Elizabeth Osborne

For my trailer I definitely know I want to use music. I probably don't want to use any music that has lyrics unless they fit with my trailer. I think that would distract from the overall content.

One type of project that I am thinking about doing would focus on images and sounds that tell a story. I would like to focus on how images really stick in our minds, and how we are able to think of an entire story just by looking at one picture. I would like to find pictures that everyone will recognize and know the story behind it.

I would like to do a type of b-roll clip with audio commentary from news clips. I'm not sure if I will be able to find exactly what I need. If not, I can just use the music and that will prove my point that everyone knows the story behind the picture without even being told.

I have one more idea I am thinking over for my project. I am interested in how an author can create a book but then the characters and ideas he/she created can become so much more. Is he/she still the author? One idea can have so many different dimensions. For example, Harry Potter has books, movies, video games, computer games, and even a theme park.

What should I focus on for my semester project?

The two questions are:  "What is a multimedia author?" and "How does multimedia writing enable new forms of creativity?"

A multimedia author, to me, is someone who is able to use different forms of media to create something. I feel like I would like to define a multimedia author more in depth. One way I think I can do that would be through researching and learning about a successful author that's book or books has become made into a successful movie. I love books that become movies. I love to analyze the similarities and differences and decide what I would have done or what I liked most.

Tenner makes some very compelling and troubling points in this article about plagiarism. These systems that could be in place to prevent plagiarism could actually falsely accuse students of plagiarism. As an English major, that is frightening. It would be an awful feeling to be accused of plagiarizing a piece of work that you know you worked extremely hard on.




I also found these lines particularly intriguing: “The concept of the biosphere exposed our environmental fragility; the emergence of the plagiosphere perhaps represents our textual impasse.” To me these lines are saying that expanding our knowledge in one area can lead us to become vulnerable in another. This has happened time and time again within society. It is not a new concept but at the same time, it is an unsettling concept. With that said I am led right into the last lines of the article “…but at least they left us the illusion of the originality of our words. Soon that, too, will be gone.”

Am I a "digital native"?

I would have to answer, yes.

My digital education began as soon as I was born I suppose. My mother is a computer specialist, so I had no choice in the matter really. My mother, Rebecca, works for the WVU Extension Service; therefore, it is her job to stay current on all things digital.

My brother and I have used computers and computer games for just about as long as I can remember. I have a picture of my brother and myself sitting on a porch playing with what looks like the oldest laptop ever. My mom always kept us up-to-date.

I used the web when I was young to research fun topics and my interests. I also used the computer to play games and write stories. My love for the computer has grown even stronger now. My computer has my entire life on it. Not only am I obsessed with my computer but I have iPods, digital cameras, and a Smartphone. I'm sure this obsession will not fade anytime soon.