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FUNC Radio: The FUNKiest Production On Campus

Image generated using Wix AI Assistant When we think "Lights, Camera, Action!" so often we forget about the "Lights, Camera... " part- let alone the "Research, Scripts, Editing, Audio, Wiring, Broadcasting, Graphics, Lights, Camera, Action!" ... Perhaps that just doesn't roll off the tounge as well. I think the mark of producing any piece of Art is that there is 3 times the number of people behind the piece of art than are featured in it. For Furman's FUNC radio, this reign

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6 days ago3 min read

Droning On: My First Flight

My Experience Learning to Fly a DJI Mini 2 and a DJI Mavic 2 Pro I, Ellen Shipman, refuse to live up to stereotypes- no matter how perfectly they apply to me. Therefore when I realized that flying drones in Digital Storytelling was basically a high stakes video game, requiring both the ability to drive and understand directions, I knew I was screwed. However, I am proud to say that I overcame my lack of hand eye coordination, and successfully flew not one but TWO drones! (A

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Nov 193 min read

Learning the Ropes of Premier Pro: Software That Puts the PRO in Project.

By: Ellen Shipman This Article is on the process of Filming, Editing, and Producing my PSA. Here is the link to my Project! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGksfjTU0CI Project Overview 60% of adolescents from 12-24 experience "test anxiety", 35% if which experience it to the point that it hinders their academic success. The kicker? 71% have never sought any kind of help. What resources can we use to prevent this from occurring, or stop this anxiety from spreading to the

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Nov 104 min read

Serious Challenges of Creating the Silliest Show: How “Clown Show” an Unscripted, Unblocked, and Unspoken Play Came to Be

By: Ellen Shipman Here's the link to my Podcast on this Furman Original Show! https://soundcloud.com/ellen-shipman-903127906/clown-show-p...

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Sep 292 min read

Creating My Personal Brand

Most people my age have a pretty strong online presence, so you can imagine my surprise when I googled myself to find that I am as close to a digital ghost as you can get in 2025. I had no digital footprint- apart from a singular picture of me in my prom dress posted by my sorority post-recruitment. The rest of the photos under the name "Ellen Shipman" were of a long dead gardener, famous for her structural landscapes. Was this terrible news? No, neither was it shocking. I'v

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Sep 144 min read