The first week of Digital Storytelling was a bit of a review for me. I had taken DGST 101 three semesters ago and hadn’t touched or used WordPress since. Getting back into it took a bit of remembering, however, I had fun being able to create a new site to use and make my first few posts of the semester. The relearning process drove me crazy for a short amount of time before I figured things out, but getting used to Squarespace and having made a website there then coming back proved to pose a bit of difficulty. Other than that, the first week went well and wasn’t too hard and I’m excited to keep learning and expanding my knowledge of digital media creation.

Film Review

I chose to watch The Terminator because it is a Tech noir film that I grew up watching multiple times with my parents. The genre is characterized by its depiction of a dystopian or high-tech world, often exploring themes of artificial intelligence, human-machine relationships, and the consequences of technological advancement. All of which are heavily included in The Terminator and is what drove me to choose this film. The film portrays a future dominated by technology gone wrong, where machines control the fate of humankind. This skepticism has become common in the media and entertainment industries, but also in my other classes. Technophobia has been frequently brought up in my communication classes, as technology as a whole has become so central with how humans communicate with each other and how our society functions. Using this theme will be an interesting and fun test to expand that knowledge back into other classes and my general education as a whole. In terms of the movie, it was amazing as always and has become a staple futuristic dystopian film in many households.