We Wake, We Write | a reflective portfolio of multimedia student writing at Wake Forest University

Reflection on Project 4: Multimedia Writing about Political Science

Our final project together presented the three of us with the challenge to adapt an academic essay into a video geared toward a public audience. Though we were building off of Project three, at least two of us would have to take on a completely new project. As a group we chose to use Scott’s…

How to Write Like an Anthropologist

As we turned in our Project 3’s and suddenly realized that we had somehow made it to Project 4, it was worry rather than relief that filled our minds. How would we pick which Project 3 to convert into a video? What are we even going to include in our video? How can we have…

How to Write like an Economist: Lexis and Structure

We decided to video-adapt Paul Holland’s Project 3, which focuses on three of Professor Flanagan’s texts (academic research, an op-ed, and a National Science Foundation research proposal) in order to understand the rhetorical strategies and patterns utilized in academic economic writing. We specifically chose his essay due to the relevancy of the subject in the…

How to Write Like a Film Studies Scholar: A Reflection of Adapting Mediums

For the first step in our project ” How to Writer Like a Film Studies Scholar”, we sat down and discussed which paper we wanted to create into a video. Even though the overall organization and diction of Caroline’s paper was smoother, we ultimately decided on Katherine’s paper. First, we thought it would be visually…

Challenges That Chinese International Students Face When Accepting and Choosing Identities

Project four felt like adapting an original screenplay, something our group members had previously never done before. What was most special about this process was the individual journey we all took to create the final product we were all proud of. We all brought unique backgrounds to the table that enabled us to add effective…

Adapting The Experience Of A Female Collegiate Athlete From Paper To Screen: A Reflection

How do you turn a piece of writing into a film? Where do we even begin? These were our first questions when approaching this project, and what made us grateful that we would have three minds working on the answers. I, Alex, was apprehensive, especially after our group decided to adapt my autoethnography. As a…

Looking Back on Social Media’s Impact on Generation Z

After reviewing everyone’s auto ethnographies, we all agreed that Rachel’s story would be the best on to adapt into a video since it was very relatable. Not only did all of our group relate to Rachel’s story, but we also felt like it would be easy for other students to relate. It also gave us…

Reflection of Autoethnography of a Female International Student-Athlete

This was definitely an interesting process, never made a video for a class so I was very skeptical, honestly I think I am more of a writing a paper kind of guy. Technology somewhat interfered with my group. Sophie was the only one who knew how to work with imovie and had it on her…

A Reflection of a Boarding School Graduate

Like any and all group projects ours definitely came with its challenges and successes. As a group we chose to turn Piper’s auto ethnography into a video because we believed her experience was both unique and interesting. Using our time wisely, we believe that we turned her essay into a captivating digital piece showing the…

State Divided: An Autoethnography of Basketball Fans in the Bluegrass State

Caroline’s Reflection Throughout this project, I have seen all of the skills that have been taught throughout this course as one cohesive effort, such as balancing “they say” and “I say”, the importance of drafting and revision, and the importance of research and developing an argument. This project was different than the projects that we…