{"id":8632,"date":"2025-04-06T22:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T02:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/?p=8632"},"modified":"2025-04-09T09:23:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T13:23:17","slug":"the-forgotten-melody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/2025\/04\/06\/the-forgotten-melody\/","title":{"rendered":"The Forgotten Melody"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Forgotten Melody\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vF7aagIEniA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;The Forgotten Melody&#8221; by Jaleen Bedminster licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\">CC-NC-ND 4.0<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> The Forgotten Melody is a story of a retired pianist, Iris, who recently lost her husband due to natural causes. Iris finds herself quietly sifting through old belongings, reflecting on love, loss, and the memories attached to music. As she rediscovers fragments of her past, the piano keys no longer carry the same sound, they seem to echo with the ghost of melodies shared with her late husband. Through a series of emotional visuals and subtle voiceovers, we see her journey of remembrance, nostalgia, and the quiet ache of moving on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Project Edit\/Software Used<\/strong>: I created my digital story using Canva Pro, where I put together the visual sequence, title card, and closing credits. The audio was edited and leveled in Adobe Audition, where I combined my voiceover clips into a single cohesive track. The voiceovers were recorded using my personal iPhone and brought an intimate, emotional tone to the narrative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Citations:  <\/strong>My images and videos in this project were sourced from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/\">Pexels<\/a>, allowing me to visually tell the story with cinematic stills and subtle moment. The background music was pulled from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freesound.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.freesound.org\/\">Freesound <\/a>to add more weight and ambiance to the scenes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Audio:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.googleadservices.com\/pagead\/aclk?sa=L&amp;ai=DChcSEwil7-KlnKWMAxWjgFoFHaYrEE0YABAAGgJ2dQ&amp;co=1&amp;ase=2&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwqIm_BhDnARIsAKBYcmuo12pOUvVfymIS3uVe3f1pbRCExDF0jfHrCgAy8bpM0sfDlkFzEJoaAusuEALw_wcB&amp;ohost=www.google.com&amp;cid=CAESVuD2txNXpjPzQp5kLBDRQExu2nzhkiuNMBuuUjDNDTBje6QJ1TohwVv4UReq_DATD2_h6anLMzZzx_1FDFBdFY6KHufZVA_6rXvuJv-XgXwmcQl2wwh_&amp;sig=AOD64_3N_VxFrELWG-fbLHLi89PDQPnYfQ&amp;q&amp;nis=4&amp;adurl&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjom92lnKWMAxUASDABHWJ6MXUQ0Qx6BAgNEAE\">AUDIO EDITED USING ADOBE AUDITION 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/LG\/sounds\/72653\/\">Music box 04.wav<\/a>\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/LG\/\">LG<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/freesound.org\/\">Freesound<\/a> licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/AudioCoffee\/sounds\/721056\/\">Emotional Ambient Piano (loop ver.)<\/a>\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/AudioCoffee\/\">AudioCoffee<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/freesound.org\/\">Freesound<\/a> licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>This feels very familiar<\/em>\u201d by Jaleen Bedminster licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-NC-SA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>We used to dance to tunes just like this<\/em>\u201d By Jaleen Bedminster licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-NC-SA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>It feels like when we first met. It was when I was so lost in the music, the keys under my fingers like a language only we could understand<\/em>\u201d By Jaleen Bedminster licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-NC-SA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Giggles by Jaleen Bedminster licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-NC-SA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>You\u2019re not really gone, are you? You\u2019re in every melody and every memory, thank you<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Jaleen Bedminster licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-NC-SA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Forgotten Tune Melody\u201d by Jaleen Bedminster edited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.googleadservices.com\/pagead\/aclk?sa=L&amp;ai=DChcSEwil7-KlnKWMAxWjgFoFHaYrEE0YABAAGgJ2dQ&amp;co=1&amp;ase=2&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwqIm_BhDnARIsAKBYcmuo12pOUvVfymIS3uVe3f1pbRCExDF0jfHrCgAy8bpM0sfDlkFzEJoaAusuEALw_wcB&amp;ohost=www.google.com&amp;cid=CAESVuD2txNXpjPzQp5kLBDRQExu2nzhkiuNMBuuUjDNDTBje6QJ1TohwVv4UReq_DATD2_h6anLMzZzx_1FDFBdFY6KHufZVA_6rXvuJv-XgXwmcQl2wwh_&amp;sig=AOD64_3N_VxFrELWG-fbLHLi89PDQPnYfQ&amp;q&amp;nis=4&amp;adurl&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjom92lnKWMAxUASDABHWJ6MXUQ0Qx6BAgNEAE\">ADOBE AUDITION 2025<\/a> licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-NC-SA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visuals from Pexels: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<a 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