Student Posts

You’re a Dead Duck

Synopsis:

This is a public domain story about a boy who accidentally kills his grandmother’s pet duck and hides it. He did not know that his sister saw him do it until she began using her knowledge to control him. He finally confesses to his grandmother who tells him she already knew, already forgave him and was just waiting for him to get tired of his sister enslaving him.

Background:

The story appealed to me because it illustrates how we allow things to control our decisions and our lives because we think we do not have any other choice, especially when secrets or failures are involved. I would like the story to bring the viewer to a place of awareness, hope and forgiveness.

Audio Assets:

shocked duck.wav by crazyduckman Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)

Farewell by Javolenus from CCmixter Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC 3.0)

Forest summer by klankbeeld from Freesound Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)

Ducks quacking by zulfint from Freesound CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)

Image Assets:

Dead Duck by Count Giorgio Durante (Duranti) from Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)

Young woman holding a fish in each hand by Tudor Washington Collins from Wikimedia Commons (CC Attribution 4.0 International)

Prisoner with chain around hands by Jobs For Felons Hub from Flickr Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

Woodpile from Pxhere (Creative Commons CC0)

Young Girl and Ducks source Museum of New Zealand from Picryl (Public Domain)

Broken chain by shilmar from Pixabay (Public Domain via Pixabay License)

One of the small cutters at work by National Child Labor Committee collection from Library of Congress (Public Domain)

“Grubbing out the fence corners.” /Lewis W. Hine by National Child Labor Committee collection from Library of Congress (Public Domain)

Hayward and Harry Bentley / Lewis W. Hine by National Child Labor Committee collection from Library of Congress (Public Domain)

10 year old leaf boy and three “stringers,” / L.W. Hine by National Child Labor Committee collection from Library of Congress (Public Domain)

Glimpse of the home of a tenant farmer by National Child Labor Committee collection from Library of Congress (Public Domain)

Two oldest daughters washing dishes from Library of Congress (Public Domain)

Path thro’ the woods from Library of Congress (Public Domain)

Grandfather of all the Nicholsons by Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives from Library of Congress (Public Domain)

Bedroom interior by Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives from Library of Congress (Public Domain)

Farm girl by Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives from Library of Congress (Public Domain)

Farmstead by Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives from Library of Congress (Public Domain)

Mountain child shooting slingshot by Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives from Library of Congress (Public Domain)

Mountain woman and grandchild by Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives from Library of Congress (Public Domain)

Story and Text:

The Duck and the Devil Story author unknown from Creative Bible Study (Public Domain)

Romans 8:1-2 ASV from Bible Gateway (Public Domain)

Act 3: Information Professional

Synopsis: This is my success story. It begins with my love of reading, my years of teaching, becoming a mom and raising our girls, volunteering, graduate school and ends with getting a public library job.

My video was made using a combination of personal photos and creative commons images. I used BeFunky to crop my pictures and to add some graphics and text to 6 photos. I recorded my voice using Audacity. I used One Shot Video Editor to pull all my resources together to make my final video product.

Music: Cherish by Javolenus CC BY-NC-3.0

Images:

The girls arranged stuffed animals all the way around the room and up the bunk bed steps! by Lee Bennett CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

New York City bus on 7th Avenue by drpavloff CC BY-NC 2.0

Massapequa, Central Avenue Library by sphoto33 CC BY 2.0.

Library by Geoff Coupe CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Houston, Texas from Buffalo Bayou Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. by Free Public Domain Illustrations by rawpixel CC BY 2.0

Houston Public Library – Central – Plaza by chrisabo CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Girl reading a book by freestocks.org CC0 1.0

Florida State University Wallpaper II by RMTip21 CC BY-SA 2.0

First scantron I’ve seen in probably 15 years. Pretty excited for a multiple choice test though. by hardlylove CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Birch Meadow Elementary School Visit by Massachusetts Secretary of Education CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

children’s space – Library 21C, CO by ellen forsyth CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Blank Open Book – Illustration by DonkeyHotey CC BY 2.0.

April 1, 2022 by Jane Barrager Student Posts 0

Gnome All Alone

Synopsis: A story about a gnome who just moved into his new home. Follow his adventure of trying to making new friends along the way through trial and error.

Content & Creation: All the photographs were shot by me using a Canon Powershot G7X camera. I used Canva to edit, add graphics, text, and create the end title. All of the audio were from Creative Common assets from Freesound.org. Used iMovie to edit the video. This video falls under the Fair Use category 6 (Quoting to recombine elements).

Image Credits:

All personal photos Copyright 2022 Lynn Nguyen, All Rights Reserved

Audio Credits:

April 1, 2022 by Jane Barrager Spring 2022 Student Posts 0

Blue Magic

“Blue Magic (Indigo Seeds to Dye Process)” by Tiffany Walters
is licensed under © “All Rights Reserved 2022”

Synopsis: Blue Magic is a journey into the alchemy of extracting the blue from nature and oneself.

Content & Creation: The visual content for this project is a mixture of Creative Commons Assets and personal assets recorded by me. All the personal assets were captured on an iPhone XR and 13. The video was edited using Adobe Premiere Elements 2022. Title slides and credits were created using Adobe Premiere Elements Photoshop. The narration is self-recorded with Audacity.

Still Image Credits: