Communications lab

Concept & Story The concept of this project was to try and convey the difficulty of answering the question what is home? I was inspired to make this project because for me it is difficult to answer the question when someone asks me. I have lived in many places in my life and have grown … Continue reading Visual Metaphor

Concept The memory that I have decided to try and recreate in my soundscape is the memory of a hockey game. Growing up I spent a lot of my time playing and practicing hockey, so it was a big part of my life. I have vivid memories of the sounds that are heard in an … Continue reading Soundscape

Christian Franke, Shanghai reflections Concept The concept for my design was to show some famous buildings around Shanghai. The picture I started with was a picture of the pearl tower, which is probably the most famous building in Shanghai. After I had this picture I took pictures of other famous or interesting buildings that are … Continue reading Diptych

Christian Franke, Bad Habits, Ed Sheeran Concept and Design The concept of my design was driven by the upbeat and dancy nature of the music. Bad Habits is a very happy song which is why I decided to portray the scene of a party. I wanted to show both the happy and sad parts of … Continue reading Sound visualization

When talking about the “unbroken belief” I think that Steyerl is talking about the inherent trust that we have when we watch documentaries. The way that documentaries are portrayed and marketed to us we are lead to believe that whatever a documentary  says is factual, and that a lot of these documentaries are uncovering massive … Continue reading The Uncertainty of Documentarism

  By “fluidity of the digital” I think Ritchin is talking about the constant changes that the digital landscape is seeing. Throughout the years the role that the digital plays in our daily life is constantly changing, for example 5 years ago nobody knew what and NFT was and very few people knew what a … Continue reading In Our Own Image

Scene 1 shot 1 Head on shot introducing the two main characters Scene 1 shot 2 Establishing shot of the school as the characters arrive at their location Scene 2 shot 1 Low shot giving the perspective of the kids and on the doors hinting at the theme for the rest of the short Scene … Continue reading The Force Awakens From It’s Nap Storyboard

The memory that I have decided to try and recreate in my soundscape is the memory of a hockey game. Growing up I spent a lot of my time playing and practicing hockey, so it was a big part of my life. I have vivid memories of the sounds that are heard in an ice … Continue reading Soundscape

The existing system of technology that Sara and I chose to do is virtual meetings. We chose to do virtual meetings since it has become so important for us in our daily lives and. Video calling has always been a significant part of our lives, since we were able to talk to people who weren’t … Continue reading Pioneer Plaque

1. How do aliens in the story language and communication style different from the human language (oral, pictographic, phonetic, etc.)? The aliens language is a very monotone where every noise sounds very similar. This is quite different to the human language since when we speak often times we speak with many different tones and inflections … Continue reading Story of Your Life