This semester in 2025, I worked on many projects across digital media, allowing me to express myself through music, video, film, and experimental photography. Throughout the course, I learned to work with advanced technological tools such as DSLR cameras, Tascam audio recorders, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Audition, and WordPress. Gaining familiarity with these tools helped me discover new ways to communicate my ideas visually and sonically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All of the assignments were conceptual projects, each built around an underlying artistic theme. These included a video reflection on an artwork I saw, a parody song that I wrote and performed, Photoshop-based image edits, DSLR photography experiments, a nature-based project where I found my name in the environment, and even a conceptual photograph designed to convey emotion and meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My first major project combined English and digital media. In the English component, I explored my initial impressions of an artwork, focusing on my own interpretation rather than the artist\u2019s intended meaning. In the media portion, I learned how to use Adobe Premiere Pro to turn my reflection into a video. At first, I wasn\u2019t confident I could create something high-quality, but as I learned tools like the timeline, keyframing, adding text, and recording a voiceover, my confidence grew. By completing this project, I realized that I am capable of learning new technologies and using them to express myself creatively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During our SF MOMA field trip, we viewed artworks that we later reflected on through both English writing and Digital Media. My reflection focused on Adrian Piper\u2019s Art for the Art World Surface Pattern, where I learned to write from raw emotion rather than only analysis. This assignment asked me to think conceptually and translate that feeling into a video using Adobe Premiere Pro. Artistically, I learned to focus on a few powerful images instead of every detail, and technically, I practiced editing tools like keyframing, text, and voiceover to support the tone I wanted. Overall, this project helped me grow as both a thinker and a creator, learning to express meaning through words, visuals, and sound together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n