Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are. John Wooden  

I began the week late as I was out of town for the first four days of the week which made things a little tight schedule wise! But I still was able to manage and get it all done without much stress! I listened to the recording and read the Week 8 post as usual: … Continue reading Half Point – Week Eight Summary

Ten Comments for Week Eight! Bumping Radio Fifty Shades Smiles 3 Frames Stardust Hallmark Guilty Pleasure Slomo Red is Powerful I don’t even recognize you anymore Legos  

Inspire number 4 . . . 3 Frames of Love The importance of family and love is so inspiring here that it would be impossible not to be inspired. From start to current time – the love of a family, a couple and everything in between! I thought this was a good piece of work … Continue reading Inspire 4

Inspire number 3 . . . Fifty Shades This was yet another great piece of work! The creativity and skill blending this together was so inspiring and I won’t mention that I totally agree with her thoughts on Fifty Shades. I tried to read the books and just couldn’t even make it out of the … Continue reading Inspire 3

Inspire number 2 – Stardust Airlines I think this commercial inspired me in several ways. One was the actual work done was very well done and so smooth that it inspires one to create better work and another is that it is such a good commercial that I want to fly Stardust Airlines.

  Inspire number one . . . Smile while you still have teeth Life is way to short – enjoy it while you can. This inspired me because family and home life are so very important and this was a good piece of work! She seems focused and well rounded and has her priorities in … Continue reading Inspire 1

I found it very interesting listening to others shows! I found listening to Noir Not the Father very suspenseful and intriguing! Kind of like watching Jerry Springer and Maury. “Who’s the baby daddy”! You just had to stay tuned in order to find out the results. I think the bathroom “quickie” was the funniest thing. … Continue reading Listening to “Noir Not the Father”

Out on Assignment . . . Assignments, Assignments, Assignments!!!! We had to complete 10 Stars this week in the Assignment Bank . . . what made this even more fun was that we could choose our own and collaborate with another to complete them. Brenda and I decided to collaborate together with George and Red … Continue reading How a Reporter Must Feel . . .

I think I finally got a grip on these . . . timing was great as these three daily creates were quick and easily done! I believe that was the intention the entire semester but it took time to tame myself from always trying to do something at 110%. I can even say that I … Continue reading It’s The Daily Creates Week Eight!!

End of week two – radio show! Again, this week went very well! We have one of the best groups I have ever worked in – absolutely no issues, everyone did their part and without having to be prompted at all. The Google Doc was the best idea and I am glad that I got to work in … Continue reading Break, Break, Break Radio Days Week 7 (Includes Spring Break)

End of week two – radio show! I have to say again the Google Doc was the best idea and I am glad that I got to work in and discover this process. It is awesome as we all worked in it at once and could see one another and track exactly what we were chatting about while … Continue reading Noir We There Yet? Group Radio Show 2!!

I was a little confused last week on the comment assignment, however I do believe I have it together now! I looked through a lot of blogs and work done by others. I tried to comment on most that had zero or maybe one. Everyone needs good feedback all the time! So here are my … Continue reading Comments, Comments, and more Comments!!

  This was a very challenging daily create. I chose this one because of that very reason. I love drawing and sketching but of course I am not very good at it. It’s an original by all means of something I was looking at to sketch and it seemed easy. I uploaded it to Flickr, … Continue reading This Week’s (7) Daily Creates

What an interesting and quick-moving week. Radio days started really well! We have Spencer Scott, Cody Walker, Brenda Levoy, Emily Bostaph, and myself Barbara Hall. With five members of our group we quickly determined that we would need at least 25 minutes of show. A Google Doc was created for us to all collaborate on and bring our group and … Continue reading Noir Radio Days – Week 6 & 7!

I chose this assignment because I thought it would be cool to think of the noir side of me since I believe I may be gaining one! Then to fit my character George in the picture with it being Noir, screams, and murder! I started with picking a theme song and then adding some sound effects into … Continue reading Your Own Theme Song – 4 Stars

I chose this assignment because I knew I could make it fun and out there! I really enjoy working with audacity, however this seemed like such and easy assignment until I was attempting to sync the three songs. I had quite a bit of difficulty doing this and still don’t believe my end product is … Continue reading Solo Vocal Trio – 3 Stars

So we have audacity and save file as MP3 for a bumper about our radio station. We are Noir We There Yet? or NWTY. This assignment was fun and I enjoy putting the track together and picking music but I still don’t like hearing my own voice. I love how audacity pulls these together into … Continue reading Commercial about Noir Character for NWTY? 3 Stars

I worked well with including my character, radio ID, and part of the theme of our show into this bumper sticker promo. I am enjoying these assignments more and more. Of course they are making more sense and coming together easier. My bumper sticker promo: As we were preparing for our radio show we were … Continue reading Bumper Sticker – Noir We There Yet?

What an interesting and quick-moving week. Radio days started out with me tweeting @Spencer_CScott to see if we could form a group! @BrendaLevoy and I knew we couldn’t do it with just the two of us and needed some expertise! Spencer was working with a couple of others and we were able to self organize our group of five … Continue reading Noir We There Yet – Group Radio Show!

I watched the video and as usual picked-up some pretty good tips from it and every single week so far. It’s interesting how I have looked all the way back to week one and remember the fear and the overwhelming feeling but yet here I am in Week 5 still learning and week 1 is just … Continue reading The Design of Noir 5 Weeks In

I shopped and I walked around the Kids Expo in Fredericksburg and it was very difficult. Most of what I found was simply poster type ads. I was able to come up with 10 photos/images and they are posted in my Design  Blitz album in Flickr. It was kind of cool trying to find things … Continue reading DesignBlitz

I reviewed the necessary materials although the Disney one A Fair(y) Use Tale was very difficult to listen to and understand. I get that based on copyright laws you are able to use small (in this case very small, sometimes only one word) clips or portions of something copyrighted was the principle behind the story. … Continue reading Thoughts on Copy Right Law, Fair Use, and Creative Commons

I chose Double Indemnity to watch because it was the oldest film and near the beginning of production. I believe space helps frame the design and style of noir by keeping the filming in tight small spaces it keeps the feeling of you being in the film with them. Almost like you are in the … Continue reading Reflections Double Indemnity

After reading Vignelli’s work The Vignelli canon I would have to agree with him in his statement that “Creativity needs the support of knowledge to be able to perform at its best” (Vignelli). The details he provides in his booklet are great along with the many images he provides us. He really made good choices and the … Continue reading Reflections on The Vignelli Canon

Party, party and more party people! They eat a lot and enjoy family gatherings! George loves to “show” all he had and what he can afford for his family. Huge gatherings these are and if you don’t show – you have disrespected “the boss”! You must beware however, this time it’s a masquerade ball . … Continue reading You’re Invited!! Design Assignment 3.5 Stars

As a little girl I used to love to watch Bewitched! I admired her talent at making things, including people just disappear! Using some pictures of chores we all usually end up having to do this is a wish list of what I could make disappear! Not that there aren’t a few people and things … Continue reading What’s Your Super Power?

  This would be one of the things George Bozzo does very well and is very lucrative to his finances. Is he fair? I doubt it why should he be he makes bank off the business owners to keep the flakes and other “families” from his territory. All of George’s family along with all of … Continue reading Bumper Sticker – Design Assignments 3.5 Stars

I grew up watching Sylvester and Tweety – one of my very favorites. I always felt sorry for Sylvester. I can imagine these being George’s Pets – Of course Sylvester would have to be George’s and Tweety belongs to his wife! As I was reviewing our choices I instantly thought of Tweety and Sylvester and … Continue reading Cartoon Character Ad – Design Assignments 3 Stars