Cynthia's Story

As an aspiring journalist, my first impression of this course was that it would prove to be beneficial because I would acquire multiple storytelling skills. Through learning how to use different programs such as Audacity, Garageband, iMovie, and Adobe After Effects I have acquired various prowesses regarding presenting a single story visually and in terms of sound. At the beginning of this course, I was only aware of how to portray a story in a written context, but now have a better understanding of how to showcase my work in a way that is supplemented by either visual cues/effects, sound effects, and/or music. *** Assignment That Stuck Out to Me: *** Blog Assignment #3:  Read Pam Painter's Office at Night and then write a 500-word story inspired by one of the works of the artist I assign to you in class This was the first blog assignment in which we as a class were required to write from an entirely fictional perspective. Writing a fictional short-story piece after ...

First Scene: The first few seconds are completely dark, and light gradually starts to come into the frame. T he first visual that appears is a timelapse of a sunset along with my voiceover that is of me reciting my spoken-word piece on life. I start by reciting the first couple of stanzas of the poem, and then after messing up on a line of poetry I stop and start over. In the moment that I mess up the timelapse also pauses, and then as I begin to revise my mistake it rewinds also starts from the beginning of the clip as well. The second time I recite up until the second stanza, which is when I perform a line that sounds like a cliche metaphor ( I say this in the voiceover), and this time start  over from the beginning of the second stanza to revise the actual text. The timelapse pauses after I stop reciting the poem, and rewinds to the beginning again. The third time that I recite up until the third stanza of my poem, and decide to revise the entire stanza because...

My Diary  Word Count: 607 Concept: A visual story that follows my poetry throughout the years. Genre: Nonfiction Theme/Concept:  My plan for this project is to create a video highlighting my progress in writing over the past six years. From performing at my high school's Word Up! Poetry slams and showcases, to spending Thursdays at The Dopeness (renamed The Citizen) bar and restaurant for their open mic nights, or going to my first Louder Than a Bomb (LTAB) poetry competition at Rutgers-Camden; it was always fun and exhilarating to hear and see people's reactions to my own organic work. I began writing poetry in the seventh grade, and have kept a series of journals and Word docs with all of my drafts and finalized text ever since. Synopsis/Freewrite:  My writing is a form of self-expression that helped me articulate my opinions, thoughts, and emotions on a broader scale. It gave me a voice and breathed life into all of my ideas by convertin...