ENC3416: Lucas Dykes

1. What actual real-life steps still need to be done to finalize this project? The only step I need to finalize my project would be to print it out.  A short story can be read digitally, but I would prefer to be able to have it in the form of a hard copy. 2. What are the three strongest parts? The three strongest parts are: -the story staying true to the nature of the edited film trailer -the overall "horror" tone of the story -the language and verbiage to match a more adult, thriller-style text 3. What are the three weakest parts? The three weakest parts are: -the possible break from the original "Dr. Seuss" voice (although the movie itself does this as well) -the lack of eye-catching visual elements such as a cover -the reach to an unconventional audience dissimilar to the audience of the movie 4. What are two "alternative" remixes you could do? -a story more formatted towards the style of an illustrated children's novel to play o...

For my second project in this class, I used the assemblage of the Cat in the Hat movie altered by the addition of horror themes.  The original assemblage is a short video on YouTube, and I remixed it into a short thriller story.  My process of creating the story involved studying the video, the original Cat in the Hat movie, and common themes in horror and film.  I pulled from all of these elements in creating my short story.  Some creative leeway was taken, but I generally stayed as true to the story being portrayed by the video as possible.  I'm very happy with the end result, and I'm even inspired to write more short stories with this process in the future. As far as the term "writing" goes, I define writing as the simple act of creating a text.  That text can be any piece that conveys a message on its own, whether it be through conventional books, audio, or even film.  Under this definition, this class project is most definitely an example of writ...

The assemblage can be separated into two categories: ethical and unethical.  The difference between these two categories are decided by use and meaning of the pieces that make up the assemblage.  In order to break these two categories down, I will provide two examples. The first example is one of an ethical assemblage.  An ethical assemblage takes pieces that were not created by the assemblage's creator and applies them in a unique way that creates a new message.  The following assemblage is a horror remake of the Cat in the Hat movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9KZ6DkbZ_M Notice how the addition of horror elements to the Cat in the Hat movie changes the entire message and meaning of the movie itself.  The consumer of this text will gain a unique experience from a piece made of multiple unoriginal pieces.  The author of the assemblage has ethically used the assemblages parts to contribute a new idea to the world of text. An unethical example woul...

Today, we as a class were given the task of bringing five evocative objects about ourselves for sharing and feedback.  My evocative objects were my water bottle, an elbow brace, headphones, my wallet, and my phone.  This post is a collection of my feelings on the feedback I was given. "He likes dark colors and music" "Likes darker colors, carries important life needs, likes music and technology" "Likes the color black" These are fair comments.  Black is the most stylish of colors.  This is a scientific fact. "Grey and technical, function, enjoys technology" "Likes music and technology" "Listens to music on the go" "Protective of their things (phone case)" These also feel accurate.  I'm guessing that for the mot part, my objects did a good job in representing who I am. "Has a knee injury" "This person has a knee problem" "This person is injured" "Knee injury...

Fair use is a term that encompasses the use of copyrighted materials in your work.  Many websites contain the use of copyrighted material without the direct permission of the owner(s) of said material.  This, however, leads to no legal fiasco because fair use is in play.  The main question that comes with fair use is the question of what actually constitutes it.  Fair use applies when the material being used is used for either research or teaching purposes.  "Research" applies heavily to pretty much every blog I've ever made, so the application of fair use is quite important in my life.

Design takes a key role in the success of one's blog.  While design isn't necessarily the actual content or message of your blog, it is the facilitator of your message.  in the same way you would want your research paper to be formal and academic in style, you want your blog to present itself in a sleek, professional manner.  This professionalism expands to a range of parts, such as color, layout, placement of information, and flow of the message.  All of these things should be considered when editing your blog.