For this assignment, I chose the above image titled On the Dunes (Lady Shannon and Kitty) by James Jebusa Shannon. Shannon painted this portrait of his wife and daughter sometime around 1900 to 1910. I was drawn to this painting because it reminded me of being read to by my own mother. One of our favorites to read together was “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost. I chose this audio pairing to evoke the feeling of being read to by a parental figure as illustrated in the painting. The painting becomes an experience when paired with poetry reading; in this particular work I am drawing on my own experiences and memories of childhood.
Terms of Use: On the Dunes, Reading by Emma Preston. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Hello! My name is Emma and I am a first year graduate student in the Information Science program. I am working to become a librarian after graduation, preferably in an academic setting. I am a third-generation FSU graduate and I received my undergrad degree in Studio Art in 2021. I lived in Tallahassee for almost 20 years and moved to Jacksonville, FL in 2020. I enjoy reading and building my own library collection in my spare time. My favorite books are Kristin Lavransdatter (the title of this post is a quote from this book), Crime and Punishment, and Little Women. I am excited to take this class to build upon the technical skills I learned in my time studying digital media as an art form. I studied photography and photo editing, but I have very little knowledge of audio and video editing.
From a visit to the Nelson-Adkins Museum in Kansas City, MO, where I was able to see a piece from Monet’s Waterlilies
One of my favorite memories I have from my childhood is visiting Strozier Library with my dad when he was a PhD candidate in the early 2000’s. He would often bring me along to return books on the weekends while my mom was working and I loved walking with him through the towering rows of books and breathing in the smell of old books. As a college student, I often frequented Strozier late at night, enjoying the quiet opportunity to study, read, think, and develop my own beliefs and opinions as an adult. I hope as a librarian to contribute to the culture of independent thinking and the protection of information. I’m looking forward to growing as a student in this class and connecting with others in Information Science!
Synopsis: “Victory” shares a story of someone realizing the need to overcome their alcohol addiction, what led to the realization, and shares how they were able to turn away from their addiction and how to fight the continual battle each day.
Summary: “The Secret Ingredient” tells the story of a young girl growing up and cooking with her grandmother. When she’s older, her grandmother becomes sick and passes away soon after. Griefing, she finds her grandmother’s cookbook and a letter that she had written reminiscing their time in the kitchen and gifting her the cookbook.
Media Assets: I wrote and narrated the dialogue, but the pictures, video, and sounds were created by the creators below.
Synopsis:42 is a reflective digital story presented as a poetic letter from me, a daughter, to my late mother. Blending personal narration with archival photos and video, the story explores intergenerational parallels, grief, and identity, culminating in a meditation on memory, loss, and enduring connection.
Assets: I wrote and narrated the poem, and the pictures and videos were either from my archives or filmed myself.
“AGE OF AI” by Emily Murray is licensed under CC by-4.0.
Editing software used: GarageBand to edit and trim the audio, iMovie to arrange the audio and imagery, and Canva for text in the title, text, and credit slides. Export settings: .mp4, 720p 60, High Quality
Text Slides: “AGE”, “OF”, “AI”, “IS”, “UPON”, “US”, “OUT”, “OF”, “CONTROL”, “THE”, “FUTURE”, “HOLDS” by Emily Murray created with Canva, is licensed under CC0.
The sound was mixed using GarageBand. The video was made first as a presentation in Canva, downloaded as an MP4, then uploaded to Youtube.
Poem Credit: Dickinson, E. (1896). The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Series One, “Love, Poem 9: Have You Got a Brook in Your Little Heart”. Boston, MA: Roberts Brothers. Published before 1923, public domain, licensing under CC0 1.0 Universal
Sound Credits: Freesound.org, BandCamp, and poem recited by Jenn White
Chapter 5 of “Frankenstein” by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley found in Project Gutenberg-tm. Read by Breanna Butler. Please see Credits for sound clips used.
I loved reading horror stories when I was growing up. Some of my favorites included gothic literature like Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein. When I was a teacher, I played audiobooks while the students read along (multiple modalities), and they especially liked the ones with sound effects or music in them. It would create a more immersive environment. I could not always afford to buy the nice audiobooks for my classes, so I was sometimes limited to what I could find in the library or on YouTube. Taking my love of horror and using my classroom experience as inspriation, I thought it would be fun to create a podcast that read horror stories from the works available in Project Gutenberg-tm. Since the scene is set during a storm, I added the light rain and thunder sound. Then, I faded from the light rain to the music; I felt music adequately terrifying.
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