The Conceptual unit was focused on the experimental and things that strayed from the norm. Throughout this unit, we expanded our ability to communicate and think abstractly. A question that we sought to answer was, “How can I use unconventional forms to express myself?<\/em>“<\/strong> I learned aspects of poetry and experimental film, and I was able to learn all sorts of new equipment and software such as DSLR cameras, Pro Tools, Premiere Pro, and WordPress(which I am currently editing this website on).<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a freestyle student, I value the opportunity for creativity and the access to equipment and software. In Digital Media I was able to work with things I made for English class, and improve and add on to them to a higher degree. It was interesting that assignments from English could mesh so well with assignments from Digital Media. I enjoy being able to work at my own pace in Digital Media, watching pre-recorded lessons on how to use and work out the kinks of different softwares. In regular school, I would never have as much opportunity to be able to create things that I am passionate about so often. I enjoy being given creative control and opportunity to take risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the English class, our first unit was poetry. We started off with haikus: short, three line poems with five, seven, and five syllables. For the Photo Haiku assignment, we were given a concept statement to base our poems on, and then took a photo to correspond to it. Text was placed on top of the photo, and it was all edited together with music and moving text with Premiere Pro.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPhoto Haiku<\/h2>\n\n\n\n