Framing is a way of getting ideas together and putting content into perspective. It is a very important process for DMA (which stands for Digital Media for the Artist) since digital media must be planned out. In other words, one who decides to put out information digitally must have a strong foundation in the experience of technology as well as being able to string thoughts together in an organized way.

In my diagram above I put in names of certain content I have viewed in DMA so far that I enjoyed. The Peter Bogdanonovich graduation speech and TED video presentation had me interact with an imaginative frame of mind since I had to follow closely along with the experiences told in each gentleman's speech. This had my mind do most of the visualizing. On the contrary, the longer videos such as "Ecological Design: Inventing the Future" and "Digital Nation" had my mind go along for the ride since images were used abundantly to clearly support the main ideas presented in the video. In the end I decided to connect all four together in the diagram since all had to do with technology. Yes, even the Peter Bogdanovich speech because if it wasn't for the video to be digitally posted on the internet I would have never seen it!

Of course we all use framing to interpret media even though we unaware that we are doing such a process, however it is very obvious to ourselves when we use framing as a way to organize. Before practicing music, I find it very helpful to frame the goals and objectives of the session to ensure I won't be wasting time and that all that needs to get done gets done. I am always constantly re-framing my schedule in which I practice because I have different amounts of music to work on each week. This helpful tool of framing is applicable to everything. In fact, framing is everything; to plan a product and to interpret (put content into context) a finished product.