Book&Story

 Today we are testing our websites. To help each other out we were asked to partner with our classmates and look at one another website. I'm going to be testing Magdalena's website and give her eedback on this post.  The home page looks and clean although it's a bit boring as it only contains picture of her and the menu buttons.  Moving on to the 'about me' page. In my opinion, the picture could be more professional although the 'about me' text is fantastic and playful, I love how it's written in the third person.  The portfolio page looks a bit undeveloped although once I clicked on her projects, I can see the description and project itself and everything looks fine. perhaps a more detailed description of the project would help? Contact page looks nice and clean. 

In our media 2 modules, we were introduced to target demographics. Considering the fact that the ability to target the right demographics plays a massive role in the success of one's carrier, I will outline my own target audience.  According to what we learned in class it's important to consider the following: Demographics, Sociographics, Psychographics, Geographics, and Behaviours. To better understand my target audience I did a bit more research on my own. According to Sitar (2019), it's important to think about how my stories or ideas will resonate with the life of the reader and what are they looking for. Also, Reedsyblog (2016), suggests that there is a great chance that my reader will be similar to me. Therefore it is important to think about myself when I think of my target audience.   Using Canva, I outlined the demographics of my target audience (see below), In later posts, I will try to consider Sociographics and so on. References: Sitar, D., 2019.  Who Is Your Ta

 We were introduced to customer profiling for our projects and future carriers. As I'm seeking to be a writer I made a customer profile regarding shorts stories. Below is a profile of my friend Nick who loves reading books, especially short stories. By pressing on the image below you can access it on Venngage.

 As we get closer to the submission deadline for our final project I started redrafting my short story. I just finished my second draft and I want to share it with you. The story still needs a bit of work till it's ready for submission but it's coming together. For my second draft, I took a closer look into the world use and sentence structures although it's hard as I'm writing in a second language I can say that I'm getting a bit happier with my writing.  I looked at 'The elements of style' by William Strunk Jr. It has some great tips on writing and also consists of grammar rules and guidences. For my second draft, I looked at rule number 13. Omit needless words. 'Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short or, that he

 I created a video resume, using 'biteable' that looks professional and highlights my skills. You can see it below.

  Why is research important? Research expands knowledge of certain subjects and improves the credibility of our work. Why should you always look at at least three sources of information? Because it gives us more data. Also, multiple sources provide us with different perspectives on the subject. Finding different sources to support the idea gives it more credibility. How do you know if a source on the internet is reliable? We should check the URL and their ending for example if it ends with '.com', '.gov', '.edu', as these websites have different purposes. We should always check the Author, publisher, and date that the source was released or updated.  Why should you always reference your sources? Because if we don't reference our work it will be seen as plagiarism. Also, correctly referenced sources give a reader chance to trace the information we used.

 For my media project, I so far managed to write a first draft of the story. The plot takes place in a small village and circles around the protagonist named Tom whose father just died. The story timeline takes place within a couple of days and consists of three parts; death, wake, and funeral.  First of all one of the things I want to try with this story is using leitmotiv. I researched Susan Bell's book 'The artful edit (2008). Bell suggests searching out thematic symbols and gingerly sew them into a coherent, barely visible pattern. Laid in with a light touch, leitmotiv can act like a refrain that keeps bringing the reader back to your central theme. As for my story, I'm thinking to use the leitmotiv of a bottle cap that once screwed on the bottle would represent the end of a certain period within the character, perhaps a change. Here is a paragraph from my first draft, I will make sure to upload more in the next post.                      -------------------------------

Besides our major project, we have another task. Just like the last term, it's a case study. As a media student with a pathway to the English Language, I decided to analyze Coolio's song, 'Gangsta's Paradise. I will talk about structure, form, meter, rhyme, and meaning within the lyrics of the song. 

 Below ( click on a picture ) is a plan for my final project, a short story called 'Duty'. 

  My set essay question is…       Analyse in-depth the lyrics to the Coolio song ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ (1995) considering its structure, form, metre, rhyme and meaning.   Complete the table below Question Topic Focus Instruction Analyse in-depth the lyrics to the Coolio song ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ (1995) considering its structure, form, metre, rhyme and meaning.     Lyrics to the Coolio song ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’             Structure, form, metre, rhyme and meaning     Analyse   For discussion:   Considering your question and the breakdown above and using the key words glossary how should you be answering your essay question - write you notes here     I will break down Coolio‘s ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’   lyrics into five different aspects; structure, form, metre, rhyme and meaning. I will analyse each aspect of the lyric

On the 27 of April, I had a tutorial with my tutor and we discussed my media project 2. My professor agreed with my idea for a short story and signed the approval form. I'm ready to go and start with my project plan and take the first steps into crafting my story.