Craft your premise.

[aesop_character img=”http://jolineblais.net/nmd343/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/94143982_2309064579197287_1367468328066482176_o.jpg” name=”Colin Ingalls” align=”left” force_circle=”on” revealfx=”fromleft”] Colin Ingalls discovered New Media at the University of Maine after leaving high school uncertain about what he was going to do with his future. As both a tinkerer and a maker, Colin was always seeking a new…

What is “Sounds of Maine”? Birds of Maine is a sound-based installation built for the Maine Discovery Museum. It is a mural painted with acrylic and conductive paint with two-dimensional illustration studies of birds including the common loon, the white-breasted nuthatch, the purple finch, the…

[aesop_image img=”http://jolineblais.net/nmd343/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sun-rise-or-sun-set.jpg” panorama=”off” align=”center” lightbox=”on” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]     As the Spring 2020 Semester at UMaine finally comes to a close, the students and faculty make their way home…oh, I apologize, I must have forgotten somehow. Our semester ended right around spring break,…

      [aesop_chapter title=”Lax is Out” bgtype=”color” full=”off” video_autoplay=”play_scroll” bgcolor=”#c4bc00″ revealfx=”inplaceslow” overlay_revealfx=”off”]   Starting my senior year I had not even a thought in my mind about some disease ending the year early, but neither did anyone else. I remember when this all started…

Austin is in his final semester at the Univesity of Maine and is looking to pursue a career in the digital world afterward. He plans to use the work on his “Product Tag” project to display his passion and skills for both new media and…

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Romance during Covid19

Stories are a funny thing. For all the talk us writers speak of building strong narratives and honing our craft, it’s strange to remember that our efforts are only half the equation to an audience falling in love with a story. The other half is…

      [aesop_chapter title=”The Day It Happened ” bgtype=”img” full=”on” img=”http://jolineblais.net/nmd343/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/f2debb4a0b29f86ccffcf9f5a60bc4c0.jpg” video_autoplay=”play_scroll” bgcolor=”#888888″ maxheight=”300px” revealfx=”inplaceslow” overlay_revealfx=”off”]   [aesop_chapter title=”Chapter 1″ subtitle=”When Times Changed ” bgtype=”color” full=”on” img=”http://jolineblais.net/nmd343/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/f2debb4a0b29f86ccffcf9f5a60bc4c0.jpg” video_autoplay=”play_scroll” bgcolor=”#804040″ revealfx=”inplaceslow” overlay_revealfx=”frombelow”]   It was just an average Wednesday and I was walking back to…

Will Robertson Is a Senior in the New media department at the University of Maine and for his Capstone, he made a program in MAX MSP to create music for video game   The Capstone: Since Will had a combined interest in gaming and music…

  [aesop_chapter title=”Business as Usual” bgtype=”img” full=”on” img=”http://jolineblais.net/nmd343/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/UMAINE14.jpg” video_autoplay=”play_scroll” bgcolor=”#888888″ maxheight=”300px” revealfx=”inplaceslow” overlay_revealfx=”off”] Across the desk there was a collage of notes; room checks due, meeting at 7, project due Thursday… The stack of paper on my desk was nearly an inch thick. On top…

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Tyler D’Ambrosio is a third year student at the University of Maine with a primary area of study in New Media with a concentration in Film. He is also pursuing a minor in English with a concentration in Creative Writing. Originally from Upstate New York,…

Chapter 7: Great Expectations                   ♒  ♑  ♐  ♏  ♎  ♍  ♌  ♋  ♊  ♉  ♈  ♓   “My, you’ve improved.” Eleanor ignored the compliment and lunged the tip of her blade forward. It was parried away with childlike ease. A single strand of strawberry…

Description: We, the Heberts, are a four person middle class family from the small town of Scituate Massachusetts, consisting of a myself, two parents who’d been public school teachers all their lives, and Theresa. Our public high school had a reputation of churning out bright…

The Main Opponent in my story: Empress Tahereh [aesop_image img=”http://jolineblais.net/nmd343/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Empress-Tahereh.jpg” panorama=”off” align=”center” lightbox=”on” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”] The Hero: Aegleaca   [aesop_image img=”http://jolineblais.net/nmd343/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Final.jpg” panorama=”off” align=”center” lightbox=”on” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]    

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Ian Haddow is a senior at the University of Maine who is currently finishing degrees in New Media and Studio Art. He is set to graduate in May of 2020. Ian was born and raised in Old Town, Maine and has always been an active…

Media: Interviews: ID: 01 Age: 21 Major: Ecology Graduation Date: May 2020   1) Did you/ Do you have a New Year’s resolution? If so, what was/ what is it? And have you kept to it? Yes, “To not stop running” “And to keep on…

*I decided to change up what I’m going to do for my project compared to my proposal. I’m going to talk about my own experience with this and how it is affecting the people around me.* I was walking back to my dorm from my…

For my final project there will be a continually updated photo story. Project 6 will revolve around my experiences during the past month. Project 7 will revolve around the experiences of other college age students. Highlighting the similarities and differences. https://spark.adobe.com/page/CotYsUKXB7Wt9/

Starting my senior year I had not even a thought in my mind about some disease ending the year early, but neither did anyone else. I remember when this all started because one of my friends from home was studying abroad in Italy this semester.…

As a resident assistant, my primary responsibility is to ensure every student living in the dorm feels safe within our community on campus. My regular duties include sending emails regarding upcoming events, campus news, and acting as a resource for students. I am always available…

  Kristine sat at the dining room table, looking at the MacBook laptop in front of her. Her mind elsewhere, it’d only been a few weeks, three maybe four at the most, but it felt longer. Light steps could be heard coming down the stairs…

Stories are a funny thing. For all the talk us writers speak of crafting narratives and honing our craft, it’s strange to remember that our efforts are only half the equation to an audience falling in love with a story. The other half is the…

For my community project and final story I would like to tell my experience and story of staying up in Orono during the pandemic. I want to use my experiences as well as bring in stories from family and friends to show how different the…

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For project 6 I want to see how this chain of events has affected the people around me. What I want to do is ask family and friends a few simple questions and get their input on the situation and see how or what they…

For project 6, I believe a continually updated photo story would be able to capture the continually unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 pandemic. While my point of view is not unique in this situation, I feel that the commonality within the story I tell will…

Proposal Idea: Isolation: A Photo Journal For this project,  I want to use different mediums of documentation to generate a collage or a digital mural consisting of varying “day-in-the-life” views of being isolated with a state-wide lockdown in light of COVID-19 currently in place. These…

For my project I would like to recount and explore my personal experience dealing with the COVID 19 outbreak as an RA on campus. My job placed me in a unique position were I was responsible for the wellbeing of the residents living in the…

I think for my last project I want to do a photo story of how my city, the people, and the community are coping with the virus. It will include 10-15 photos taken with my DSLR camera. It could also be interesting to include a…

I have two different ideas for our Corona-virus related posts. One is a more standard exploration of how this isolation with my close family has effected my day to day, specifically through the lense of the food we’ve been eating. My other idea is how…

For the final project of this class, I’d like to be able to use some of the skills I’ve learned and the tools I’ve become aware of to bring more volume to the trilogy I’m writing. The Anatomy of a Story and how it’s broken…

For this community project, I would interview different people from different age groups and with different circumstances to give a more thorough picture of how COVID-19 is affecting, people. This will all be done remotely, due to social distancing. I will ask questions such as:…

As an update to this, I think I want to do another spark video with photos and art exploring what I do on a daily basis while doing school and work from home. Almost like a vlog of what my life is like, but more…

As I initially sat down with Andrew, I noticed how carefully he placed down his laptop and his project. The simple action showed how much work he put into it and how much he valued it. I could tell by the wires the breadboard attached…

Tate Yoder is a senior in the New Media program with specific interests in being able to create visual content, whether that’s photography, videography, or graphics. Right from the get-go, he wanted to use those to create a skillset that he could bring to a…

  [aesop_image img=”http://jolineblais.net/nmd343/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Peter-2.jpg” panorama=”off” align=”center” lightbox=”on” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]   Q’d Up, an Innovative New App for Sharing Spotify Play Lists When Pete Blangiardi and his friends hang out listening to music in his car, everyone has different songs they want to hear. Selecting…

When a student like Tanner says they are studying New Media, they could be talking about a multitude of things. New Media is not as specific or easily grasped as, say history or mathematics. While these degrees also have multiple aspects to them, New Media…

Wearing only a shirt in the cold but sunny March day, Matthew Marchewka can be classified as a typical Mainer. However, Matthew has Polish roots and was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He chose UMaine because he has relatives in Maine and also saw…

Interview with Bruce Wilson -by Robert Hebert On a Thursday afternoon in the university’s Still-water lab in Boardman hall I found one Bruce Wilson, twenty-one year old senior student and New Media Major, hard at work on his capstone project. The project?   An unnamed…

Most afternoons, Austin Thibeau can be found sitting in the IMRC working on homework or his capstone project, and researching recipes he could make at home and add to his virtual cookbook. Inspired by his interests in graphic design and baking, Austin is creating an…

      [aesop_chapter title=”Chapter One: The Visitor” bgtype=”img” full=”off” img=”http://jolineblais.net/nmd343/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/69016933_2827405087273643_3016435040415383552_n.jpg” video_autoplay=”play_scroll” bgcolor=”#888888″ revealfx=”frombelow” overlay_revealfx=”frombelow”] There once lived a little family, nestled in a cozy apartment on the 10th floor of a sky-high building in Taipei, Taiwan. A lofty apartment home with long deep hallways…

[aesop_chapter title=”Intro ” bgtype=”color” full=”on” video_autoplay=”play_scroll” bgcolor=”#0080c0″ revealfx=”fromleft” overlay_revealfx=”fromleft”] My Family usually never goes on vacations, but when the time comes that we are actually able to afford one is a huge treat. Is this short little story I am essentially going to give a…

[aesop_parallax img=”http://jolineblais.net/nmd343/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/timelapse-photography-of-vehicle-on-concrete-road-near-in-169677.jpg” parallaxbg=”on” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”off” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]   When James made his way back down to Massachusetts to visit a few clients, he decided to make a phone call.   Ring…Ring…Ring Making her way from one side of her condo toward the phone on…

      [aesop_image img=”http://jolineblais.net/nmd343/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/14045582_10153820468271305_24286417649976430_n.jpg” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”50%” align=”center” lightbox=”on” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”center” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”] The announcer began listing the finishers; “Ingalls, Ingalls, Ingalls…” The streak continued for several minutes. The audience chuckled, it appeared as if the race had been an excuse for a family reunion.…

    [aesop_image img=”http://jolineblais.net/nmd343/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/17650500-1.jpg” panorama=”off” align=”center” lightbox=”on” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]     [aesop_quote type=”block” background=”#ffffff” text=”#000000″ align=”center” size=”2″ quote=”To play the game is good, To win is better, But to love the game is best of all” cite=”Author Unknown” parallax=”off” direction=”left” revealfx=”off”]    …

[aesop_chapter title=”Leaving Home” bgtype=”img” full=”on” img=”http://jolineblais.net/nmd343/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/moving.jpg” video_autoplay=”play_scroll” bgcolor=”#88753b” minheight=”300px” maxheight=”300px” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”] The exact date I can’t remember but that day, I will never forget. Growing up in s small rural; town in Massachusetts I was used to a certain way of life, backyard playing…