Amal Albaladejo

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Audio:

“Today (essesq mashup)” by spinningmerkaba is licensed under CC BY-NC 3.0

Images:

“If it’s not me who ? if is’s not now when” by Amanda Hinault – Activités Humaines is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

“How long is now” by beate.firlinger is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

“If not now, when^ – geograph.org.uk – 6901931” by Neil Owen is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

“Now or When – the Minster sundial – geograph.org.uk – 2257001” by John S Turner is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

“Woman munitions worker (probably for Robert Mitchell Co.) in bed reaches to turn off alarm clock, Montréal, Q / Une ouvrière aux munitions, probablement employée par la Robert Mitchell Co., arrête son réveille-matin, Montréal (Québec)” by BiblioArchives / LibraryArchives is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

“Clocks for Den” by robstephaustralia is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

“Photo Album” by KJGarbutt is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

“Gigi Hugs” by greeblie is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

“leave a tender moment alone” by milomingo is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

“Melba Phillips and Herman William Koch eating ice cream at an AIP Corporate Associates Meeting” by AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

“Stop and smell the roses” by Nagyman is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

“question marks” by Jilligan86 is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

“Taiwanese girl watching sunset” by trippinlarry is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

“Dancer in the light” by Gael Varoquaux is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

“Alaska Vacation 6/07” by mattbaron is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

“Old people looking at something” by Jared Wong is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

“E15 SMTT 2013 Graduation (13 of 36)” by skenmy is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

“Just Sitting Around” by Anne Worner is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

“Laying on the couch” by slewelling is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

“3 players in the essencial garage band, man cave, Wedgwood, Seattle, Washington, USA” by Wonderlane is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

“Happy Runners” by Georgia National Guard is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

“artist painting details” by cclogg is marked with CC0 1.0.”Run!” by seabamirum is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

I recently got back my film photos, taken by my boyfriend, so I decided to dig through those for this assignment. We took a camping trip to Cooper’s Rock back in July (a West Virginia state park), and they had a beautiful lookout over the river and mountains. I found this one particular image that I thought could do really well for a state park advertisement. While I still like the wide landscape of the first photo, the second uses composition techniques like the rule of thirds to un-center me, a simplified background, and leaves room for me to look off in the distance. When cropping I was thinking about one of the examples from class where the professor mentioned creating a canvas for text, which is exactly what went through my mind here. In the green space to the left of me, I can easily envision something being said to draw visitors to the park!

If you haven’t gotten the chance to read my introductory post, its good context to know that I reside in a tiny town in West Virginia. Tonight, around midnight, much of the east coast is expecting the most snow its seen in years, and my tiny town is right in the middle of it all. I took inspiration from my anticipation and thought about those nights where you lay in bed hearing the wind howl, seeing snow flurries rush by your window. Then you wake up, all is still, and as you peek out between your blinds you see that the world outside is covered in a fresh blanket of snow. I wanted to capture this feeling through this project.

New Media licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Along with my interest in the audio/visual, I come from an undergrad of Digital Communications & Multimeda Production through Florida International University. I decided to take this class because I believe it greatly complements MIS coursework as these are hard skills we can use in the field, and I would love to improve those production skills at a graduate level. Though I have learned so much through this program thus far, I have missed those creative assignments and am thrilled to have them back for my final assignments ever (that’s crazy to think about). 

I can’t wait to get to know all of my peers, and am looking forward to a fun, final semester! 🙂