Practicing Mood Boards

  Hello again!

I was assigned to make a mood board for what I want my adulthood to look and feel like. Not gonna lie, I was very excited for this activity since I've been an avid Pinterest user for 7 years... so you could say I  had a few ideas in mind.

It took a while to perfect it with pictures that were meaningful to my values and goals, but I'm happy with how it turned out.

Here's the final result:

One thing I wish to do as an adult is continue my journey with mindfulness and self care. I displayed this desire through the bath and the girl meditating in nature. I know that adulthood comes with extra stress and responsibilities, so I hope these practices can help me keep my calm. 

Another thing I really hope to do as an adult is continue learning for fun, as seen in the desk and the books. I would consider books as a way to learn since even fiction can deepen my empathy.

 Empathy relates to my (possible) future career as a therapist, as I feel a strong passion towards helping people better themselves. I showed this in the therapist office and "mental health matters" images. 

Moreover, a dream of mine is to travel the world, and I displayed this through the images of the passports, car ride, and ship. Hopefully I can find a way to study abroad, too, since that sounds like an amazing experience.

I included an outfit image to show my desire to update my style when I'm an adult haha.

 Finally, I've recently been considering moving to Washington state once I graduate college. This is pretty ironic, since I live in the opposite side of the country in Florida. A few reasons why I'd love to move there include the scenic views, abundance of flowers and animals, and the fact that they actually have seasons besides a constant summer. I showcased this through the images of the animals, tea with flowers in it, and Mount Rainer.

So that's my future! 😁

What does yours look like?

Sound Story

     A week ago, I was assigned to do make a sound story, which is basically a 1-2 minute short film without any visuals. I knew this was going to be interesting because last the time I had used iMovie was in 2016. However, my friends helped me navigate through the process, and by the end of the week it was a success. 

    Starting off, I was indecisive about what to make my story about. I played with the idea of a hair salon, but ended up scrapping that idea since I couldn't think of any foley items to make sound with. Then, I started recording a school morning-routine-in-quarantine. Originally, it was going to be an average morning routine with predictable sounds, but I decided to challenge myself with an additional scene of walking outside into the rain to pick some apples and eat it. Basically the plot was: wake up and turn off alarm, text, walk outside to pick apples, eat the apple, and get settled in my desk for online school.

    While filming and recording, I was faced with the challenge of figuring out my 4 required foley sounds. I ended up doing texting phone taps (tapping my glass jellyfish), rain (brushing my carpet), footsteps (tapping my swim shoes on the ground), and picking apples (ripping hair). I also chose to bite a crunchy plum instead of an apple, but I wasn't sure whether that would be considered foley or not. I found these sounds pretty convincing, and hopefully my teacher thinks so too. 

    Besides my foley sounds, the regular sounds included door openings, alarm noises, the "bleep" from Microsoft Teams, and keyboard clicks. For fun, I asked a friend to pretend to be a teacher greeting the "class" in the "morning". She complied 😁.

     Filming and recording was a hefty process, but that was just the beginning. I had to learn an entire program in which I had very minimal experience: iMovie. Thankfully, my friends and mainly my friend Hannah helped in teaching me where the different features of iMovie were on my phone, and how to eliminate the video portions of a recording so that it is just sound. (which I had quite a bit of trouble with). By the end of that day, I eventually got the hang of it. This wasn't planned, but I felt so comfortable with iMovie by the end that I even added bird sounds downloaded from an internet database! I definitely learned more about movie editing with this project, even if it's just sound for now.

    Although I would still consider myself a beginner, the amount that I learned from just one to two sittings proves that with a little bit of effort, and with the generous help of others, the movie making process may not be as foreign and complicated as I imagined.