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Today is a day filled with excitement! As of today, I have completed my Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing degree program at Full Sail University. This journey has been absolutely amazing. I look forward to stepping out into the real world and utilizing the skills I have obtained through this program. I hope you enjoy my reflection video!
Attention everyone! My time at Full Sail University is swiftly coming to a close. As I prepare to graduate with my MFA in Creative Writing, I am proud to announce that I am officially a writer!
Week Four Reflection Video Advanced Visual Storytelling.
Hi everyone! Week four of my Advanced Visual Storytelling course has come to a close. I am very please with the outcome of my final short film, A Sacrifice for Truth. Check out this video, which briefly discusses my journey this week. Hope you enjoy!
A Sacrifice for Truth Final Production.
Hi everyone! After a few edits and final views I have completed my short film. I present to you, A Sacrifice for Truth. I hope you enjoy!
Hi everyone! Week three of my Advanced Visual Storytelling course has come to a close here at Full Sail University Online. This is just a brief recap of this week's journey in developing my first rough cut. I hope that you enjoy!
Hi everyone,
This week in my Advanced Visual Storytelling course, we were to complete our rough cut of our short film. I hope that you enjoy my short film A Sacrifice for Truth. I am pleased with the direction thus far and look forward to completing the final project. Stay tuned!
Best,
Lekisha Young
A Sacrifice for Truth Director’s Treatment.
Hi everyone! This week in my Advanced Visual Storytelling class, we created out Director’s Treatment for our short film. This treatment serves as a simple pitch for my film’s production. I hope you enjoy!
Advanced Visual Storytelling Week 2 - Personal Reflection Video.
Hi everyone! Week two has come to an end in my Advanced Visual Storytelling Course at Full Sail University. In this video I will share some of the things I have worked on and will work on during this upcoming week. Hope you enjoy!
Reflection on Week One - Advanced Visual Storytelling Course - Full Sail University
Hi everyone,
This week has been both rewarding and challenging. I hope that you enjoy this video reflecting upon this week’s lessons and assignments.Â
Best,
Lekisha Young
A Sacrifice For Truth - Short Film Script (Updated).
Greetings everyone!
This week in my AVS course I developed a scene from one of my previous scripts into a one minute short film. After receiving some valuable feedback, I made a few changes to the script. Below I have posted my updated version. I look forward to developing this into a short film. I now present A Sacrifice For Truth, a short film.
A Sacrifice for Truth
This week in my Advanced Visual Storytelling Course at Full Sail, we are focusing on taking a scene from a developed script and turning it into a short one minute film. Below, I have posted my first draft of the script for A Sacrifice for Truth. Feel free to leave feedback as I am sure it will help with the development of my script. I hope you enjoy it.Â
Reflecting on my Multimedia Adaptation Course at Full Sail University.
As my Multimedia Adaptation course at Full Sail University comes to an end, I have to say that it was both challenging yet enjoyable. During this course, I was afforded the opportunity to adapt the well-known story The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry. I decided to format this story as a short film with a contemporary approach. With this, I changed the characters to be between the ages of 20-24. I also placed them in a college setting to assist with captivating my target audience of youth ages 18-30. I found this to be challenging because it is tough to create a romance film for this age group that is appealing enough to engage them. Therefore, I included issues that relate to the target audience such as financial issues and lack of transportation. Such works correlate with my writing career as they provide an opportunity to use my creativity to remaster classic films into media that would interest our youth. Another problem I found with adaptation is making sure that you do not recreate the film exactly how it was originally written. To alleviate this issue, I chose to focus on presenting the story with the foundation of the main characters giving each other gifts that are deemed useless. With this foundation, I was able to keep the essence of the original story without keeping every aspect. This opened up an opportunity to be very creative with the narrative of the script. Overall, I have to say I enjoyed adapting The Gift of the Magi. I look to add the skill of creating adaptations of books to film or comics in my future career endeavors. Also, below I have attached an ad to promote my adaptation of The Gift of the Magi known as The Greatest Gift. I look to add the trailer for this film to my Tumblr account once Tropical Storm Alberto has passed and I am able to upload.
Best,
Lekisha Young
Gamification and Media Convergence
Greetings everyone,
 As our Writing for Games course comes to a close, I have to say I have discovered quite a bit of information pertaining to the process of writing for games as well as the programing required to produce them. This week, our focus is on gamification and media convergence. Through my research, I have found that “gamification is the process of adding games or game elements to everyday tasks to encourage more participation”. (Gamification, n.d.).  Media Convergence is a term that refers to, “the transformation of industries and work practices into new forms of content.” (Flew, 2017). Post learning what gamification and media conversion consists of, I realized how we interact with these processes in our everyday lives.
 One example of gamification I use in my classroom is Kahoot. Although I teach on the collegiate level, I am a firm believer in including student interactive games in my course curriculum. This is something that has proven to improve my student’s retention of information. Kahoot includes multiple game elements. One of which is the variables of the point system, giving players an opportunity to gain points in a competitive manner. The game can include questions pertaining to any topics that the creator of the game wishes to include, which in my case pertain to art history and basic fundamentals of art. The players compete individually or in teams to be gain the most points and be awarded a trophy from Kahoot. I also throw in extra points for the winning team on certain occasions.
 Another example I come into contact with daily is the banking reward system. With many banks such as BB&T, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo, clients have the option to gain certain awards for purchases. This could be in the form of cash back, travel points, or discounts on various items. The inclusion of the reward showcases the inclusion of gamification in the common task of making purchases. The rewards from purchases encourage the public to make more consume more products in an attempt to gain more rewards.
 A great example of media convergence would be my favorite thing to watch, Netflix. Through Netflix, I now have access to various movies and T.V by way of the internet. Initially, without media convergence, we would be confined to watch only what is available through cable networks. However, with the integration of the internet with cable networks, we now have access to the same movies and television shows without the standard cable bill. This has created the world of internet streaming for television and movies. This new media form from the convergence of internet and television broadcasting has created an easy way of enjoying the daily task of watching our favorite TV shows and movies anywhere.
References:
 Flew, T. (2017, August 17). Media convergence. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/topic/media-convergence
Gamification. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/gamification
Effective Branding Examples
As a writer and designer, I know that brand is everything when it comes to marketing your work. Both design and writing go hand in hand to create the feel you want your target audience to experience when they encounter your brand. Skydance Media, Dream Works, and Lionsgate films all have brands that assist them in standing out from the rest. I chose to examine these three brands due to their productions in the genres that correlate with my style of writing.
Skydance Media was founded in 2010 and has produced films such as Mission Impossible, World War Z, and Geostorm. Sundance Films produces many action, sci-fi, and thriller productions, which is showcased in the visual aspects of their brand. The logo treatment is used for Sundance Media utilizes a warm gradient that produces the feel of a sunrise. Throughout any of their advertisements, this company utilizes this color scheme to bring cohesiveness to their brand. The use of these colors provides the feel of something new forthcoming be it scientific advancements such as Geostorm, or warfare such as World War Z. Such assist their brands in standing out from the rest, making it effective in generating the feel that they want their audience to experience.
Dream Works, founded in 1994 is known for its youthful productions for kids and families. Their brand provides a youthful approach via its logo as well as the name of the company. The logo, comprised of a moon and a child sitting on it, providing the feel of a dream. The simplicity assists in giving the viewer the feeling of imagination, as the child is interchangeable as well as the color scheme used, which is contingent upon the movie that is being produced. However, regardless of the interchanging elements of the logo, the original logo stands out from any other and provides viewers with the feeling of dreaming and creating. The brand effectively reaches its target audience and provides them with a memorable feeling specific to Dream Works.Â
Lionsgate Films, founded in 1997 has created their brand utilizing a more simplistic approach for their modern logo, which has evolved from the use of the lion. Though many people view the Lionsgate to include the opening of the locked vault door, that is just the introduction to the viewing of the logo treatment. The use of a more simplistic approach not only leads viewers to focus more on the message of intensity and imagination of what is to come from the film produced. As they create films for a number of genres, the logo treatment stands alone without showcasing any aspects of the film. The logo’s ability to stand alone proves to be an element of an effective brand due to its ability to be recognized by their target audience. The Lionsgate brand is one that does not require much yet provides the feel for their target audience that leaves a lasting mark.
Episodic and Serial Writing Recap. Full Sail University Online.
Hi everyone,
During the month of January, I had the pleasure of completing my Episodic and Serial Writing course at Full Sail University Online. My focus for this month was writing for the web series and completing the pilot webisode. At first, I was somewhat skeptical of writing in this style. I felt it was impossible to create an engaging story in six to seven minutes. Also, the thought of having to write the entire series at once frightened me. Â However, after I completed my first draft I realized that this is something that I have to capitalize on.
Week one involved becoming acclimated with the format of the webisode, which is somewhat similar to the format of a television episode. The format of the webisode follows the three-act structure, which shows the conflict between characters as it escalates throughout the series. Writing in this format was familiar, as I used this structure in previous pieces. However, the conflict within a web series escalates in a much shorter time frame. Writing for such assisted me in eliminating the habit of being a long-winded writer.
Weeks two and three covered the completion of the beat sheet and a draft pilot script for our web series. This required some research for me as I have no clue what a beat sheet was. However, in the article Beat Sheets and How to Use Them by Matt Lazarus, “a beat sheet is an inventory of the key moments that exist in your script.  They are commonly used after the script is written.” (Lazarus, 2017). Gaining this knowledge was a key asset as I now have a way to organize my thoughts prior to constructing the actual script. After completing my beat sheet, I continued to week three and developed my pilot script. During this time, the bulk of the knowledge I obtained came after I reviewed the work of my peers. Through analyzing their work, I learned to do a more detailed analysis of my script. This helped me to recognize more grammatical and formatting errors that I may have missed. I also realized that my dialogue could be enhanced by eliminating unnecessary words such as “well”.
I have to admit this is something I could see myself doing forever. I have always been passionate about creative writing. Being able to paint a picture visually using only words is something that I have always felt I was called to do. Also, being a visual artist and a creative writer somewhat assists me in holistically creating books and films. My goal is to become a contracted writer for independent films and eventually start my television own network. Â In order to make this a reality, I will be entering into several short film contests this year and next year. I will also be completing my first pilot script for the T.V series A Crime Worth Committing, which I will submit to Amazon Studios for possible production.
 Lazarus, Matt. “Beat sheets and how to use them.” Storycoaching, 27 Aug. 2017, thestorycoach.net/2013/12/30/what-is-a-beat-sheet-and-how-do-i-use-one/.
Hello everyone,Â
I have now begun my Script Analysis and Criticism course at Full Sail University. For this week’s Mastery Journal, we were asked to post the three photos that will serve as reminders of what we can currently use our creative writing skills for.  As I am currently employed as an Adjunct Professor of Art, illustrator and graphic designer at my own small business, and data collector under a grant-funded program, I could use my skills to create textbooks, start my children’s book series, and write grants. These images will serve as constant reminders of these goals.Â
Character Pinterest Boards
Hi everyone,
We are now diving into creating our characters for our Character Development course at Full Sail University. I am now creating Pinterest boards for my story’s protagonist and antagonist. This is a quick and easy way to show what they are interested and who they are as individuals. Feel free to check out the links below!
https://www.pinterest.com/lekisha0164/protagonist-erika-reed/
https://www.pinterest.com/lekisha0164/antagonist-ryan-james/