Digital Storytelling and Spring Break For the Spring Break of 2025, the University of Mary Washington’s DS106 class was scheduled to visit Easter Island and Santiago, Chile. The class taught us of the various elements of digital storytelling, which we then put into practice with the media gathered during our trip. We learned how visual, […]
Read More »How to Read a Movie To start off this unit, I read on How to Read a Movie, an article by Roger Ebert. I reflected on the various points he made in a blog post of mine, which you can find here. Look, Listen, Analyze For this exercise, I examined both the camera work and […]
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Ira Glass on Audio Storytelling I started off the unit listening to Ira Glass and what he has to say about his work, afterwords writing a summary of his teachings you can find here. A Radio Story About a Radio Station – Spooked Edition The next part of this unit was to listen to a […]
Read More »What is Design? Design works to create a presentation of a certain concept in an intentional and effective manner. This can include aesthetics but also goes deeper into the functionality and purpose of what’s being presented. Design is the creative and practical vision of whatever it is meant to portray, and it is embedded in […]
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As I went through the activities of this unit, I found myself building a confidence in the way I take pictures. This was especially clear to me during the photoblitz assignment, as it forced me to be more flexible and resourceful in my photography. This exercise was also a great way to get my creative […]
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