Tag: Digital Storytelling

  • Nesting: Just Flew The Coop

    Nesting: Just Flew The Coop

    The process of cultivating a comfortable home is known as nesting. This podcast is made for first-time renters or new homeowners living away from their families. Bryce Graham interviews his housemate and friend to gain perspective of what it’s like to make a home away from home. Podcast produced by Bryce Graham for Prof. Kimberly…

  • SkateHouse

    SkateHouse

    Interviews with experienced TV and film actors give advice to aspiring actors. Through an interview with a mentor and good friend, actors can learn from their life experiences what auditioning for roles, playing roles and balancing that with carrying a family is like. An aspiring actor can also learn what the mindset of an actor…

  • Life Before and During COVID: ‘Nothing Would Be The Same After This’

    Life Before and During COVID: ‘Nothing Would Be The Same After This’

    The breakout of COVID-19 turned everything upside down and no one knew what to prepare for. This pandemic showed the worst of customers getting frustrated with the pandemic and taking their anger out on retail workers. Produced by Diana Mirakaj for her Digital Storytelling class.  Edited and packaged by Norma Brickner littlerebellion · Life Before…

  • Resetting Cultural Resets

    Resetting Cultural Resets

    Cultural resets in pop culture have a long-lasting impact on society. Iconic looks, music and film that have a long-term impact on society have changed the course of the future. Lady Gaga’s iconic meat dress pushed boundaries and made a very big political statement referencing her “The Prime Rib of America” speech encouraging not to…

  • “Brooklyn”- A Student’s Powerful Story

    “Brooklyn”- A Student’s Powerful Story

    By Kelly Zhang SUNY New Paltz student Kelly Zhang puts together a composition for Kimberly Ruth’s Spring 2019 Digital Storytelling “The Brooklyn video was an idea that came to me after my study abroad in London. I was traveling around Europe and people just assumed that I was from Asia.  I remember landing at the…

  • Memories: A Nostalgic Student-Made Film

    Memories: A Nostalgic Student-Made Film

    By Joshua Joyner SUNY New Paltz student Joshua Joyner puts together a composition for Kimberly Ruth’s Spring 2019 Digital Storytelling class to evoke viewers’ feelings of nostalgia through eerie music and visuals.

  • Admiration: A Journey to Self Love

    Admiration: A Journey to Self Love

    By Erika Wadleigh SUNY New Paltz student Erika Wadleigh produces a short video for Kimberly Ruth’s Spring 2019 Digital Storytelling class about grappling with insecurities and learning to embrace them with love.

  • The Great Rug Robbery

    The Great Rug Robbery

    By Henry Mandel Warning: This video contains strong language, consumption of alcohol and drug use. This may not be suitable for younger audiences. Discretion advised. A SUNY New Paltz student-made film by Henry Mandel for Kimberly Ruth’s Spring 2019 Digital Storytelling class. Students in Ruth’s class were tasked to experiment with different techniques they learned…

  • My Test: Jacob Carter’s Wilderness Shelter

    My Test: Jacob Carter’s Wilderness Shelter

    If you found yourself stranded in the middle of the forest, would you know how to survive? Any wilderness expert will tell you the first thing to do is build a shelter, but it’s a skill known by fewer and fewer young people in an age where the closest the average teenager gets to the…

  • My Test: Mercedes Ortiz’s Seven-Day Vegan Challenge

    My Test: Mercedes Ortiz’s Seven-Day Vegan Challenge

    As a college student, eating healthy is very challenging. Because of a busy life between work and school many students end up eating large amounts of fast food and junk food. In an effort to pay more attention to what she eats, Mercedes Ortiz participated in a Seven-Day Vegan Challenge as part of Professor Lisa…

  • Dungeons and Dragons at New Paltz

    Dungeons and Dragons at New Paltz

    Four college students from SUNY New Paltz tell their stories and experiences surrounding Dungeons and Dragons. They discuss the stereotypes associated with the game with Samantha Pritchard, Heather Handler and Josh Govier, students of Professor Lisa Phillips’ fall 2014 Digital Storytelling class. For more Digital Storytelling videos: In a project for Professor Lisa Phillips’ fall…

  • Epic Glee Club at New Paltz

    Epic Glee Club at New Paltz

    For the past two years Epic Glee Club has been voted by SUNY New Paltz as the best club on campus, but what is it about this club that makes it so special?  For Professor Lisa Phillips’ fall 2014 Digital Storytelling class, students Kelsey Fluery, Jacob Carter and Jennifer Hussein take a look in, get…

  • Skating at New Paltz

    Skating at New Paltz

    In a project for Professor Lisa Phillips’ fall 2014 Digital Storytelling class, Jaydree Scott, Kelly Seiz and Nathaniel Sheidlower take a close look at the skateboarding scene on campus. Five featured skaters shed light on the sense of community involved in skateboarding at SUNY New Paltz and beyond. Watch them describe the camaraderie and dedication…

  • Video of the Week: Mitt Romney’s 47% Comment

    Video of the Week: Mitt Romney’s 47% Comment

    Students react to Mitt Romney’s 47% comment Question of the Week: How does Romney’s 47 percent comment affect your view of the election? from Journalism One on Vimeo.

  • My Test by Dylan Gerety: Media Blackout

    My Test by Dylan Gerety: Media Blackout

    Dylan Gerety challenges himself against technology in a 72 hour experiment without any cell phones, television, video games, or Internet. Media Blackout: Life Disconnected from Dylan Gerety on Vimeo. Check out more documented journeys: Kelsey Lang leaves the comfort of her home in New Paltz  to explore the beauty of nature that is right in…

  • My Test by Kelsey Lang: Crossing the River

    My Test by Kelsey Lang: Crossing the River

    Kelsey Lang leaves the comfort of her home in New Paltz  to explore the beauty of nature that is right in front of her nose. Check out more documented journeys: Dylan Gerety challenges himself against technology in a 72 hour experiment without any cell phones, television, video games, or Internet. Sabrina Ross struggles finding a…

  • My Test by Monica Hertz: Quarter Life Crisis

    My Test by Monica Hertz: Quarter Life Crisis

    Monica Hertz, like many other college students, worries about internship applications and wonders if the benefits of such an experience are worthwhile. Check out more  documented journeys: Dylan Gerety challenges himself against technology in a 72 hour experiment without any cell phones, television, video games, or Internet. Sarah Fine faces the truth of her shopaholic…

  • My Test by Lorren Kassel: Post Grad?

    My Test by Lorren Kassel: Post Grad?

    Lorenn Kassel is about to graduate, but questions the path of her future once she leaves SUNY New Paltz with a degree. Check out more  documented journeys: Dylan Gerety challenges himself against technology in a 72 hour experiment without any cell phones, television, video games, or Internet. Kelsey Lang leaves the comfort of her home…