Wizards and Witches Seek Employment

Similarly to project 1, I started project 2 with one idea and ended it on a whole different spectrum. I knew that I wanted it to be a remediation of something involving Harry Potter but I wasn’t sure what I would remediate and what the remediation would consist of. Remembering how much I enjoyed making resume’s in class I decided I would make resume’s for some of the main character’s that exist in JK Rowling’s Wizarding World. Below is Voldemort’s resume, my personal favorite because he is the character least likely to create a resume so I felt I had complete creative freedom allowing me to work from my interpretation of the character alone: 

 I used all the tools the canva platform allowed me too ensuring that I accurately depicted the personalities and traits of each character. My goal was to demonstrate how in depth Rowling went when creating these character profiles by giving them extensive backgrounds and well developed characteristics told through various storylines. After many weeks in WEPO I still consider composing to be a strategical from of writing. It has a more structure, more intention, and specific purpose in its creation. My project was an example of composing because I had to make specific choices in accordance with design, multimodalities, and how much of the previous work I should use. By choosing resumes, a genre that is known for showcasing traits, qualities, skills, and interests, I felt I was able to demonstrate the vast character profiles in a modern and humorous way while keeping it concise. Considering that the project was centered around assemblages I felt it was difficult to choose an assemblage from the novels (because everything seems to be an assemblage) but once I chose the characters as an assemblage the rest of the project was easy. Resume’s consist of so many parts including images, text, fonts, tone styles, colors, etc. it would be difficult to refute it as an assemblage. If this project taught me anything its that there’s a thin line between reuse and infringement. During the composition process I often questioned whether I was using too much of Rowling’s work and if when I was using it I was transforming it enough to create new meaning.