Project 2 Critique

So far, my project 2 is going pretty good. I have a vision that I want to go in but the only difficult part is figuring out which format to use sequentially. I decided that I want to use the link as sequential writing and also google maps to show location and also as a reference point. I need help with linking photos to project 2 and also incorporating googles maps onto my blog for the project.

Ego Trippin' Post #4

I used Audacity to record a poem and also to import an instrumental. The poem I decided to recite was Nikki Giovanni's Ego Trippin' and the instrumental was Kanye West's Cant Tell Me Nothin'. (Kanye West wrote as well as produced this instrumental) I felt that it was only appropriate to recite this poem over this particular instrumental because both have an "ego" or cocky feel to both the poem and instrumental.


Ego Trippin' is a powerful poem that calls for all Black women to embrace their heritage and understand that they are beautiful women too. In the song Can't Tell Me Nothin', Kanye West bascially says that he is better than everyone and you can't tell him nothin' about it. He samples a Blues singer for the background vocals and the tempo is slowed down like southern rap songs. Also, I reversed the instrumental so it sounds a little distorted.

http://www.clc.wvu.edu:8080/clc/Members/center/ego%20trippin.mp3/file_view

Thoughts on Project #2

I want use a 9th wonder instrumental as my sound. 9th wonder is a hip-hop producer. He has worked with smaller-named hip hop artists like Little Brother. Audacity would be a great audio program to manipulate the instrumental. I still haven't decided which 9th wonder instrumental I'm going to use. I was also thinking about creating a movie or sequential images on my journey and my life at WVU.

Project 2 link

Here is project 2!

Response Numéro Deux

Scott McCloud is a comic theorist on comics being literary and an artistic medium. During last class, we discussed his comic strips and how the page on which it is displayed can be infinite and sequential writing. McCloud employs sequential writing through time frames and sequences through links.

McCloud's ideas are represented in Return to Sender; not all of the frames have words but the reader can still comprehend what is going on through the images. This is the beauty of comics. Also, it seems as though each frame last only 1-2 seconds.

In Rice, amplification through simplification is used. On the main web page, this is a collage of pictures that contains hyperlinks to another web page. The hyperlink leads to another hyperlink that reveals an image and a poem.

Project 1-final draft

At first, I wanted to do a project on fashion but I decided to change my topic to "Paper Planes" because I could not get the song "Paper Planes" by M.I.A. out of mind. I decided to manufacture my project visually through power point. I googled paper planes and copied and pasted the image you see above. I decided to leave the background white because it gives the optical illusion that the planes are flying through the air. The words spin and fly in but I could not upload the powerpoint onto my blog. It also has M.I.A.'s "Paper planes" streaming in the background.

The lyrics to the M.I.A. song fits in perfectly with this concrete image. The lyrics"I fly like paper, get high like planes," are really up for interpretation. Like for all great songs, listeners interpret the message the way the want and how it relates to their life. "Flying like paper" could literally mean to fly like a paper plane or it could mean soar through life without a care in a word. Also, "get high like planes" could mean to be high off of drugs. To me, the song means to be "fly", meaning to be stylish and coordinating your clothes well. Or to be flawless in your attire. 

Here is the video for "Paper Planes" 

As you can see in the very being of the video, paper planes are soaring through the sky

Project 1 rough draft

Choosy mothers....

Create a multimedia writing as a concrete visual text.

I want my project to be visually attractive and grab my audience's attention right away. I'm probably going to use a haiku poem of some sort. Powerpoint is probably the best program to use for this project.

Since I love fashion, I want to incorporate different elements of my own style into the visual text. The best way to express my love for fashion is to represent it through my favorite tennis shoe; Nike Blazers.  As far as the text, I want to create a poem about being stylish in college. Since many college students are broke, it is often hard to wear expensive clothes. But, I improvise purchasing nice, stylish clothes that are on sale racks. For the background, I want to use very appealing visual elements that appears to be an advertisement or billboard.