Gabriella DiazPost 9: The Magic of Post-ItsYou know, sometimes I’m grateful for online school. I don’t have to worry about my outfit, I can get a snack when I’m hungry, but most of…5 min read·May 9, 2021----
Gabriella DiazinWriting 150 Spring 2021Post 8: On Fourth Wall BreaksI don’t know about you, but I feel like I’ve seen a lot of fourth wall breaks in comedy these last few years. Of course, this technique has…3 min read·May 9, 2021----
Gabriella DiazPost 7: The Screens of the Past & De-Aging During COVID-19This pandemic has been tough for everyone, but it’s also brought a ton of people more in touch with themselves. All of those months locked…4 min read·May 9, 2021----
Gabriella DiazinWriting 150 Spring 2021Post 6: “Epic Rap Battles of History” & Why I Can Never Escape The Effects of Two Rapping White…One fateful night in 2012, I was on Skype (remember that?) with a friend of mine. We’d been on Skype for a few hours by this point, and I…4 min read·May 9, 2021----
Gabriella DiazinWriting 150 Spring 2021WP4Escaping the Room That is This Semester & Figuring Out My Own Brain5 min read·May 8, 2021----
Gabriella DiazPost 5: The Difficulties of Recreating A Scene That’s Already Been Done Before By Professional…Recently, I was given an assignment for my cinematography elective to recreate a scene from a film, TV show, or commercial. It sounded like…4 min read·May 8, 2021----
Gabriella DiazPost 4: The Love of My Life, Stella the CarA few weeks ago, I decided to drive seven hours up to Portland, Maine to pick up my older sister so she could spend some time with the…5 min read·Apr 11, 2021----
Gabriella DiazinWriting 150 Spring 2021WP 2: Project FEELFor my WP 2, I decided to hone in on a selection of five films I have made in the past few years, three from 2018 and two from 2020. Not…1 min read·Mar 7, 2021----
Gabriella DiazinWP 2: Project FEELFilm as an Explanation: “Bulletproof” (2018) and “Saying Goodbye” (2020)Inspired by the gun control movement following the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Parkland, Florida, Bulletproof (2018)…5 min read·Mar 7, 2021----
Gabriella DiazinWP 2: Project FEELFilm as a Language: “Guilt” (2018) and “you” (2020)Guilt (2018) and you (2020) are similar to my previous post about Film as an Explanation, but with an extra degree of separation from…4 min read·Mar 7, 2021----