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Spring 2026

F.E.T.C.H.

“F.E.T.C.H.” by Amal Albaladejo licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Synopsis

A mysterious agent from F.E.T.C.H. (Federal Extraterrestrial Canine Hostage Unit), is called to a small West Virginia town. She is there to meet with Ann Strieber, a woman who believes her dog Tutu has been abducted by something otherworldly. Things unfold into a strange and surreal investigation involving unexplained lights and signals to the sky. Blending suspense, dark humor, and sci-fi mystery, the truth behind the dog’s disappearance will be revealed.

Production Notes

Original Assets: Shot all footage and recorded all dialogue myself, including some sound effects like car door opening and knocking, with help from my partner as an extra cameraman. Created dog missing poster and took dog reunion photo myself.

Editing Software: DaVinci Resolve, Canva for newscast graphics and dialogue enhancement, iMovie for TV filter.

Citations

Audio:

Visual:

April 6, 2026 by Spring 2026 Student Posts 1

An Important Message

“An Important Message” is about a senior in high school whose final project is to create a video message to his future self. While he starts thinking he has all the answers, he ends up with a new perspective.

The background music, record scratch effect, doorknob picture, and backpack picture are Creative Commons assets. The narration, done by my child, and remaining pictures and video are my creations. BandLab was used to record the narration and the door and backpack sound effects. iMovie was used for video editing.

“An Important Message” by Christina Mumpower is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Downloaded from Flickr:

“Open the door” by Hernan Pinera is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

“Ordinary Day 2.0” by TDN Channel is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Original content:

“Teen with backpack” by Christina Mumpower is licensed under CC BY 4.0

“Laptop” by Christina Mumpower is licensed under CC BY 4.0

“Satisfied” by Christina Mumpower is licensed under CC BY 4.0

“Working” by Christina Mumpower is licensed under CC BY 4.0

“Hands over keyboard” by Christina Mumpower is licensed under CC BY 4.0

“Contemplation” by Christina Mumpower is licensed under CC BY 4.0

“What if…” by Christina Mumpower is licensed under CC BY 4.0

“Back at work” by Christina Mumpower is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Audio:

Narration done by Ash Mumpower

“positive idea” by musicpoint is licensed under CC BY 3.0

“Record Scratch #6” by musicvision31 is licensed under CC0 1.0

April 6, 2026 by Spring 2026 Student Posts 0

The Cart in the Corner

The Cart in the Corner by Kristi Mosac CC BY-NC 4.0

This silent film is the story of OC (Old Cart), who sits unused and forgotten in a corner, watching the newer, shinier carts being chosen for the daily work it longs to do. When an unexpected mishap leaves the other carts unavailable, OC is finally given a chance to prove its worth, transforming from the forgotten, derided cart into an essential part of the library’s rhythm.

To create this silent film project, I filmed all scenes with props and the staff of my library as the cast, and assembled them in CapCut at 24 frames per second using the “Hollywood Past” filter. I created the intertitle cards and borders from assets in Canva and spliced them into the film. All music was sourced from Incompetech Music and edited into the film using CapCut.

Credits

“The Cart in the Corner”

Original Film Clips

  • “Original Video Recordings” by Kristi Mosac CC BY-NC 4.0

Cast

  • OC
  • Jennifer Hodges
  • Ashley Williams
  • Lily Simonds
  • Melisa Marcial
  • Belicia Torres

Incompetech

Canva

April 5, 2026 by Spring 2026 0

Moon Blessed

Moon Blessed by Nicole Davis is Licensed as Public Domain

Synopsis: A young woman wakes up disoriented as she recalls the hazy events from the previous nights. Surely werewolves can’t be real, but she will have to come to accept her new reality.

I voiced the narration, and two of the images used, the blood splatter and bloody mouth were originally created by me.

Everything else included is a mix of public domain assets. The citations are separated first by image and audio assets, and then the image assets are further categorized by the main element used from each element. Although, it is worth noting that while I edited the images, I did sometimes take smaller elements (such as the moon from a wolf picture) to use in a separate section.

For this project I used DaVinci Resolve for the video photo editing and some of the audio edits, I initially used Audacity to edit and record the narration, and I used Canva Pro to do some of the photo editing, such as removing backgrounds or the more complicated parts of layering images, such as the wolf heads at the end.

Image Assets:

Moon Images:

Full Moon by Claude Mellan Licensed as Public Domain

Full Moon by William H. Rau Licensed as Creative Commons 0

Wolf Images:

Blemmyes and other “monsters” by Sebastian Münster Licensed as Public Domain

Once Upon a Time by Kenneth Whitely Licensed as Public Domain

Another Monster by Edward Topsell Licensed as Public Domain

The Werewolf or the Cannibal by Lucas Cranach the Elder Licensed as Public Domain

File:Weird Tales volume 36 number 02.djvu by Mont Sudbury Licensed as Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

File:Page 7 – Weird tales v36n07 1942-09.jpg by Boris Dolgov Licensed as Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Girl Images:

File:Woman in mirror.jpg by U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Rachel Hammes Licensed as Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

File:Waking Up, from the series Elles MET DP835780.jpg by Gustave Pellet  & Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Licensed as Creative Commons 0 via Wikimedia Commons

Party/Alley Assets:

Ruelle des Pigeons, Rouen by Donald Shaw MacLaughlan Licensed as Creative Commons 0

The Dance of Death: The Dram Shop by Thomas Rowlandson Licensed as Public Domain

Gin Lane by William Hogarth Licensed as Public Domain

A Man with a Small Foot Emerging from His Side by José Guadalupe Posada Licensed as Public Domain

Untitled by Wallace Smith Licensed as Public Domain

Blood Assets:

Blood Splatter by Nicole Davis Licensed as Public Domain

Bloody Mouth by Nicole Davis Licensed as Public Domain

Audio Assets:

Blanket Movement 5 by OwlStorm Licensed as Creative Commons 0

wolves.wav by Paresh Licensed as Creative Commons 0

crowd ext medium backyard punk party in crowd3.flac by kyles Licensed as Creative Commons 0

Club Live DJ DeeJay E

DM Peoples Party Techno House Music Reverb Hall Crowd Atmo.wav by szegvari Licensed as Creative Commons 0

File:Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy (1905, piano solo).opus by Claude Debussy Licensed as Public Domain retrieved via Wikimedia Commons

Voiceover Narration (Moon Blessed) by Nicole Davis Licensed as Public Domain

April 5, 2026 by Spring 2026 Student Posts 0

Behind the Page

Behind the Page by Troy Mosac, is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

This story takes the form of a short, reflective interview with a library book, as it recounts its life through the many readers who have borrowed it and the different reasons they turned its pages. Through a slightly humorous tone, it highlights how books connect people, reminding the audience that every book holds not just a story, but the shared experiences of its readers. I recorded the audio for the Book myself, and two video scenes: the book being thrown into the car and the book being shelved.

For this project, I used several different programs. I recorded and edited the audio in Audacity, used CapCut for video editing, and used Midjourney to animate a couple of photo elements. Finally, I assembled the finished video in Canva.

Credits

Cast

Interviewer: Liam Dale, AI voice, elevenlabs.io, Some rights reserved

Book: Troy Mosac, is licensed under CC BY-NC

Canva

Blue White Modern Breaking News Intro Animation Video (direct link not available but it is searchable) by kevLogo, Some rights reserved, Canva Asset

dog-earing a page in old book macro 4k by BlackBox, Some rights reserved

close up of woman waking up screaming by BlackBox, Some rights reserved

library drop off box book return by BlackBox, Some rights reserved

Original

Book shelving by Troy Mosac, is licensed under CC BY-NC

Book Toss by Troy Mosac, is licensed under CC BY-NC

Pexels

Group of College Students Walking at the Campus by RDNE Stock project, Some rights reserved

Woman Reading a Book at the Coffee Shop by Antoni Shkraba Studio, Some rights reserved

Woman Getting Glass of Red Wine from Bedside Table by cottonbro studio, Some rights reserved

Cup of Coffee on a Book by Kadir Akman, Some rights reserved, Animated with Midjourney, Terms of Service

Person Using A Blue Highlighter Pen by www.kaboompics.com, Some rights reserved, Animated with Midjourney, Terms of Service

A Man Fell Asleep while Studying by ArtHouse Studio, Some rights reserved

A woman drinking a latte while reading a book by Amar Preciado, Some rights reserved

A man and woman sitting on a couch reading a book by cottonbro studio. Some rights reserved

A father and his Daughter Reading a Book under a Blanket by RDNE Stock project, Some rights reserved

Students Hanging out in the Library by Yan Krukau, Some rights reserved

Woman Reading a Book on the Window Pane by Yaroslav Shuraev, Some rights reserved

Person Studying by Altea Alessandroni, Some rights reserved

Pixabay

University, college, library by Media_Hopper_Studio, Some rights reserved

News Intro by TheMediaGuy, Some rights reserved

Stay At Home, reading, bed by amuns99, Some rights reserved

ChatGPT

Scripted Intro/Outro generated using ChatGPT, Prompt: “Generate an intro and outro using this script.”

April 5, 2026 by Spring 2026 Student Posts 0

A Moment in Chai

A Moment in Chai by Christy Heiple is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
The video was created in WeVideo, exported in Full HD (1920×1080) resolution with a 16:9 aspect ratio, and encoded as an MP4 file at 25 fps. The final file size is 75.51 MB.

This digital story follows a busy street in New Delhi, India, where traffic, movement, and noise fill every moment of the day and night. In the middle of the chaos, a newcomer finds peace when she buys a cup of chai from a chaiwala.

Most of my assets were free to use (some rights reserved) from Pexels and Pixabay. Two of the video clips were created with AI. I used WeVideo to create my video and recorded my narration in SoundCloud.

Image and Video Resources:

Pexels:
Time-Lapse Video of a City Intersection by Timo Volz on Pexels (Free to Use -Some Rights Reserved)

Bustling Delhi Street Traffic Scene in Daylight by md Jahangir alam on Pexels (Free to Use -Some Rights Reserved)

Bustling Market Street in India by Yogendra Singh on Pexels (Free to Use -Some Rights Reserved)

Vibrant Nightlife in Bustling Marketplace Street by Anshu Kumar on Pexels (Free to Use -Some Rights Reserved)

Bustling Daily Life in Connaught Place, Delhi by md Jahangir alam on Pexels (Free to Use -Some Rights Reserved)

A woman’s hands are decorated with henna by Sahil on Pexels (Free to Use -Some Rights Reserved)

People Arranging Flower Petals on the Wooden Floor by Yan Krukau on Pexels (Free to Use -Some Rights Reserved)

Street Vendor Making Traditional Indian Chai by Ars Visions on Pexels (Free to Use -Some Rights Reserved)

Man Preparing Coffee by Robert Stokoe on Pexels (Free to Use -Some Rights Reserved)

India Gate on a Hazy Day by shalender kumar on Pexels (Free to Use -Some Rights Reserved)

Lighted Candle with Flowers by Leeloo The First on Pexels (Free to Use -Some Rights Reserved)

Slow Motion Video of White Smoke by Engin Akyurt on Pexels (Free to Use -Some Rights Reserved)

People cover their heads in Delhi’s heatwave, where temperatures are hitting 40°C and above by In Old News LLC on Pexels (Free to Use -Some Rights Reserved)

AI Generated Content:
“Woman dancing in Sari” AI Image generated using the prompt “An Indian woman wearing a red sari slowly twirling. She should look happy and like she doesn’t have a care in the world”  by MagicMedia. March 2026

“A Cup of Chai” AI Image generated using the prompt “A cup of chai with steam slowly rising out of it. The setting is a busy street in New Delhi, India. The scene should show the camera slowly circling the cup of chai with the busy street in the background”  by MagicMedia. March 2026

Audio Resources:
New Age Meditation Music – Track 3 – Vol. 1 by Jakob_Welik on Pixabay (Free to Use -Some Rights Reserved)

Indian Holi Diwali Music by ViacheslavStarostin on Pixabay (Free to Use -Some Rights Reserved)

Indian Tabla Fast Loop by kalsstockmedia on Pixabay (Free to Use -Some Rights Reserved)

Indian City Road Ambience by Soundque on Pixabay (Free to Use -Some Rights Reserved)

Party Crowd by Daniel Simion on Sound Bible (Free to Use -Some Rights Reserved)

A Moment in Chai Narration by Christy Heiple, CC BY 4.0

April 3, 2026 by Spring 2026 0

The Skin and the Flame: The Vanishing of Amara

“The Skin and the Flame: The Vanishing of Amara” by Kelly John-Strate, licensing under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Synopsis: When a defiant Trinidadian teenager dismisses her grandmother’s folklore and leaves her window open to the night, she inadvertently invites a predatory Soucouyant into her bedroom. Her skepticism ends in tragic irony when she is consumed by the mythical blue flame and transformed into the very monster she refused to believe in.

Content and Creation:

For The Skin and the Flame: The Vanishing of Amara, I used a mix of stuff I made myself and things I found online. I recorded my own voiceover and shot some of the video clips too, like the indigo jungle lighting, the peeling skin sequence, and the shot of Amara rolling her eyes. For the rest of the look and feel, I made some custom character and background pieces (saved on my Google Drive) and grabbed the historical photos, video clips, and background noises from free sites like Flickr, Openverse, and Freesound.org.

When it came to putting it all together, I used Capcut to edit the video, arrange the clips, and get the timing just right. Audacity for recording my narrative, and inviting a sense of connection to the content. For the really specific parts of the story that I couldn’t shoot myself or find online, I used Gemini for AI image and video generation. Finally, I spent a lot of time on Freesound.org picking out the perfect sound effects to make the whole thing feel creepy and immersive.

Credits:

Photos

Images to Videos:

Videos:

Audio/Words

Google Gemini-generated images/Videos (original content, Gemini API Additional Terms of Service):

Tags: Final Project

April 3, 2026 by Spring 2026 0

Field Notes on the Office Tribe

Field Notes on the Office Tribe by Viviana Mendiola is licensed under NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Synopsis:

This digital story presents a humorous anthropological field report on modern office culture. The narrative follows an anthropologist documenting the behaviors of “office workers,” interpreting everyday activities—such as meetings, emails, and workplace interactions—as cultural rituals.

Content & Creation:

This project combines original narration, AI-generated visuals, Adobe Express stock media, and third-party content used under fair use principles. Visual assets include stock video clips and images representing workplace environments, as well as original images created using ChatGPT to support the anthropological framing of the narrative.

The video was created using Adobe Express, which was used for editing, applying a consistent mahogany color treatment, integrating stock media, and incorporating motion effects such as zoom transitions and animated elements. ChatGPT image generation tools were used to create original visuals, including the title slide, anthropologist self-portrait, field notes, email imagery, whiteboard diagrams, meme content, and closing slides.

Narration was self-recorded, and additional audio elements—including ambient music, office chatter, and dialogue clips—were sourced from Adobe Express stock tools.

Image & Video Credits:

Adobe Express Stock Library (licensed under Adobe Express Terms of Use):

  • Office meeting video
  • Office worker typing video
  • Manager and subordinate interaction video
  • Water cooler image
  • Vending machine image
  • IT workers image
  • Office error screen image
  • Tribal hut video

ChatGPT-generated images (original content, OpenAI Terms of Use):

  • Title slide (“Field Notes on the Office Tribe”)
  • Anthropologist self-portrait
  • Field note image (“Field Report 27”)
  • Email visual (“Just circling back / as per my last email”)
  • Cavemen meme (“That meeting could have been an email”)
  • Whiteboard diagram (cave-style symbols)
  • Stylized coffee scene
  • End slide (“Field Notes”)
  • Credits 

Composited images (original and Adobe Express stock hybrid):

  • Water cooler scene
  • Vending machine scene
  • IT workers scene

Audio Credits:

Adobe Express Stock Library (licensed under Adobe Express Terms of Use):

  • Ambient background music
  • Office chatter audio
  • Dialogue audio clips – text-to-audio tool (“synergies,” water cooler conversation, and vending machine conversation)
  • Closed captions were generated using Adobe Express to improve accessibility and ensure clarity of narration.

Third-Party Image (Fair Use):

Lion meme image (“The lion does not concern itself with Microsoft Teams notifications”),
from Instagram (account: garkuwan_matasa01; original creator unknown).

Under the CMSI’s Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video, this image is used under Fair Use for purposes of commentary, illustration, and educational storytelling. It supports the analysis of workplace communication and functions as an example of memes as symbolic cultural artifacts. The use is transformative, non-commercial, and does not affect the market value of the original work.

March 30, 2026 by Spring 2026 Student Posts 0

Running Out Of Time

“Running Out of Time” by Jorge Sanchez is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International. Made with Canva, exported as MP4 Video, uploaded through Youtube. (1080p)

Audio:

  1. “El Discurso” by Gozne is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Images:

  1. “Factory smoke” is marked with CC0 1.0.
  2. “20091212_31k People gathering before the big climate protest during the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, Denmark” by ratexla (protected by Pixsy) is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
  3. “Peacekeeping & Corruption” by Africa Center for Strategic Studies is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.
  4. “Air pollution” by World Bank Photo Collection is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
  5. “Pollution” by bob august is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
  6. “The Global Strike Youth 4 Climate protest” by gerrypopplestone is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
  7. “Bill Gross on Air Pollution in China” by jurvetson is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
  8. “Polluted Water at Dakshinkali” by ankraut is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
  9. “Carbon Monoxide Pollution over the United States and Canada” by NASA Goddard Photo and Video is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
  10. “Climate Protest” by evans.photo is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
  11. “Global alliance of anti-corruption officials meets to step up enforcement action” by World Bank Photo Collection is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
  12. “Non-point Source Pollution in Florida” by NOAA’s National Ocean Service is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
  13. “pollution” by rhythm beating silence aka rbs is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
  14. “Digital Transformation and the Changing Role of News Media in the 21st Century” by ITU Pictures is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
  15. “Infrastructural and Environmental Damage during Iraqi Occupation of Kuwait“ by United Nations Photo is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license:
  16.  “UN Human Rights Council, Geneva“ by United Nations Photo is licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0
  17. “20091212_14k Carolin & Greenpeace’s hand-out placard before the big climate protest during the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, Denmark” by ratexla (protected by Pixsy) is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
  18. “Indigenous Spiritual Leaders Address Environmental Crisis at ‘Cry of the Earth’ Conference” by United Nations Photo is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
  19. “Switch on Renewables” by John Englart (Takver) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
  20. “Solarpunk utopia with sustainable transport.jpg” is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal
  21. “Renewable Energy Development in the California Desert” by mypubliclands is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
  22. “101214 Algeria unveils renewable energy strategy 03 | الجزائر: استراتيجية جديدة للطاقة المتجددة | L’Algérie dévoile sa stratégie en matière d’énergies renouvelables” by Magharebia is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
  23. “Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2” by NRCgov is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
  24. “Transform Renew Change Evolve” by duncan is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.
  25. “Celebrate (2764111449)” by Matt Reinbold is licensed under CC BY -SA 2.0.
  26. “Rainbow over Shorncliffe-01+” by Sheba_Also 17.5 Mil + views is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
March 7, 2026 by Spring 2026 3

Watch Out … Before It’s Gone

Watch Out … Before It’s Gone by Nyabi Benjamin is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0

I edited the video using Premiere Pro and used Canva to edit my text images.

Audio:

“Watch Out” by The Sun is licensed under CC BY-NC 3.0

Visuals (In order of appearance):

March 5, 2026 by Spring 2026 3