Final Portfolio Responses

Postcards by Victoria Huynh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym-tCDf844Q&feature=youtu.be

I loved this video! Your writing was done very well and I loved the story line. The images you painted with your writing were very descriptive and beautiful. The video is perfect- I'm sure it took a long time to edit all of that video together, so kudos! The video flows very well and adds a lot to the writing. Also, the music was great towards the beginning, but gets a little too loud later on. The voice used for your writing was very aesthetically pleasing  and made the video even more enjoyable. The guitar at the end got too loud and I wasn't able to hear a lot of what you said- perhaps turn the music down a bit? Other than that, it was great!


Up in Smoke by Elaina Yu
http://quietmorninglingering.tumblr.com/

I really loved this final project. We had similar types of projects in that we both used text and gifs. I loved how each part had a separate page with a completely different layout and look to it. I really liked your characters, they seemed very genuine and sincere. I really loved how your portrayed your characters as flawed and imperfect. I also really liked how the posts did not really have to be in order. I feel like I could have read each of the pages in a different order and understood the story, which is really unique. Your gifs, layouts, and pictures were all picked very well and added a lot to the text of your story. Great job!

Final Portfolio

Here is a link to tumblr page for my Final Portfolio:

http://after20905.tumblr.com/

My Final Portfolio is a short story about a girl's journey through the afterlife accompanied by gifs I found on the internet. I had some trouble fixing the text because I am incredibly critical of my own writing and have trouble finishing a piece of writing. I decided on the pauses and gif placement by emotional breaks in the text and by particularly interesting images. The gifs are meant to enhance the reader's experience of the text by breaking it up and adding meaningful images, as my story is mostly dialogue. I also added an orchestral song to my Final Portfolio blog page via Soundcloud. I love the song and I think it also enhances the reading experience. I used Tumblr and it was relatively easy, it just took me a while to get used to the settings and themes.