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Introduction
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Hello! Welcome to my Project Information Page. You can find links to all of the websites I created during my two years at Freestyle.
Self Portrait
The Self Portrait Unit was our first unit at Freestyle. This unit encouraged us to discover the answer to the question "Who Am I?" We were able to express ourselves through several different mediums including writing (in our essay & poem), digital media (our media piece & illustration), and much more! During this unit I became more familiar with photoshop and illustrator. We also used programs like Flash to create our podcasts.
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Narrative 1
The Narrative Unit encouraged us to tell stories without the use of dialogue. In English, we crated a graphic novel which then was made into an animation in Web. In Design we created an illustrationa and also shot a character portrait. This unit was difficult for me, it's hard enough to tell a story but it's even harder when you can't use dialogue. You can visit my website to learn more about this unit!
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Documentary
The Documentary Unit was our third and possibly our largest unit at Freestyle. We were asked to combine and expand on elements of both the self portrait and narrative units. We also learned how to use a lot of new programs, the biggest of which was probably InDesign. In this unit we produced a book, an audio slideshow, a research paper, and a lot more! During this unit I learned how to (mostly!) keep up with deadlines, produce professional writing pieces, and make a book! This unit taught me a lot both artistically and just a junior managing stress and deadlines. This was by far one of the most rewarding units & even though it was a lot of work, I really enjoyed it!
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Conceptual
The Conceptual Unit was our final unit for our junior year at Freestyle. This project gave us a lot of freedom and essentially asked us to combine a lot of the skills we'd learned before and apply them to these new projects. In English, we revisted poetry. In Design, we experimented with fine art. In Web, we experimented more with music and animation. This project was really interesting because all of our work was based off one, single statement that we could not choose ourselves. My statement was "I am exploring the feeling of nervousness through the experience of dancing". I had a lot of fun with this unit, particularly in Design. You can vist my website to learn more about this unit!
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Profile
The Profile Project asked us to choose someone who we felt made a meaningful contribution to their community. For this project I chose to feature Ashwini Srivatsan, a dancer based in the Bay Area. In English we wrote a journalistic article which we then used for the magazine we made in Design. In Web we made a website featuring our profile star as well as a short commercial. You can learn more about Ashwini on my profile website!
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Narrative 2
The Narrative 2 Project asked us to tell a story using dialogue! In English, we read a variety of short stories before crafting our own. In Web, we created trailers for our books and learned more about AfterEffects. In Design, we created book jackets for our short stories. I had a lot of fun designing my book jaket! You can see my work and learn more about the Narrative unit on my website!
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Innovator
The Innovator Project allowed us to create our own project. Students were responsible for their entire project, we came up with our own ideas, created our own rubrics and set our own deadlines. For my innovator project, I decided to produce an issue of an e-zine about South Asians in media. My research paper focused on portrayals of the Indian diaspora in both Bollywood and Hollywood and my magazine featured a lot of South Asian artists. You can read more about my innovator project and see the final product on my website!
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Portfolio
The portfolio project asks us to reflect on our past two years at Freestyle and how we've grown, both as artists and as people. I chose to feature my documentary and my innovator projects. You can read more about these projects and my time at Freestyle on this website!
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Old Project Information Page
This was the very first website I made at Freestyle. This is my old project information page, it has info about all the websites I created during my junior year.
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