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In our first project, the conceptual project, we used our abstract thinking and communication skills to answer the question of how we can use unconventional forms to express ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conceptual project emphasizes creative risks through the creation of poetry, music, art, animation, experimental film, and web production. Students are challenged to express their opinions through a personal aesthetic. Students use a variety of professional apps and equipment, including DSLR cameras, audio recorders, Adobe applications (notably Photoshop and Premiere Pro), Pro Tools, WordPress (how this site was created), and the ubiquitous Google Apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has been a great project. Learning how to use these things combined with the great community here has been a blast. I am proud of some of these works, and hope you enjoy them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poem production<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In our english class, we made two poems – a free verse poem based on a concept statement, and an ekphrastic poem, which is a poem in response to a piece of art. We then refined one of these poems (I chose my ekphrastic), made an intention statement, recorded it, and made a photo showcasing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Samurai (warning: kinda loud)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Composing the poem itself was fairly easy – I had an idea when I saw the painting and just kinda ran with it. Making the audio production was kinda fun, aside from reading the intention statement – which is a whole paragraph. The photo I used for the poem, which you see here, is the artwork that inspired it, slightly edited to shift things around and make part of the poem that directly references an element in the painting concurrent with said element.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The editing layout for the audio mix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Editing layout for the photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Photo Haiku<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Earlier in the year, we made a haiku in English class, based off of a randomly-created concept statement. We then recorded it, and used Premiere Pro to make a video about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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