The Next Stage Of My Creative Journey

With graduation only a few weeks away, I have been reflecting on my time here at Wheaton and what’s to come in the future post graduation. As a Film and New Media student; I have studied the ever evolving landscape of digital storytelling and filmmaking, honed my skills and challenged myself as a creative. I […]

Creative Amateur VS. Creative Professional

I am currently a senior in college beginning to plan for my career afterwards in the film industry. I knew ahead of time that going towards this career path was going to be quite challenging. However, I was up to the challenge and all the obstacles I will inevitably have to overcome. After reading Death […]

Marketing to the Online Outsider: Comparing the Effect of A24’s Branded Persona to the Internet-Oriented Engagement of Bottoms (2023)

As arguably one of the most popular, digitally savvy production studios today, it’s evident that A24 knows what’s up when it comes to marketing to a 21st-century audience. Although the company releases a wide range of content, from coming-of-age films to experimental science fiction films to horror films, to TV shows, it has a devout […]

The Post-Grad Art Student Dilemma

Navigating post-graduate life is often daunting for art students, marked by the struggle for job security and self-doubt about the value of their degree. I explore my thoughts on it in this blog.

Adobe Max: Collaboration is Key

I attended the Adobe Max conference, and I was able to learn a lot about being a professional artist. I thought the sessions were a good platform to learn more about different fields of art and film as well as different artists’ perspectives. There was a lot of new information I learned through these sessions, […]

The Investments “Required” to Be an Artist

Being an artist is hard, at least for me. It can be overwhelming to realize all of the skills, time, and products it takes to become a professional artist. Especially for film, we need to be able to own cameras, writing software, editing software, and more, not to mention all of the time it takes […]

Navigating the Digital Landscape of Art: Embracing Change

“Art and technology have a complex yet significant history of working together and influencing one another. They have grown alongside each other in numerous ways to get to their current position in the world. In a digital era, they continually overlap and represent new concepts.” The Growing Relationship between Art and Technology As technology becomes […]

Social Media through Adobe MAX

A few weeks ago, our Film and New Media senior seminar cohort were tasked to attend the Adobe MAX conference to learn more about the industry and the types of careers we would like to pursue. As someone who has struggled with figuring out what type of career I would be pursuing post-Wheaton, going to […]

Learning, thinking, and joining the Industry (Adobe MAX)

On Tuesday October 18, I attended the Adobe Max online sessions. Due to the regular course schedule, as well as, required work load during the two days I was only able to attend my Tuesday schedule over the Wednesday (minus one online session and the sneaks). My schedule consisted of (all that I was able […]

A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one

I look at my decision as to why I decided to come to Wheaton over following my initial decision to pursue Art school. If I’m being honest, if it wasn’t for my scholarship (Posse Foundation), I wouldn’t be here. I would have accepted my offer to The New School – Parson (only other school I […]