Master of Business IT | Seonaid Porter’s story

Master of Business IT | View Seonaid Porter’s story (Transcript with notations)

VISUAL: Seonaid Porter is sitting at her home office desk, making a phone call on her smart phone. It is during the day. The room is light and bright. She is seated on an office chair in front of a glass-top desk. The desk is in front of a floor-to-ceiling window/door, with a view of a garden. There is a computer and some stationery items on the desk. A bunch of flowers in a white, ceramic jug is placed on the far edge of the desk. 

(Ambient instrumental music playing)

Ms Seonaid Porter (Graduate, Master of Business IT, RMIT University): Technology is a ticket to changing the way that we do our business. 

VISUAL: Ms Porter lifts the phone to her ear. She is placed in the left-hand side of the frame. The centre-right of the screen features a text overlay – a solid white line, with “Imaginative” underneath. 

(Ambient instrumental music playing)

Ms Seonaid Porter: Success to me is about solving complex things.

VISUAL: Camera view changes from inside to outside of the premises. View through the ceiling to floor window. Ms Porter walks through the house into kitchen area, where a man in a red shirt is cutting vegetables on a bench. Ms Porter is to the left side of the screen shot. The centre-right of the screen features a text overlay - solid white line, with “Creative” underneath. The camera angle changes to show Ms Porter leaning over to assist the man in the red shirt.

(Ambient instrumental music playing)

Ms Seonaid Porter: What drives me is just excitement about what could be.

VISUAL    

View from across the room of Ms Porter sitting at her home office desk. Behind her are the glass door/windows into the garden area. In the front of the image is a pair of white sofas and a coffee table. The centre-left of the screen features a text overlay - solid white line, with “Seonaid Porter. Project Services Manager, IT industry” underneath. Camera moves to a mid-shot of Ms Porter at her computer, with her situated to the left of the image and the computer screen to the right. The centre-left of the screen features a text overlay - solid white line, with “Seonaid Porter. Master of Business Information Technology” underneath.

(Ambient instrumental music playing)

Ms Seonaid Porter: Hi, I’m Seonaid Porter. My role is Project Services Manager within the IT industry and I studied Masters of Business Information Technology with RMIT. 

VISUAL: The imagery changes to later in the day (as suggested by a reduction in light). Ms Porter is in the kitchen, basting a chicken with wine. The scene shift to the man in the red shirt, who if placing logs into an enclosed wood-fire stove. The scene shifts, and the camera, shooting through a beveled glass door, shows Ms Porter walking down a hallway to answer the front door. A female visitor enters. Ms Porter hugs her.

(Ambient instrumental music playing)

Ms Seonaid Porter: The way that I like to go about project services is very creative. To do that you use visualization, you get people into a room and say let’s try to imagine a better future together. I take a huge amount of pleasure in the way that I work and I work in a very genuine way. I have genuine relationships with the people I work with. 

VISUAL: Ms Porter and her guest are standing in the home office area, looking at yellow notes on the glass desk. The camera is filming from underneath the glass desk, looking up at the women. The scene fades to white. The camera is now filming from the back of the room, looking at the home office area. The man in the red shirt, another guest, Ms Porter and the female guest are standing around the desk. The shot moves to a close up of Ms Porter showing a guest a document. The scene moves to a close up of the back of the computer monitor. Ms Porter places a glossy black document with a white logo “#BOLDMove” on to the desk. The camera pulls back. Ms Porter is walking behind the desk. The man in the read shirt stands in front of the desk with his back to camera. The scene changes. It is later in the day/early evening. There is a close up of a white candle being lit with a long-handled gas light. The camera pulls back. A wooden dining room table, surrounded by black chairs, is laid for dinner. A red and white table runner is covered in glass wear, a mixed salad and a cooked chicken. The camera pans around the guests at the table. Guests serve themselves food. The camera focuses on Ms Porter as the guests clink their glasses in a toast. 

(Ambient instrumental music playing, background conversation can be heard)

Ms Seonaid Porter: When you see HR people playing well with IT people, playing well with Finance people, telling their creative story, all of a sudden the best ideas start to flow. The difference that RMIT made to me as a professional and how I feel I’ve changed through doing these studies is my confidence to work and be effective in the global business scene. Working with people around the world, you are getting their ideas and their inputs but that means that they’re working in different places to you and they’re working at different times. We each need to find our own journey. 

VISUAL: The camera moves to a medium close up of Ms Porter. She is sitting to the right of the frame. A text overlay appears in the centre, left of the screen features a solid white line, with “Be true to you” underneath.

(Ambient instrumental music playing)

Ms Seonaid Porter: The best way is to start with respect yourself and the people you are working with. 

VISUAL: Visual returns to an image of Ms Porter in her home office. It is day again. The text overlay alters and the RMIT logo appears in the centre of the screen. Fade to black.

(Instrumental music builds to a crescendo and dies out)

End of video

Master of Business IT | View Seonaid Porter’s story (Transcript with notations)

VISUAL: Seonaid Porter is sitting at her home office desk, making a phone call on her smart phone. It is during the day. The room is light and bright. She is seated on an office chair in front of a glass-top desk. The desk is in front of a floor-to-ceiling window/door, with a view of a garden. There is a computer and some stationery items on the desk. A bunch of flowers in a white, ceramic jug is placed on the far edge of the desk.

(Ambient instrumental music playing)

Ms Seonaid Porter (Graduate, Master of Business IT, RMIT University): Technology is a ticket to changing the way that we do our business.

VISUAL: Ms Porter lifts the phone to her ear. She is placed in the left-hand side of the frame. The centre-right of the screen features a text overlay – a solid white line, with “Imaginative” underneath.

(Ambient instrumental music playing)

Ms Seonaid Porter: Success to me is about solving complex things.

VISUAL: Camera view changes from inside to outside of the premises. View through the ceiling to floor window. Ms Porter walks through the house into kitchen area, where a man in a red shirt is cutting vegetables on a bench. Ms Porter is to the left side of the screen shot. The centre-right of the screen features a text overlay - solid white line, with “Creative” underneath. The camera angle changes to show Ms Porter leaning over to assist the man in the red shirt.

(Ambient instrumental music playing)

Ms Seonaid Porter: What drives me is just excitement about what could be.

VISUAL   

View from across the room of Ms Porter sitting at her home office desk. Behind her are the glass door/windows into the garden area. In the front of the image is a pair of white sofas and a coffee table. The centre-left of the screen features a text overlay - solid white line, with “Seonaid Porter. Project Services Manager, IT industry” underneath. Camera moves to a mid-shot of Ms Porter at her computer, with her situated to the left of the image and the computer screen to the right. The centre-left of the screen features a text overlay - solid white line, with “Seonaid Porter. Master of Business Information Technology” underneath.

(Ambient instrumental music playing)

Ms Seonaid Porter: Hi, I’m Seonaid Porter. My role is Project Services Manager within the IT industry and I studied Masters of Business Information Technology with RMIT.

VISUAL: The imagery changes to later in the day (as suggested by a reduction in light). Ms Porter is in the kitchen, basting a chicken with wine. The scene shift to the man in the red shirt, who if placing logs into an enclosed wood-fire stove. The scene shifts, and the camera, shooting through a beveled glass door, shows Ms Porter walking down a hallway to answer the front door. A female visitor enters. Ms Porter hugs her.

(Ambient instrumental music playing)

Ms Seonaid Porter: The way that I like to go about project services is very creative. To do that you use visualization, you get people into a room and say let’s try to imagine a better future together. I take a huge amount of pleasure in the way that I work and I work in a very genuine way. I have genuine relationships with the people I work with.

VISUAL: Ms Porter and her guest are standing in the home office area, looking at yellow notes on the glass desk. The camera is filming from underneath the glass desk, looking up at the women. The scene fades to white. The camera is now filming from the back of the room, looking at the home office area. The man in the red shirt, another guest, Ms Porter and the female guest are standing around the desk. The shot moves to a close up of Ms Porter showing a guest a document. The scene moves to a close up of the back of the computer monitor. Ms Porter places a glossy black document with a white logo “#BOLDMove” on to the desk. The camera pulls back. Ms Porter is walking behind the desk. The man in the read shirt stands in front of the desk with his back to camera. The scene changes. It is later in the day/early evening. There is a close up of a white candle being lit with a long-handled gas light. The camera pulls back. A wooden dining room table, surrounded by black chairs, is laid for dinner. A red and white table runner is covered in glass wear, a mixed salad and a cooked chicken. The camera pans around the guests at the table. Guests serve themselves food. The camera focuses on Ms Porter as the guests clink their glasses in a toast.

(Ambient instrumental music playing, background conversation can be heard)

Ms Seonaid Porter: When you see HR people playing well with IT people, playing well with Finance people, telling their creative story, all of a sudden the best ideas start to flow. The difference that RMIT made to me as a professional and how I feel I’ve changed through doing these studies is my confidence to work and be effective in the global business scene. Working with people around the world, you are getting their ideas and their inputs but that means that they’re working in different places to you and they’re working at different times. We each need to find our own journey.

VISUAL: The camera moves to a medium close up of Ms Porter. She is sitting to the right of the frame. A text overlay appears in the centre, left of the screen features a solid white line, with “Be true to you” underneath.

(Ambient instrumental music playing)

Ms Seonaid Porter: The best way is to start with respect yourself and the people you are working with.

VISUAL: Visual returns to an image of Ms Porter in her home office. It is day again. The text overlay alters and the RMIT logo appears in the centre of the screen. Fade to black.

(Instrumental music builds to a crescendo and dies out)

End of video

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