Digital Media

Project Introduction:

This project involves sharing different formats of digital media and understanding the variance in said format. Whether or not we are discussing audio, video, text, or animation, we need to understand when and where to utilize these digital formats to engage within the digital realm with ease. This project also involves proper attribution to content creators and what is fair use versus what is not.

Images (PNG)

My grandmother took this photo of my brother and I in 2012. We were taking a casual stroll throughout the trails of Harford County. My brother recently sent this picture to me after going through my grandmother's older photos on Facebook. My grandmother took this photo to just keep track of family memories and to show my parents how our weekend during that time went. I love images and their ability to capture a moment in time - almost freezing time completely - we can utilize images to celebrate the past and give us reason to be within the present.

For this image I had to utilize the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license in order to license this image and give proper attribution to the post-modern Da Vinci, my grandmother.

The Signs of Wine Podcast🤠🍷

rachel.mp3

This full-length podcast I created almost a year ago is between myself and a wedding decorator named Rachel. We discussed in the podcast what wedding decorating entails, what clients expect, which flowers are most wanted, and how to have a good client/artist relationship when planning a wedding.

Audio (MP3)

I created podcast episode and the rest of my episodes within my podcast (that is now a dead show sadly) through the utilization of Audacity, the purchasing of a MiDi to power my microphones, Audio-Technica microphones, the use of great speakers within the Baltimore, Maryland region, and lastly my friends. I never posted these podcasts unedited, and through post-production editing I was able to give it a "live" radio-Esque feel to my episodes. Radio shows such as Big Jay Oakerson and Dan Soder's show, The Bonfire helped me understand what I wanted to do within podcasting. I really only started podcasting as a love letter to talk radio and to entertain my friends during their strenous work days.

This work is my one of my own creations and I am utilizing the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license in order to properly attribute and protect my own work.

A music video made by me with the music being from Off Campus, my old band.

Video (MP4)

I was able to create this video a year ago from my own personal clips, many creative commons clips, and clips that were labeled as copyright-free. I utilized free software such as Da Vinci Resolve - a popular video editing software - to ensure a cohesive video that helped give a visual to the lyrics embedded within my band's song. I had to edit the video, add FX, render the video, and lastly export the rendered file as an .MP4 to post on YouTube. I made this video to ensure that people who wouldn't just listen to a basic audio file, would give my friends and I's music a chance to entertain them. We also created these videos to ensure the success of the band, and to reveal to promoters within the Baltimore, Maryland region that we were a capable force to work their shows within bars.

This video is one of my own creations and features friends and various band members. The license I have decided to use was the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license to ensure my bands work stays semi-protected.

Animation (gifs)

Anime Girl Dancing With Cat GIF - Anime girl dancing with cat - Discover & Share GIFsClick to view the GIF

Anime Girl Dancing With Cat GIF by CAL3BKATSUKI is marked CC0 1.0

I love animation and gifs. Animation and gifs both allow for still many still drawings to visualize actions or sequences and allow digital users to send many words with just one gif. While animation has exponentially evolved, some animation has grown to be able to tell stories just like any movie or video would as there is much overlap. This gif is just one example of a plethora of gifs that I found on Tenor.com.

I copied this images URL to the embedding tool within Google Sites. I found this gif funny and amusing as I own a black cat and if I could shuffle in front of her, I probably would...

While I am a bit unsure on how to license this work I followed creative commons procedures to produce this license (hopefully crediting the persons work correctly) CC0 1.0 Universal , and to clarify this is not my work. This is the creation of a creator named, CAL3BKATSUKI and I am glad there are hardworking creators out there that are talented enough to produce gifs for us to share between our friends and family.

Creative Commons - animated gif

Creative Commons Logo Color Pop by Creative Commons is marked CC0 1.0

I found this gif through creative commons website on their homepage. I then proceeded to save the image and embed the image within Google Sites.

I began using creative commons website at Harford Community College's OwlRadio when I volunteered there as on-air talent. I learned that creative commons would allow us to use certain free works for educational, creative, and even personal use to create further content despite its purpose.

I have used the license CC0 1.0 Universal as even creative commons states under this image, "You may reuse the animations collected here freely to show your support for CC as they are dedicated to the public domain under CC0.".

Conclusion

I learned while creating this project that creative commons can be a great tool to ensure our work - or others - is properly referenced and cited. That just like any text format for a research paper, digital media needs to also be cited. I also learned about the variance of media types and that certain media types allow us different utility within the digital realm. Some may use gifs for sharing humor between friends as animation can reference pop culture or even tell a wider story. Some users may use video to share a dynamic story whether it be memes, movies, television, or even skits done on Instagram Reels. Some people may use images to either share a personal moment on social media or even as stated earlier, share humor amongst friends. Lastly, some users may utilize audio to keep themselves busy at a warehouse job, to teach others through historical or true crime podcasts, or even radicalize some people through misinformed podcasts. The tools we grasp within our pockets today can perform various tasks and what we chose to do with these tools is completely up to us. The real message to take away from this task is to understand how to use these types of media to influence our work, friends, family, and simply to provide entertainment.

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