Hi! My name is Bella Graziani and this site is a product of my junior year at freestyle academy. I am taking web audio to further enhance my use of technology. The technology that is used to make my projects are Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver. Browse through the different projects to learn more about me!

For the Self-Portait unit I had to create a website in Web Audio, a diptych and illustration in design, and write a self-portrait essay. In web, my website had to have ten pages with information about my life. In these pages I had to include a design that was visually interesting with pictures that chopped up the large amounts of text and the projects that i had created in english and design. The goal of this unit was to show who we are to the world and I hope you like it. On this website you will get to see and read all about my friends and family, listen to my essay, and view my design work. Threw out this unit I have had to dig deep and learned more about myself then I thought I would going into this. I hope enjoy my website!

For the Narrative unit I had to create a website and animation in Web Audio, a short story in english and a diptych and illustration in design. In web, My website I created had to have seven pages include: my animation, short story, and diptych and illustration. My website design had to have a design that related to narratives. I designed my website in background in Illustrator and my animation in flash. On this website you will get to see everything I worked on in this unit from all of my classes. I think The narrative unit was fun, but also difficult at times. Making the animation in flash was really hard and very time consuming. I feel because of this unit I can now have a good understanding of what a narrative is  whether its in english, design, or web.

The purpose of the documentary unit is to tell an untold story in my community that needed to known. In english, design, and web I needed to complete three different projects for this unit. In english I had to write a six to eight page research paper on my topic, ski racing. I had to get three interviewees to quote at source in my paper. I also had to find five other source that related to my topic and created chapters with the research I found. In design I had to create a photo book with all of the pictures I took of the life ski racers life and what they have to do. I also put my research paper into the book. This was all created with the software Indesign. In Web I used dreamweaver to create a documentary website (this website) with sections for my paper, slideshow, book. For Web Audio I need to create a slideshow with the recordings of my three interviews. Threw out this unit I learned a lot about time management and how to deal with people in a professional way. This project took a lot of planning and interacting with different people which was a really great experience.

For the Experimental Unit I created multiple items in design, english, and web. In design I had to make an experimental piece of artwork. Experiential art to me is any art that you are going beyond what you are comfortable with whether its using a certain medium or addressing an idea that you never had before. Its is art that does not allow the artist to predict the outcome of the project. In english I created a song and a series of free verse poems. In Web Audio I had to make an experimental website, created an animated poem, and make experimental music. The website had to uses so interesting design techniques.

For the Senior Profile Project, I had to pick someone to profile that had a positive impact or influence on the community. I then had to gather three interviewees one the star, which is the person I’m profiling, and two other interviewees. after I was done gathering information I had to write a profile paper are on my person. This analytical paper was created in my English class. From there, I then had to make a magazine in design using the paper I wrote in English and the photos I had taken while interviewing my star person. In Web audio, I had to create this website that included a photo gallery in media presentation. At the end of this unit I had to present on my profile person in my experience during this project.

In this Narrative unit I started out in english and wrote a creative screenplay and did a series of surrealist writing that included many pieces of work. For example, a dream journal. in English I tried really hard to focus on the surrealist techniques that we have learned such as letting your unconscious take control. Then in design I took the writing pieces that I created an English and based a book cover on my screenplay and made it a surrealist piece of art from my dream journal. In Web I created this website using PHP, which was not as difficult as I read previously thought. I also created an animation from my screenplay which was done in aftereffects. I have used aftereffects before so the animation was an super hard it just took a long time. However using PHP was something I never done before and was kind of difficult to understand which page to change in order for it to show up on my website. Brower around and look for my writing pieces, design work, and animation. Enjoy!

For the Music Video unit, I was put in a group of four and was required to make a song with lyrics that we had written and a music video. The sound that my group was aiming towards wa a Jason Mraz or Jack Johnson feel. The type of song that we all decided we wanted ours to be was a narrative love song. After we started writing lyrics which I found kind of fun. We pieced are lyrics together and started recording. My role in the group were vocals and acting in the music video with Henrik. We filmed at a Safeway in the morning and shooting the music video was very cold. I think the hardest part of filming was getting my dog to sit still and not bark. Another hardship was filming Henrik in shopping cart while I pushed him and sang. at one point he fell out of the shopping cart…He is fine. Overall this unit allowed me to work with other student from freestyle and get to know them better. I had a great time with this project. To check out my song and video browse this website!

For the Exploration Unit at Freestyle, I had to create an amplified design and english piece, a featured project and a website using responsive web design. I first started in english by reading the book Blink and then doing free-writes on prompts like thought and anticipation. Then in design I created art with unique materials like watercolor and crayon. In both english and design I had to pick one free-write and one design piece to amplife to make better. Then in web I had to create a responsive website which contained my english and design pieces and a featured project. The featured project I created was a 30 second commercial for freestyle in after effects.Click and explore through my exploration website. I feel that this unit is a good representation of everything that I have learned at freestyle. In english I have learned how to think critically and analyze a piece of writing whether it be another student's paper or a novel. In design I learned the elements and principles of design and how to apply them in software like illustrator and photoshop. In web I learned how to create all different types of website ranging from html, php, interactive web design. I also learned how to work with programs like after effects, reason, and pro tools. Overall, I had a great time at freestyle and gained so much knowledge that will greatly prepare me from my future.