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The use of the wire recorder, a now obsolete form of audio technology that used steel wire for magnetic recordings gave the performance an authentic touch. By using this method, everything felt closer to the reality of what occurred in the past. Say Something Bunny! plays with what true memory is, preserving narrative details from source material and fictionalizing the rest. Created by Alison S. M. Kobayashi ,  Say Something Bunny!  is an archaeological dig into the lives of a family from Woodmere, New York. The performance focuses on listening to this audio recording together, assisted by a transcription of the audio recording. Throughout, listeners can take pauses where insights, footnotes, interpretations, characterizations, discoveries, and revelations are shared with the audience. We follow the transcript, but we also become the people that we're listening to. It’s fiction and non-fiction. It’s using archives but also an active imagination by interpreting deepe...

The Haunted Library from Pakeeza Shabbir on Vimeo .

The film that I chose to analyze is Baby Driver because it is action packed, entertaining, and an amazing piece of filmography. The first scene is a brilliantly made sequence as it captured the most flawlessly made car chase/ bank robbery that I have seen. The first shot that is used is an establishing shot, this was applied to show the audience where the scene is taking place and medium close up to present four important characters. Also, we get a taste of the style that dominates the entire film, how action is synchronized with the music. This shot turns into an extreme close up of the wheel of a car.  The next shot cuts to a close up of a hand holding an iPod and selecting a track, this shot is vital to the story as it introduces us to the diegetic soundtrack. The camera then cuts to a shot off the door of the car and quickly pans up to the characters that are exiting the car. The car is painted a blood red which can connote danger to the audience. The camera then cuts to a m...

Project #2 Audio Interview! from Pakeeza Shabbir on Vimeo .

Every day as I leave my house to go to college, I am aware of the fact that I am leaving behind the serenity of my quiet neighborhood in Brooklyn. When I exit the 6-train station at 9 am, I remove my headphones and listen carefully. I am immediately hit with a wall of sound. There is a constant murmur, hollow and deep: the traffic. The siren. The garbage trucks. The taxi accelerating. The cars honking. The kid laughing. The click of heels. The cacophony of multiple languages: Spanish, English, Chinese, and Arabic. The sound of a businessman yelling into his iPhone. The couple arguing about where to eat. The loud, yet distant, sound of drills and construction. The subways rumbling beneath my feet. And another sound, irregular: the wind. It comes in gusts and the movement of crunchy leaves follows. Just listening gives me a strange feeling as if, for a few moments, my brain freezes. I hear snippets of conversations from my fellow students. There is never a pause, just constant nois...

Defineaplace_ShabbirPakeeza from Pakeeza Shabbir on Vimeo .

Creative activities have always drawn my attention, from a young age I would draw, color, and create! I enjoy the challenges which design presents and communicating my ideas as solutions. Over the last couple years, I have continuously striven to gain and improve my knowledge throughout all aspects of the web. This summer I had the opportunity to intern at the Microsoft building through the WiTNY program. I worked alongside other talented women and gained hands-on experience with coding and product design. I felt a bit of purpose while learning to code. This active participation in coding confirmed my passion for programming and I am confident about majoring in Emerging Media in order to reach my goals. I want to learn all aspects of digital media: graphic design, website design, photography & videography. Last year, I was able to create my own website from scratch and the satisfaction of building something and seeing it come to life is what makes Web Development really aw...