Life of a Starving Artist: Working to Live

By Lauren Diaz

Synopsis: A law student struggles to balance becoming a lawyer for financial stability and his passion for painting. He works hard during the day but at night he indulges in his true passion–painting. The story is told from the law student’s point of view.

Content & Creation: For the Final Project, I used a mix of videos provided on Canva and videos that I recorded myself. I also utilized Canva to edit my digital story. If an audio clip was not compatible with Canva, I utilized Audacity to convert the audio clip to MP3. The content I filmed myself includes the law student painting and studying, the law student’s paintings, as well as the law student walking in front of University of Miami Law School. The content I pulled from Canva includes the videos of the alarm clock, the man tying his school, traffic, Florida law books, the professor lecturing, the student taking an exam, and the boy going to bed. The content pulled from Canva was either free on Canva or included in Canva Pro.

Credits

Media Credits:

Digital alarm clock, man waking up at 7am by Robin Beckham from Getty Images SignatureRobin Beckham) via Canva.com

Business getting ready for a meeting, Groom getting ready for a wedding by pintogame from Getty Images Signature (© pintogame) via Canva.com

#freeway #dusk #LosAngeles #city #traffic by Saul from Pexels via Canva.com

Education school test concept: Hands student holding pencil for testing exams writing answer for taking fill in admission exam multiple carbon paper computer at university classroom by smolaw11 from Getty Imagessmolaw11) via Canva.com

Cute school boy sleeping in comfortable bed at night, healthy sleep and relax by Motortion Films from Getty ImagesMotortion Films) via Canva.com     

Books of Florida Law by brittmct from Getty Images Signaturebrittmct) via Canva.com

Back view of male teacher lecturing university students, shot on R3D by monkeybusinessimages from Getty Imagesmonkeybusinessimages) via Canva.com

Walking to School by Lauren Diaz is licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 DEED

Student in the Library by Lauren Diaz is licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 DEED

Artist Painting by Lauren Diaz is licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 DEED

We Are All Dogs in God’s Hot Car by Lauren Diaz is licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 DEED

Audio Credits:

Voices by unfa (Creative Commons 0)

Traffic Jam Horn Honks by Epidemic Sound via Canva.com

Red Tea by Franz Gordon from Epidemic Sound via Canva.com

Alarm Clock Beeping by Yoyodaman234 from pixabay via Canva.com