Poe and the Media

In English class, we are going to have oral presentations over authors we've studied this year. Our assignment was to research an author's influence on a topic of our choosing. We then had to create an oral presentation with a multimedia presentation to accompany it (again of our choosing). It was very much a free-form assignment.

The topic I chose was Edgar Allan Poe's influence on film, television, and movies. I decided to create a video montage with clips from movies and TV shows that were inspired by his works. There is also an orchestra piece in the background that was influenced by Poe as well. I am very proud of my work.

Hopefully, if I've got my HTML tags right, that was my video. If the video did not work, here is the link. In it was works such as Tim Burton and Buena Vista's Vincent, FOX's The Following, Relativity Media's The Raven, American International Pictures House of Usher, and Colombia Picture's The Tell-Tale Heart (which was the first cartoon to ever receive and X rating, fun fact).

The orchestra piece is Turangalîla-Symphonie, composed by Messiaen.

All works were either based on or inspired by Poe's works.

I was very interested in this project and I'm happy with how it turned out.
Hannah Renea

Writing Again

Personal Project is a major assessment that IB 10th graders do throughout the year. We basically got to choose our own assignment, create a product, and write an essay about it.

My project was writing a story, and I began to rewrite Assignment, my story I started in 2011.

This project has gotten me back on track when it comes to writing. I'm very excited to finally return to my beloved characters and work on this story.

So far, I am on chapter 7, and it's about 30 pages long.

It feels good to return to my passion. I've missed it.
Hannah Renea

Hello again

So recently people have been coming up to me and saying "Hey, Hannah, I read your blog." Which is awesome. And random, since I haven't posted in a while.

Nonetheless, I think I should get back into blogging again. Hello everyone!

The last time I posted, I wrote about homecoming. It really has been a while.

In the meantime, quite a few things have happened.

• I learned that local honey is the best allergy medicine.
• I finished Personal Project and got a pretty good grade on it.
• I started hanging out with some of the juniors, and they're pretty awesome.
• I got rejected at the blood drive...twice.
• I am almost done with sophomore year.
• If I play my cards right, I might be able to take two foreign languages next year. (Crossing my fingers on that one!)

To all old viewers and new viewers too, I think I'll be posting more often now. Thank you for sticking around!
Hannah Renea