Intro to Conceptual
This project has challenged and pushed us out of our comfort zones by teaching us to take artistic risks in poetry, music, art, animations, experimental film and web production. During the conceptual unit, we have began developing skills through learning and using a variety of modern professional equipment and applications such as DSLR Cameras, Tascam Audio Recorders, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Animate, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, WordPress, and Google Apps.
I value this unit immensely because of the sense of independence and level of professionalism that these projects and the teachers at Freestyle have given us. This unit has been the first time in my life where I have felt in charge of my own work at school because of the independence we are given. This unit taught me so much and I can not wait to learn more here at Freestyle!
The following are pieces of work that I completed in both English and Digital Media class.
Photo Haiku
The photo haiku project was the first “big” project we completed at Freestyle. We were challenged to create a haiku and take a picture that supports a concept statement that we pulled from a hat. The concept statement I pulled was: I am exploring the feeling of defeat through the experience of cooking.
Photo Haiku Image
Death represents defeat in some ways and these weeds reminded me of grain so I chose to take a photo of dead weeds to represent defeated food.
Photo Haiku Video
Photo Haiku Premiere Pro Screenshot
Not only was this project a great introduction to poetry, photography and Adobe Premiere Pro, it taught me how to use enhanced diction and poetic devices to convey my ideas and how to imagine an image that would support it.
Exquisite Corpse Poem Video
This exquisite corpse poem was created in a small group of ten people, including myself, in English. The poem is created by one person writing a singular line of poetry and then pass it on to the next person. The catch is that when writing your line of poetry, you can only see one line above yours while the rest are covered. Once the poem was created, we all took and/or edited and photo and recorded ourselves saying our line. After receiving all the photos and recordings of everyone in our group, we individually used Adobe After Effects to create a video of all of the recordings and pictures in order to create visuals and sounds for our poem.
I have never been fond of poetry but after this unit at Freestyle, I have gained a new perspective and have learned to enjoy writing poetry rather than dreading it. We learned how to place our feelings and raw reactions on paper in poetry and that is something I will always value.