At first I didn’t understand this final essay. I think I even did the Response Paper for Preparation #1 incorrectly, choosing my favorite poem instead of a poem that Professor Kaufman listed. After freaking out a bit and re-reading the task at hand multiple times, I’m getting a better sense of what we’re supposed to do. The digital part of this essay is supposed to supplement our thesis for the final paper and hopefully make the thesis work.
When I heard that there would be a digital part to this final paper, I was actually excited. I did a digital essay last semester for ENG 2100 and it was a lot of fun. My partner and I took clips from YouTube and pictures from the Internet and pieced it together to make a final product. Our topic was about how the media objectifies and de-humanizes women for the sake of making money for their brand or getting their idea across. I got slightly worried when Prof. Kaufman said we had to record our own videos because I don’t think I am creative enough to record a nice scene or have the skills to make a flash project. I really liked the video she showed us in class where the students pieced together thousands of still-shots but doing the same would be like copying them. Hopefully I’ll figure it out by the time the due date comes around!
Anna–you can do it! You are plenty creative!