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Melody Murray

Take me away!

Derivative Citation: “Take me away!” by Melody Murray. Licensed by CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Synopsis: A cow observes their fellow bovine friends all being mysteriously beamed up by light onto a strange flying thing. She yearns to experience this as well but never seems to be the one the strange light chooses.

Content & Creation: This video was created using a mixture of AI generated images, and images of real cows found on Flickr. Surprisingly, there are not a lot of images to be found of cows truly being abducted by aliens (who would have thought!) so using AI to create these images for me was what helped me bring this story to life. Narration performed by me, using iPhone’s voice memo. Other audio used found on freesound.org. This video was edited using Adobe Premiere Pro.

Image Credits:

AI Generated Images, using OpenAI:

  • “UFO Beams light on grazing cows” AI image generated by prompt “real cows in field at night with ufo in sky. By ChatGPT, March 2026.
  • “Cow Abduction in Rural Night Sky” AI image generated by prompt “cow being abducted at night the doesn’t want to be.” By ChatGPT, March 2026.
  • “Cows grazing under ufo beam” AI image generated by prompt “group of cows grazing at night with ufo in sky” By ChatGPT, March 2026.
  • “Cow under ufo’s glow” AI image generated by prompt “remove three cows.” By ChatGPT, March 2026.
  • “Cow abduction at twilight pasture” AI image generated by prompt “two cows in field near silo, one being abducted by ufo.” By ChatGPT, March 2026.
  • “Cow Chases UFO under moonlight” AI image generated by prompt “rea cow chasing ufo at night.” By ChatGPT, March 2026.
  • “Cow in gingham dress at night” AI image generated by prompt “real cow wearing dress at night.” By ChatGPT, March 2026.
  • “Futuristic lounge with relaxed Holstein cows” AI image generated by prompt “real cows relaxing in spaceship.” By ChatGPT, April 2026.
  • “Cow and UFO in misty night sky” AI image generated by prompt “cow looking up at night sky with ufo in the distance.” By ChatGPT, April 2026.
  • “Cow lifted by UFO at night” AI image generated by prompt “real cow being abducted.” By ChatGPT, March 2026.
  • “Cow in beam of light” AI image generated by prompt “cow being abducted that is mooing.” By ChatGPT, March 2026.
  • “Cow abducted by UFO at night” AI image generated by prompt “A real cow being abducted at night that looks stressed and is struggling.” By ChatGPT, April 2026.
  • “Moonlit cow in a serene field” AI image generated by prompt “one cow with head down in field at night.” By ChatGPT, April 2026.
  • “Cow and UFO in misty night sky” AI image generated by prompt “cow looking up at night sky with ufo in the distance.” By ChatGPT, April 2026.

Audio Credits:

April 7, 2026 by Spring 2026 0

Mission Sequence

Derivative citation: “Mission Sequence” by Melody Murray, is licensed by CC BY-NC 4.0

Software used: Adobe Premiere Pro 2026, exported as mp4 at 1080p with a 16:9 aspect ratio.

Attribution List:

Audio:

“Discovery Sounds & Sound Bites” by DudeAwesome is licensed by CC BY 4.0

“Bright synth arp 1 – 100BPM 3/4” by trader_one is licensed by CC0 1.0

Images:

“Apollo spacecraft in anechoic chamber” by NASA on The Commons, No known copyright restrictions

“Women Scientists in Training” by NASA on The Commons, No known copyright restrictions

“Liquid Hydrogen Tank for the External Tank (NASA, Marshall, Archive, 2/77)” by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, CC BY-NC 2.0

“Apollo – Project LOLA” by NASA on The Commons, No known copyright restrictions

“Reduced Gravity Walking Simulator” by NASA on The Commons, No known copyright restrictions

“STS-114 Mission Commander Eileen Collins” by NASA on The Commons, No known copyright restrictions

“Portrait of an Astronaut” by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, CC BY-NC 4.0

“STS-70 Mating” by NASA on The Commons, No known copyright restrictions

“STS-82 Rollout” by NASA on The Commons, No known copyright restrictions

“Sunrise Launch of STS-102” by NASA on The Commons, No known copyright restrictions

“STS-121 Shuttle Mission” by NASA on The Commons, No known copyright restrictions

“Discovery seen from Mir” by NASA on The Commons, No known copyright restrictions

“Astronaut Davis At Work” by NASA on The Commons, No known copyright restrictions

“Astronauts Experience Weightlessness in the KC-135” by NASA on The Commons, No known copyright restrictions

“Jake Garn” by NASA on The Commons, No known copyright restrictions

“Astronaut Mae Jemison Working in Spacelab-J” by NASA on The Commons, No known copyright restrictions

“Michael Lopez-Alegria” by NASA on The Commons, No known copyright restrictions

“Fisher and van Hoften in Discovery’s Payload Bay” by NASA on The Commons, No known copyright restrictions

“Satellites for Sale” by NASA on The Commons, No known copyright restrictions

“Discovery approaches International Space Station for docking” by NASA on The Commons, No known copyright restrictions

“Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) Over Earth” by NASA on The Commons, No known copyright restrictions

“STS-56 Landing” by NASA on The Commons, No known copyright restrictions

“STS-64 Landing at Edwards” by NASA on The Commons, No known copyright restrictions

“Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-124) Landing” by NASA on The Commons, No known copyright restrictions

March 3, 2026 by Spring 2026 Student Posts 2

Maple Street Murder

“Maple Street Murder” by Melody Murray, licensed CC by 4.0, derivative of original design template by @lutberbel via Canva.com

Maple Street Murder combines my love of mystery, horror, and dramatic true crime media all in one! I knew I wanted to create something spooky for this assignment, so I utilized ChatGPT (for the very first time! In order to save brain space for the meatier aspects of this assignment) to generate a short “Unsolved Murders” reminiscent script, and Maple Street Murder was born. The overall vision for this podcast would be to follow this particular (fictional) case alluded to in the narration.

Since I recruited my boyfriend for the audio narration, both of our names are on the title card with the idea that we would be hosting together. We used my closet as our sound booth to record the audio narration portion. I found the PERFECT “The X-Files” vibe music to accompany the narration (I gasped at how well they went together!) I was also able to find a spooky/ethereal forest ambience audio that complemented the other two audios well. I then added a couple fades, as well as a podcast filter for his voice. I am overall very happy with how this turned out!

The podcast “Maple Street Murder” by Melody Murray is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.

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  • “Maple Street Murder” by Melody Murray, licensed CC BY 4.0, derivative of original design template by @lutberbel via Canva.com.

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February 17, 2026 by Spring 2026 Student Posts 4

Looking for a Shell Station

Turtley Clueless, 2025, Melody Murray, licensed under CC BY 4.0
Turtley Determined, 2026, Melody Murray, licensed under CC BY 4.0

I had a lot of good options of photos to go with for this post, but something about the turtle’s face in this edit was speaking to me. In the original photo the turtle itself is very zoomed out, and the turtle seeming out of place on a random driveway is the point of focus. But in the cropped and edited version, the turtle seems to have more purpose. Life is a highway, and this turtle is going to noisily drag itself along the pavement all night long! (The turtle appeared behind me on a walk coming at a rapidly zooming pace, and the rear end of it shell loudly dragged on the concrete, which was what alerted me to its presence. It was rather alarming, actually.) I intentionally left a lot of space ahead of the turtle to convey the turtle’s forward movement. This turtle had places to go and things to see, and I believe my edit highlights that.

February 3, 2026 by Spring 2026 Student Posts 4

Cosmic Comrades

Coronet Cluster: A region of star formation about 420 light years from Earth by Chandra: NASA/CXC/CfA/J. Forbrich. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Cosmic Sleep by Ryan Andersen. Licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.

While browsing through photos taken by the Chandra x-observatory telescope for Nasa, the group of stars shining so brightly together in this image stuck out to me instantly. It almost seemed as though they were a group, a unit of some sort, that was chatting with one another. I wanted the music accompanying the image to convey a sense of playful banter between companions. Together, I think this image and sound can be seen as a group of stars in joyful communion with one another. Whether they are friends, neighbors, family members, or a group with a common interest meeting for the first time. Or maybe they’re a band! What may be taking place amongst this cluster of stars is open for interpretation, but it is safe to say they’re having a stellar time with one another.

Derivative Work: Cosmic Comrades by Melody Murray. Licensed under CC 4.0.

January 27, 2026 by Spring 2026 Student Posts 3

Enchantée, les camarades!

Photo of Melody in the Children’s Department at Pablo Creek Regional Library

Introduction

Hello all! My name is Melody Murray, and I live in Jacksonville, FL. Jacksonville is where I am from originally, and although I daydream about moving elsewhere, that does not seem likely to happen any time soon! There are some wonderful gems here in Jacksonville, however. Such as the Cummer Art Museum, as well as the MOSH (Museum of Science and History). I also enjoy our proximity to St. Augustine!

List of some of my special interests:

  • My cats (Steve, Cookie, and Mia)
  • “The X-Files”
  • Reading (naturally)
  • Exploring/Dilly Dallying
  • Learning French (as you can see by my title!)

Professional Background

I currently work with the Jacksonville Public Library as a “Customer Experience Associate” in the Youth Department at one of the many branches within the system (21 to be exact). This is my last semester in the MSI program at FSU, and I look forward to graduating in May and becoming a Children’s Librarian with JPL.

Course Expectations

I could tell from our first class meeting that I am going to be developing a lot of new skills throughout this course! I have minimal to no experience with digital media production, and I look forward to expanding my skill set.

January 20, 2026 by Spring 2026 Student Posts 3