Thursday, May 1, 2014

Life on the Homefront: DMP2 Remix

This is the polished version of my final copy of Life on the Homefront. A few details have been changed from the original, but nothing significant. I hope you enjoy! 

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Sunday, April 27, 2014

Life on the Homefront, Remixed Remix

After meeting with my teachers and presenting the last video to the class, I took their suggestions and made a lot of changes to my video. If I had more time I could make all the little changes they suggested, but seeing as the end of the semester is so near, this will have to do for now. Let me know what you think! 

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Monday, April 14, 2014

DMP2 Final Draft: Life on the Home Front

This is the link for my final draft of my DMP2 video. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6stZs-GcjM&feature=youtu.be

Life on the Home Front is a short video which uses images and videos to tell a story from the point of view of the women who had to stay behind while their husbands were drafted to serve in World War II. Most of the images and all video clips were taken from the Texas A&M University-Commerce library, in the Historical ET Collection within the Northeast Texas Digital Collections. The images feature people from East Texas as well as some personal family photographs from my family's collection. The videos feature Ms. Jeannette Foust and Ms. Allene Hulen, two women whose husbands served in the U.S. military during World War II.

This video was created for the class to which this blog is dedicated, ENG 333, Advanced Writing: Non-Fiction. The class is led by Dr. Carter and intended to retell the story of some aspect of local history.

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I chose to focus on World War II and what life must have been like for the women at home because I was strongly influenced by my great-grandmother, Naomi Webb. She was born in 1919 and passed away in 2008. She used to babysit my brother and I while my mother went to college, and she would talk about her family frequently, though she had already outlived most of them. She told us stories about the cotton-gin her father owned and how it burned down twice. She told us that during the Depression they were still doing well enough to not feel the pinch and how when her family bought a new living room suit for Christmas she was embarrassed that the teacher told her whole class. My great-grandmother also told us that she was married to Melbourn Webb, who was deployed in Europe during World War II. He was a mean drunk when he did drink, and he abused her and her two children (my grandfather and great-uncle). She was fortunate to be granted a divorce during the war, since he was a soldier, and she called him "that old devil" instead of Melbourn. 

Melbourn Webb was discharged--neither honorably nor dishonorably--for shooting his gun into the air while the troops were marching between posts. He had gotten angry about the orders he had been given and had nearly given away their position, so they sent him home. 

Because of the stories my great-grandmother told me, I find this era of American history very fascinating, and I wanted to share a piece of it through this video. I hope you enjoy. 

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

DMP2 Rough Draft

Here is the link for my Rough Draft of DMP2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPd_qi6nfd0&feature=youtu.be

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

DMP1 video on YouTube

This link should take you to YouTube to view the video I made from the images on my DMP1 project. I also included the video here just in case. 

English 333 first video project. 

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Question 11: Resources and Creative Rights

“WAAC and ASTP Students.” 1944. Digital Collections: Historic ET Collection. Jpg. January 30, 2014.
This source is Fair Use because it is available in the University digital archives. This image was made available to students and people who access the library of Texas A&M University-Commerce. I believe this image is Fair Use because it is easily accessible by the public. This source is also Fair Use because the image was intended for educational use.

"World War II Victory Parade" Historic ET Collection. Northeast Texas Digital Collections, James G. Gee Library, Texas A&M University-Commerce. 08/1945.
This source is Fair Use because it is available in the University digital archives. This image was made available to students and people who access the library of Texas A&M University-Commerce. I believe this image is Fair Use because it is easily accessible by the public. This source is also Fair Use because the image was intended for educational use.

"ASTP Cadet Napping in Jeep" Historic ET Collection, Northeast Texas Digital Collections, James G. Gee Library, Texas A&M University-Commerce. 1943.
This source is Fair Use because it is available in the University digital archives. This image was made available to students and people who access the library of Texas A&M University-Commerce. I believe this image is Fair Use because it is easily accessible by the public. This source is also Fair Use because the image was intended for educational use.

"Flag Ceremony 1944" Historic ET Collection, Northeast Texas Digital Collections, James G. Gee Library, Texas A&M University-Commerce. 1944.
This source is Fair Use because it is available in the University digital archives. This image was made available to students and people who access the library of Texas A&M University-Commerce. I believe this image is Fair Use because it is easily accessible by the public. This source is also Fair Use because the image was intended for educational use.

"ASTP Students in Class" Historic ET Collection, Northeast Texas Digillecitions, James G. Gee Library. Texas A&M University-Commerce. 1943 or 1944.
This source is Fair Use because it is available in the University digital archives. This image was made available to students and people who access the library of Texas A&M University-Commerce. I believe this image is Fair Use because it is easily accessible by the public. This source is also Fair Use because the image was intended for educational use.

Webb, Naomi. Kids Wear Warbonnets. c.1950. Belott, TX.
This image is from the personal collection of my family. It is not officially licensed with any creative rights at this time. If it were it would be under the creative commons with the tag which requires users to provide credit to the owner of the material, the Watts family.
Webb, Naomi. Playing Outside. c. 1950. Belott, TX. 
This image is from the personal collection of my family. It is not officially licensed with any creative rights at this time. If it were it would be under the creative commons with the tag which requires users to provide credit to the owner of the material, the Watts family.

Watts, Wendy. Verniece and Buster. c. 1942. San Antonio, Texas.
This image is from the personal collection of my family. It is not officially licensed with any creative rights at this time. If it were it would be under the creative commons with the tag which requires users to provide credit to the owner of the material, the Watts family.

"Give 'em the stuff to fight with" Historical ET Collection, Northeast Texas Digital Collections, James G. Gee Library, Texas A&M University-Commerce. 1942.
This source is Fair Use because it is available in the University digital archives. This image was made available to students and people who access the library of Texas A&M University-Commerce. I believe this image is Fair Use because it is easily accessible by the public. This source is also Fair Use because the image was intended for educational use.

“ASTP Students with Resting Lion.” 1944. Digital Collections: Historic ET Collection. Jpg. January 30, 2014.
This source is Fair Use because it is available in the University digital archives. This image was made available to students and people who access the library of Texas A&M University-Commerce. I believe this image is Fair Use because it is easily accessible by the public. This source is also Fair Use because the image was intended for educational use.