Paris, je t’aime is an anthology of 18 vignettes that take place in almost all of the different arrondissements of Paris. To me, this film represents Paris from a multitude of atypical vantage points (the vignette that takes place in the 16e, an affluent neighborhood, portrays the perspective of an immigrant nanny who works for a …
Manchester by the Sea is a beautiful and devastating story of a man and his nephew navigating the murky waters of grief and nostalgia. Set…
For the movie montage project, I chose the movie Begin Again. In this movie, a record label executive, Dan Mulligan, is fired from his own label, and he struggles to find inspiration and an artist he truly believes in among all of the over produced, styleless singers he sees in this modern age. On a hopeless night he encounters a woman named Gretta James at a pub singing an original song. Dan Mulligan is struck by her originality and her presence…
This week on Media Nouveau, Jake and I decided to focus on vlogging and its growing impact on New Media, specifically through renown vlogger and fun-enthusiast Casey Neistat. Going into the episode, we challenged our listeners by asking them “How did Casey Neistat become so successful?” and delved into potential explanations for his prosperity on […]
I attended Janet Murray’s lecture “Beyond the Holodeck: Toward a Transformational Digital Storytelling Practice” on October 4, 2017. Janet Murray’s lecture focused on digital narratives and how these narratives are just as meaningful and profound as literature. She focused on the transformational aspects of digital narrative and the multisequential and multiform narratives that have been […]
For the first podcast episode that my group produced, I decided to be the main producer and chose the topic of the Betches. Both members of my group had never heard of this new media brand before I introduced the topic of discussion, which is exactly why I wanted to make this the subject of […]
Sleep for me is an enigma. There have been periods of my life in which I’ve been able to consistently get the recommended 8 hours, but for the most part sleep has eluded me. In college, I’ve been trying to remedy this by maintaining a more rigid sleep schedule, but I’ve still been waking up […]
Not too long ago, I listened to an episode of the NPR podcast TED Radio Hour about the subject happiness. The show basically compiles several TED talks in order to provide several ‘expert’ perspectives on a given subject. Several of the speakers talked about living in the moment and not getting wrapped up in the …
In the production of my episode of Media Nouveau (on My Favorite Murder, a comedy true-crime podcast), I think I had the most fun I’ve had in a really long time. I love analyzing the things I love, and looking at them from angles I hadn’t previously considered. The approach I took in developing this podcast episode very …
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scatter plot key: series 1 = number of addicted traits per day day 1 = Saturday, September 23, 2017 day 2= Sunday, September 24, 2017… day 7= Friday, September 29, 2017 Bar Graph Key: Series 1= Trips listening to music (amount of trips I listen to at least one song) Series 2= Hours on phone …
