Through both visual and written mediums, Freestyle students learned how to identify and create compelling narrative stories with symbolism, developed characters, and a three-act structure. We learned how to use valuable applications like Adobe Illustrator, ProTools, and Wacom Digital Drawing Pads to more effectively tell our stories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The common theme woven throughout this unit was to show, not tell. <\/em>I found that this statement drastically improved my writing, illustration, and filmmaking skills because it pushed me to try and evoke emotion in an audience without using words. Furthermore, it was a helpful phrase to apply to my work whenever I felt like a particular scene or paragraph needed revising. <\/p>\n\n\n\n During this unit in English, we studied and discussed symbolism and narrative structures in George Orwell’s 1984<\/em>. This taught me a lot about how historical events influence fictional books, and how fictional books can influence the present and future. We applied the skill of brevity which we learned from reading various short stories to our own Flash Fiction stories, within which we practiced fictional storytelling using well-developed characters, imagery, and limited dialogue. To assist our writing process, we completed a Character Questionnaire and created a Plot Map. I am much more comfortable writing literary analysis essays, so the Flash Fiction assignment pushed me out of my comfort zone and taught me how to communicate my perspective through fictional writing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In Digital Media, we recorded our Flash Fiction short stories on our Tascam audio recorders and learned how to edit the audio and add sound effects in ProTools. I valued getting to translate my written story into an auditory one because it gave me more control over expressing my story in the way I wanted the audience to interpret it. Adding deliberate sound effects and music specifically helped me enhance the emotions in my story. We then learned how to use Adobe Illustrator and Wacom Digital Drawing Pads to design album art for our short stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\nStory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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“Sorry” by CJ Hoo<\/h5>\n\n\n\n