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Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Constantly ingrained in the minds of Freestyle students through the words of our teachers is the phrase “visual communication”<\/mark><\/strong>. While our first unit was a good introduction to this concept, the narrative 1 unit was a deep dive into what visual communication really is. We learned how to create characters with depth as well as how to integrate them into meaningful stories<\/mark><\/strong>. Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Pro Tools, HTML\/CSS, were only a few <\/em>of the programs we learned to use for this unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have the narrative 1 unit to thank for my newfound love of writing. Before, I only had scraps of a story, with none of the tools to patchwork them together. I only knew how to write half-baked characters, generic stories, with no way to convey the narrative I had envisioned in my head. Our flash fiction<\/mark> <\/mark><\/strong>in English pushed me to commit to a story and finally finish it. Learning to produce audio and illustrations in Digital Media introduced me to new forms of media<\/strong> <\/mark>to express my work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For English, we were assigned to write a flash fiction narrative<\/mark> <\/mark><\/strong>with a limit of 500 to 1,000 words. We were allowed to tell any story we wanted, but we were limited with our setting and characters. I knew I wanted to do something different from what I normally do, so I decided to challenge myself and use a young child as my main character. From there I started crafting my story: adding a best friend, a setting for them to explore, and a twist ending to tug at the heartstrings. At first I struggled, but I found that once I landed on a story that I really wanted to tell the words came easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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characterization and character starter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
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starting on the plot!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We took this story from English and began working on it in Digital Media, in the form of<\/mark> illustrations and audio production<\/mark><\/strong>. We were tasked with recording our stories in our own voices, adding some *dramatic flair*<\/mark><\/em>. The most difficult part of the process for me was relearning Pro Tools, but I’m happy with my final result. At first I was hesitant to add <\/mark>SFX<\/mark><\/strong>, but I think they really brought the project to life. We also learned Adobe Illustrator<\/strong><\/mark> <\/mark><\/strong>during this project! I had learned a bit about Illustrator during Design, but the effects and tools we explored in digital media really elevated my work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n