the wall behind him.

Feng Xie: ... major speakers from ...

VISUAL: Close up of the male lecturer speaking and pointing towards the overhead screen, most of which is off screen.

Feng Xie: ... universities and research ...

VISUAL: Feng Xie sitting in the same lecture theatre with about 10 students sitting behind and beside her. They are listening and looking at the lecturer who is to the left of the screen.

Feng Xie: ... institutions all over the world.

VISUAL: Video of Feng Xie standing on a tennis court hitting a ball with a tennis racquet towards the net. She is not wearing tennis clothes but a tunic with tights and mid heeled boots. She is laughing and smiling a lot and covers her mouth when she laughs at missing the net. When she finally hits the ball over the net she jumps in the air and cheers and smiles.

Feng Xie: Sport is huge in Melbourne, which is great for tennis fans like me.

VISUAL: Video of a male and female individually dancing (possibly a low impact exercise class) on an outside stage at RMIT (location unknown) with a group of at least seven students copying their movements of the dance. A few other students are standing and sitting around watching. Feng Xie does not appear to be any of the students on screen.

Feng Xie: RMIT runs many activities to help students settle in ...

VISUAL: Feng Xie sitting outside on RMIT campus speaking with a female student.

Feng Xie: ... and make friends.

VISUAL: Camera pans across the front of RMIT’s Storey Hall/RMIT Gallery on Swanston Street. In the background, to the right of the screen, is the intersection with Franklin Street. Bicycle riders and cars are on the road.

Feng Xie: Being in the city centre ...

VISUAL: Video of trams, pedestrians and cars passing along Swanston Street across the intersection with Franklin Street. RMIT’s The Hub Building is at the back of the intersection.

Feng Xie: ... everything you want ...

VISUAL: Camera pans up the façade of Building 80 and Building 39 on Swanston Street, stopping on the portal about seven levels up that extends out of Building 80 with the RMIT logo on the glass railing. A tram passes in the foreground travelling on Swanston Street.

Feng Xie: ...in your life is near to RMIT ...

VISUAL: Crowds walking through the shopping mall at Melbourne Central with the giant fob watch clock on the railing of the first level to the left of the screen.

Feng Xie: ... shops, restaurants ...

VISUAL: Video of a tram running along Swanston Street. In the background on the other side of the street is the green “brain” roof of RMIT’s Info corner.

Feng Xie: ... transport options ...

VISUAL: Video as camera pans across the entrance and front lawns and stairs for the State Library of Victoria. The camera is across the other side of Swanston Street. People are sitting on the lawn, riding bicycles and a skateboard along the footpath in the foreground.

Feng Xie: ... museums, galleries ...

VISUAL: Video of two cyclists riding down a street in Melbourne City (location unknown) in the evening. A tram is stopped in the background and a few pedestrians are on the path and crossing the street.

Feng Xie: ... theatres ...

VISUAL: Close up of the façade and entrance columns to the State Library of Victoria at night with overhead lighting.

Feng Xie: ... it's all there.

VISUAL: Close up of the colourful gate at Chinatown on Little Bourke Street, Melbourne.

Feng Xie: Melbourne's Chinatown makes me ...

VISUAL: Video of a group of people walking on the footpath in Chinatown, Melbourne (exact location unknown).

Feng Xie: ... forget that I'm in a ...

VISUAL: Camera pans up to look at the signs for the shops above an arcade in Chinatown.

Feng Xie: ... foreign country.

VISUAL: Video looking down the same street in Chinatown – cars are parked along the narrow road and people are walking along the footpath.

Feng Xie: Wherever you come from in China ...

VISUAL: Street art along a wall beside a road with three sections of different images – Feng Xie is standing to the very left of the screen in front of the street art smiling at the camera, tipping her body to the left slightly.

Feng Xie: ... Guangdong ...

VISUAL: Same image as before but now Feng Xie has moved a few metres further along to the right of screen in front of the wall with the street art on it. She is smiling at the camera with her arms folded in front of her chest.

Feng Xie: ... Sichuan ...

VISUAL: Same image as before but now Feng Xie has moved a further few metres along to the right of the screen. She is still in front of the wall of street art and is smiling at the camera with her hands waving at shoulder level.

Feng Xie: ... or Shandong ...

VISUAL: Video of Feng Xie walking passed the camera, side on, into a takeaway Asian restaurant with people standing at the counter.

Feng Xie: ... you can find a taste of home.

VISUAL: Video of Feng Xie standing at the counter and being served by a male assistant in the Asian takeaway restaurant. A female assistant walks past in the background to clear a window bench table.

Feng Xie: But my favourite thing is the cafes.

VISUAL: Video of Feng Xie walking down a laneway towards the camera. On the left of the screen and in the background is the street art on the wall as seen earlier in the video. There are a few people walking on the laneway in the background, one male walks past her in the other direction.

Feng Xie: Wander down any street or lane way and you'll find ...

VISUAL: Video of Feng Xie and a female student/friend sitting and speaking together at a bench facing out a window in a café. The female student is eating a piece of cake with a fork and Feng Xie is stirring her cappuccino. The camera is outside the café between the window glass and where they are sitting.

Feng Xie: ... a perfect spot to spend a beautiful afternoon with friends ...

VISUAL: Close up of Feng Xie sipping from her coffee cup.

Feng Xie: ... drinking coffee ...

VISUAL: Video as camera pans across the table at the coffee cup and the plate of half eaten cake. Feng Xie and her friend’s hands are on the screen.

Feng Xie: ... and having some delicious ...

VISUAL: Video of Feng Xie and the female friend sitting in the café speaking together. Feng Xie is smiling and holding the coffee cup near her chin.

Feng Xie: ... cakes.

VISUAL: Video of Feng Xie walking towards the camera and through a crowd on a Melbourne city street, near or on RMIT’s city campus (exact location unknown).

Feng Xie: Coming to RMIT to ...

VISUAL: Video of Feng Xie leaning against a wall, smiling and looking thoughtfully off screen.

Feng Xie: ... further my studies in ...

VISUAL: Video close up of Feng Xie looking at and touching her iPad screen.

Feng Xie: ... computer science ...

VISUAL: Video close up of Feng Xie smiling and looking thoughtfully off screen.

Feng Xie: ... has been a fantastic experience.

VISUAL: Video of Feng Xie standing in Carlton Gardens in front of a fountain and large pond, side on to the camera looking to the left of the screen. The dome of the Melbourne Royal Exhibition Building can be seen in the background centre of screen.

Feng Xie: I have learned so much ...

VISUAL: Video of Feng Xie standing in a study area using her finger to scroll on her iPad screen.

Feng Xie: ... both from what I have studied ...

VISUAL: Video of Feng Xie and the male student and female student speaking together and sitting at the yellow table in the study area.

Feng Xie: ... and from the people I have studied with ...

VISUAL: Video of Feng Xie smiling at the camera whilst standing in front of a bamboo type tree. A sign in the background reads: Casey Wing and it identifies the location as being on the Casey Wing Plaza lawn at RMIT.

Feng Xie: ... it has opened my eyes to ...

VISUAL: Same image as before but camera has zoomed in closer at Feng’s Xie’s smiling face looking at the camera.

Feng Xie: ... new experiences ...

VISUAL: Video of Feng Xie standing on Swanston Street in front of a bicycle rental rack. Feng is looking and smiling at the camera. In the background pedestrians are walking on the footpath, two trams are moving left to right across the screen on Swanston Street and across the road are RMIT’s Building 80 and Building 39. The street lights are on and it is twilight.

Feng Xie: ... and new ways of thinking.

VISUAL: Video of same image as before but image fades to white.

VISUAL: RMIT University Logo and website www.rmit.edu.au.

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