Hannah Hargraves

“Why Pay More?” by Hannah Hargraves is licensed underAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International. Made with iMovie and converted it to an MP4 video through Canva.

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Forever 21 – their flagship store… I heard that they bought out the previous tennant and happily pay EUR 2 million per month rent…. better sell a lot of T-shirts this month! By Roger Price is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic.

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“Booked and Bothered: A podcast about books, authors, and their drama” by Hannah Hargraves is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Booked and Bothered is a cozy, conversational podcast where I talk about books, authors, and their drama. Each episode explores the love lies, scandals, and secrets of literary figures and the stories they inspired, because the classics were never truly boring. This podcast is classic literature meets modern gossip, to make the subjects that may be daunting to some, more accessible and fun. Booked and Bothered explores the lives and scandals of famous writers, uncovering the love, lies, and drama hidden behind classic literature in a way that’s fun, cozy, and totally judgment free. While also breaking down classics, and talking about juicy themes and tidbits that readers may have not caught the first read, or that may intrigue new readers, no homework required.

I chose to open my podcast with a piano to evoke a feeling of another era, such as the Regency era. I tied that in with a cafe ambience to set a cozy mood, inviting the listener to join me for a cup of tea or coffee and a good gossip session. I added the sound of a page turning before I began to speak to give the feel that we were opening a book as we entered into the literary world of the past. Once I began to talk about Emily Dickinson, I added the sound of a pen or, in her case, a quill scribbling on paper, which she often did bent over a page, creating a new poem. At the end, I close with the sound of tea being poured into a mug to emphasize what I was saying, spilling the tea.

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Podcast Project:

“Booked and Bothered: A podcast about books, authors, and their drama” by Hannah Hargraves is licensed under the Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Original Work:

Narration by Hannah Hargraves licensed under the Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

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St Paul’s Cathedral Visit Reworked by Hannah Hargraves licensed under CC-BY 4.0 St Paul’s Cathedral Visit Reworked by Hannah Hargraves licensed under CC-BY 4.0

In the summer of 2024, my family and I visited London and Paris to celebrate my bachelor’s degree. One of many stops was St Paul’s Cathedral in London, a stunning church that is almost overwhelming with its beauty and vastness. Tall ceilings are accompanied by stained glass and murals.

When cropping this photo, I wanted to focus more on the details. The original image has a lot to take in, so I found a focal point and zeroed in on it. I cropped the image to focus on the beautifully detailed ceiling, the gold making it almost glow as if a light was shining on it, drawing my eye. The photo is simplified, cropping out the people and many details of the church that catch the eye to focus on one point in the room, the ceiling.

Once I cropped the photo, I also brightened it up a little to allow the details of the image to be clearer and the warm color to shine through. The photo is not centered following the rule of thirds, with one circular detail in the corner and the other uncentered.

As a child, before my family put a pool in our backyard, my dad would turn the sprinklers on hot, sunny summer days for my sister and me to run through. Barefoot, we would run through the spray of the water, screaming and laughing. When the sun hit the water just right, a rainbow would form through the cold spray, making it feel like magic. Other afternoons in my grandparents’ yard, we would do the same, donning our swimsuits and running through the water as our grandparents looked on, smiling from the back porch. My grandmother had many wind chimes in her backyard garden, and on summer days, such as the one I described, they would always chime, moved by the occasional summer breeze. When I found this picture, it reminded me of childhood and the sounds that come with it, including the sweet wind chimes of my grandma’s garden. Alone, this image is not complicated, but a picture of a child having fun and playing in sprinklers with a beautiful rainbow forming behind. Paired together, this picture of a child playing in the spray of a sprinkler and the nostalgic sound of the wind chimes of my childhood create a bittersweet look at childhood for me. It reminds me of my grandparents’ house, which, after their passing, was sold and is no longer a place I can ever visit again, except in my fond childhood memories. The picture and sound together paint a picture of nostalgia and longing for childhood, something that is long over and only lives in memory.