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Soundtrack of My Soul

When I was first looking through the assignment bank the Soundtrack assignment caught my eye immediately. I have always been around lots of music, and am a big fan of all types of genres. I thought this assignment would be perfect for me to express different eras that have been impactful to me and led me to who I am now. Music is an amazing way to tell a story about yourself and that’s how I interpreted completing this assignment to be true to me. I chose eras of songs that were released in the 2000s and 2010s to reflect my favorite songs to listen to growing up, embodying my childhood. Then switched to Grateful Dead and Phish because my parents were a heavy influence in getting me into all sorts of music, and they love listening to jam bands, originating with those two. Lastly, I chose vintage songs mostly by Frank Sinatra to represent my grandparents, who loved Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, as they were big role models in my life before they passed away and I love listening to all sorts of Jazz to reminisce on being in their car looking at Christmas lights.

Enjoy viewing a compressed version of the eras and influences of my life!

Weekly Summary- 1/17

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.

What I’d like to get out of this class

The main thing I’m really looking forward to in this class is expanding on my knowledge of digital media and my skillset in creating different types. I’ve become increasingly interested in using digital media and producing different works, mainly towards my overarching goal of using it to improve the business I own and work towards scaling. My goals are to use the creative freedom in the class to focus on certain skillsets or forms of media that can contribute to my goals outside of the classroom!