Blog#7 Jiawei Zhu

The digital story “Overdue” made by Megan Troyer tells us that her passion on OSU and her respects to her professor Mr. Bob. She was born in Ohio and her parents also met at OSU. Her love to OSU almost can’t be described in words and ohio university is her blood. She mentioned that she is one of those who came and never left. She also took her dad’s entry job, as an officer in CIO. However, she begins her life in OSU is a position chief research engineering, she also believes that she can do that well. As most students do, she successfully graduated from that class. A man had a huge influence in her life, he is Dr.Bob. Although Dr. Bob will retire from his work, Megan still thinks that his spirit will affects her in her later career and she will take his responsibility as her rule. http://digitalstory.osu.edu/stories/personal/

To be honest, this is an almost perfect digital story for me. Her purpose is clear as her mentioned at the beginning of the story, Ohio state university is in her blood. The story is interesting. Through her words, I can feel her passion and enthusiasm with this school. Her voice is nice enough and very soft that can be an attractive point. The connection between image and voice is also very perfect. For example, when she said ‘ I finally graduated, it appears a cartoon which has a graduated student in it. When she said, the next statement for Dr. Bob can be described as retirement, it appears a setting sun picture which has a meaning of missing and passing. The use of implicit and explicit pictures are very good.