The conceptual project emphasizes creative risk-taking through poetry, music, art, and experimental film. It is meant to challenge the expression of opinions through distinct personal aesthetic. Technical communication skilled are developed by learning to use a variety of equipment such as DSLR cameras, Tascam Audio Recorders, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Pro Tools, and WordPress.

This unit allowed me to explore the functions of each program and get aquatinted with each one whilst learning how to integrate my own unique style. I valued the creative freedom this unit allowed me, especially in my experimental film. There was no really wrong or right way to film and edit it and I could add in pieces that appealed to me for the most part. Overall the conceptual pieces I worked on throughout each class were a way to experiment with different writing, designing, and editing processes to create pieces that had significance to me and not just my audience.

Free Verse Poem

One Hour is One Minute

The poetry unit allowed me to express myself in a new way, as I don’t often write very artistically. Learning to use descriptive language to extend the meaning of a story was developed through this unit. Things like structuring the text differently, as seen in my poem to the left, are and example of this kind of creative work that I implemented in this unit. Along with this, I learned how to implement the use of photography to add meaning to my work.  All in all, my art achieved new meaning through the use of poetry writing techniques and the manipulation of photoshop in my pictures.

Pro Tools Session
Photoshop Session

Haiku Poem

Since She Left

The photo haiku unit was quite challenging based on the actual poetry writing. Conforming to the 5-7-5 rule was difficult, but it allowed me to explore different ways of concise writing. The photo behind the writing was one of the first ones I’d taken, and it was a good way to practice the functions of the DSLR. Though it is not the most appealing, it was still a way to experiment with the art of photography along with the meaning of the haiku.

Premiere Pro Session

Elements and Principles of Art

During Digital Media, I was taught how to implement the ideas fo the elements and principles of art into creative productions. Things so simple as a squiggly line was introduced to show the emotions and mood it evokes, and how being able to use such things may change the overall meaning of the art.

Elements and Principles of Art Title Page

Experimental Film

This unit allowed the liberty to explore a concept statement through any means, as it is not really possible to mess up an experimental film. The idea here was to learn how to use the DSLR and Premiere Pro whilst adding in creative elements to show abstract art through film. This production was the product of about 3 weeks of filming playgrounds and adding in cooking elements to match the concept statement: I am exploring the feeling of nostalgia through the experience of cooking. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WM1lNFME_14

Premiere Pro Session