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Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During this unit, we focused on communicating stories through creative writing, narrative illustration, audio production, and video. We furthered our technical communication and storytelling skills by learning apps such as Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Wacom Digital Drawing Pads, Avid ProTools, and we continued to use Premiere Pro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From this unit, I learned that many parts of a story that go unnoticed by the storyteller can affect the audience’s interpretation. Subconsciously adding details and symbols into a story can change the way the audience sees the character or setting. This was especially prevalent in Film and English, where colors can easily show a character’s mood without verbally describing how they feel, but also translated into Digital Media in our Illustrator projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In English, we began the unit by reading and analyzing the writing techniques used in George Orwell’s 1984<\/em>. We focused on metaphors, imagery, dialogue, and the manipulation of language in a political context, specifically the fictional language of Newspeak <\/em>from 1984. We also read Flash Fiction short stories, in order to discuss how to fit a narrative arc into a short story, and inspire the kind of story we would be writing for class and producing in our elective classes. For my story, I was inspired by heroes journeying into worlds with weird rules. I wanted to incorporate some obscure imagery, and give my story a folktale feel. My final story ended up really different than my first draft and the character I workshopped in class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Character worksheet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Plot map<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Although I didn’t end up using that story, I kept a similar main character, and doing these assignments helped me brainstorm what her story could be about. Later I became interested in how folktales use animals as symbols for human traits, like a sneaky fox, and wanted to incorporate that somehow. The final result was nothing like I’ve ever written before and I really enjoyed focusing on all aspects of creative writing, which I didn’t get to do in past English classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To produce the audio version, I used our Tascam recorders to record myself reading my story, and added sound effects and music in ProTools, which contributed to my audio editing and production skills for longer audio projects like podcasts and audiobooks that I could do in the future. To design the cover art, we were tasked to freely use Illustrator.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Audio production in ProTools<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Designing album art in Illustrator<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n