Melanie Hamon
Spring 2021 Project
Communication: A Greater Analysis of Storytelling Through Mayuzumi's Bunraku
Bunraku
The step-by-step layout of the Bunraku project.
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The narrative story about the completion of the project - winner of the LAURE honorable mention. Select to read.
Bunraku
The short story written to correlate with the Bunraku composition.
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This project combined technical knowledge of the cello with writing talent to research the history of Toshiro Mayuzumi's cello composition Bunraku, compose a short story correlating with the piece, and perform an excerpt of the composition on the cello.
It won honorable mention for Miami University's annual LAURE award.
Recording:
Bunraku Theme
A performance of the first main theme in the piece. Hover to watch.
Recording: Character 1 Theme
A performance of the first character intro, represented by sounds imitating the tayu.
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Recording:
Character 2 Theme
A performance of the second character intro, represented by sounds imitating the shamisen.
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An Analysis of the Use of Profanity in Informal Text (and What it Can Tell Us About the Community)
A mentored project that used Twitter API resources to analyze the context of Tweets containing "huge" or "huge-ass." Data from the project suggested a significant difference in the way "huge" and "huge-ass" were used, with Tweets containing more informal language occurring more commonly with "huge-ass" and Tweets containing more standard, less taboo language occurring more commonly with "huge." This information could lead the way for more studies examining variance in language according to expected audience - and the realities of the actual audience.
Materials and questions offering a summary of the project and its results. Select to view.