Our Progress

Our Progress

by @abbcass100

| ds106, radioshowweek1, Syndicated
October 10, 2019

Our group is making great progress! We decided that we wanted to discuss mainly 80’s music and try to figure out what these songs have in order to make the “80’s sounding.” We are then going to talk about modern songs that have the same characteristics as true 80’s songs. I just created my version…
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Radio Logo

by @abbcass100

| ds106, radioshowpromo, Syndicated
October 10, 2019

I used Canva to help me create my version of our Radio Logo! In our google doc, Lauren already created an awesome logo, but I wanted to add my personal spin on it. I really liked how these turned out! The logo especially had a retro feel to me. Canva already had the formatting set…
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Tainted Love Batter Mix

by @abbcass100

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments2003, ds106, Syndicated
October 9, 2019

3.5 Stars For this assignment I took the original Tainted Love by Gloria Jones and the cover by Soft Cell and mixed them together. Before this assignment I didn’t know that Soft Cell’s Tainted Love was a cover! For this sound, I reduced the speed of Gloria’s version and sped up the Soft Cell version…
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MWC Ad

by @abbcass100

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments2009, ds106, Syndicated
October 9, 2019

4.5 Stars I decided to use this assignment to help me in my group radio project. I decided that an add for the college would be cool to bring back as we discuss 80’s music and culture. I tried to learn more information about Mary Washington College during the 80’s, but I couldn’t find a…
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Daily Creates Week 7

by @abbcass100

| Syndicated
October 9, 2019

@ds106dc #tdc2827 it’s Calvin and Hobbes pic.twitter.com/pZoIr8YsIm— Abby Cassell (@abbcass100) October 9, 2019
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Its the Week-end!

by @abbcass100

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
October 3, 2019

I really enjoyed this week! I love getting to show my personal design opinions in a bunch of cool exercises. My favorite assignment was probably creating my own superhero. It was cool trying to figure out her backstory while I was adding her outfit and figuring out what colors I would use. The Daily Creates…
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Design Blitz

by @abbcass100

| designblitz, ds106, Syndicated
October 3, 2019

Here are the characteristics I found when doing my design blitz! It was really cool critiquing different things. The wall in my apartment has always kinda bugged me, but I really understand why now! My favorite characteristic I highlighted was the green label for the cheese. I hadn’t really thought about why they used the…
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Thoughts on Design

by @abbcass100

| designthoughts, ds106, Syndicated
October 2, 2019

Vignelli: I like how Vignelli acknowledges that each person has their own sense of style, but that there are rules that have to be followed within your own sense of style. I thought the point of semantics was one of the most important points. You have to know what you’re trying to create as well…
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Design Your Superhero

by @abbcass100

| #DesignAssignments2115, designassignments, ds106, Syndicated
September 30, 2019

4.5 Stars My superhero: Arianna, Princess of Monrovia My superhero has the ability to speak with animals and her wolf, Loki, as been by her side since she was a little kid. For this assignment, I used heromachine in order to make my superhero. The process of creating my own superhero took longer than I…
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Wedding Invitation

by @abbcass100

| designassignments, designassignments1750, ds106, Syndicated
September 30, 2019

3.5 Stars This assignment was harder than I thought. Canva has so many different styles to choose from. It took longer than I thought it would to choose a style. I’m really happened with how the final product looks!
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Create Cool Letters

by @abbcass100

| designassignments, DesignAssignments2101, ds106, Syndicated
September 30, 2019

3 Stars I used the website provided on the assignment. I originally used my name, but then when I found this font, I knew I had to change it to Jack Sparrow. I like that the font makes me think of a specific thing. I played around with the color within the font, but I…
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Minimalist Movie Poster

by @abbcass100

| designassignments, DesignAssignments43, ds106, Syndicated
September 30, 2019

3.5 Stars I realized while I was creating this poster, that the Ghostbusters movie poster was minimalist in the first place. So then I had to decide how to explain what happened in a different minimalistic way. I really like the way this photo turned out! I used Canva in order to get everything set…
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One Story/ Four Icons

by @abbcass100

| designassignments, DesignAssignments358, ds106, Syndicated
September 30, 2019

3 Stars I loved thinking about what icons to use to describe this movie. It was kind of hard trying to pick stuff that wasn’t too obvious, but was still easy to identify. Can anyone guess what movie this is?
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Daily Creates Week 6

by @abbcass100

| ds106, Syndicated
September 30, 2019

@ds106dc #tdc2818 This is a collage of a picture of my two dogs pic.twitter.com/u1lxnhGt3U— Abby Cassell (@abbcass100) September 30, 2019
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A Week Down, Another to Go

by @abbcass100

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
September 27, 2019

This week proved to be tough. Learning how to use Audacity was tricky at first, but it was rewarding when I was able to do what I wanted to do with my audio. My favorite audio assignment this week was probably Sounds of My Life. It was cool reflecting on what sounds are normally in…
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Radio Tweet-Along

by @abbcass100

| ds106, ds106radio, Syndicated
September 26, 2019

The Radio Show dealt with female protagonists in radio shows as well as movies. The subject of today was the renditions of the Vanishing Lady. Here are my tweets: This podcast was interesting! I didn’t know there were so few female protagonists. The creator did go a little over the top with some sound effects,…
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Sounds of My Life

by @abbcass100

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments2120, ds106, Syndicated
September 26, 2019

3 Stars For this assingment I had to record sound that I hear in my life on a regular basis. The first sound is my apartment door opening and hearing my roommate watching TV. The second sound is pages flipping in textbook and novels I have to read for my classes. The third sound is…
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Radio Shows

by @abbcass100

| #radioshowideas, ds106, Syndicated
September 26, 2019

There are so many possibilities when it comes to radio shows. As I was brainstorming, I was thinking of shows I like listening to. Some of my ideas include: Changing the Decades: travel through the timeline of music for a fun twist on our theme. There are so many gems throughout history! All about UMW:…
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Daily Creates Week 5

by @abbcass100

| ds106, Syndicated
September 25, 2019

@ds106dc #tdc2812 One of my favorite nature photos is from UMW! pic.twitter.com/WLMaXjgamW— Abby Cassell (@abbcass100) September 24, 2019 @ds106dc #tdc2813Teacher: Beuller…Beuller…BeuerInigo: Hello! My name is Inigo Montoya, yo...
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Fox and the Hound

by @abbcass100

| #AudioAssignments, #AudioAssignments70, ds106, Syndicated
September 25, 2019

4 Stars This assignment was much harder than I was anticipating. It was very hard not using dialogue move a story along. I ended up using a serene forest sound as my breakup in between scenes. The weird noise that is repeated several times is a fox noise. I was disappointed I couldn’t find a…
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We Are the World

by @abbcass100

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments2021, ds106, Syndicated
September 24, 2019

3 Stars We Are the World is one of my favorite songs from the 80’s. I love getting to see all the artists together making something beautiful. And it was really cool when they redid the song when I was in middle school. This assignment was harder than I thought. I tried following the assignment…
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Tongue Twister

by @abbcass100

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments2119, ds106, Syndicated
September 24, 2019

3 Stars I again used Bensound for the background music in this track. I originally had me saying “She sells sea shells by the sea shore” in a sort of flat, monotone way, but as I started listening and playing to the track, I realized that I could change my voice to go along with…
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Radio Bumber

by @abbcass100

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments36, ds106, radiobumper, Syndicated
September 24, 2019

This assingment was fun to make! I followed Kollin’s advice and used Bensound‘s Royalty Free Music for my background music. At the beginning of this assignemnt, I had a hard time figuring out how to change my audio files from M4A to MP3 so that I could edit the tracks in Audacity. I ended up…
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Hey Neil, We’re On the Moon

by @abbcass100

| #audioreflection, ds106, Syndicated
September 23, 2019

Sound drives the whole story of a movie. When there isn’t sound in an audio clip there isn’t any emotional experience that goes along with it. Sound creates suspense, the feeling of hope, joy, and concern. A movie without any background noise is empty and the emotions don’t come. Audio storytelling is just as important…
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All About My Week

by @abbcass100

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
September 20, 2019

This week was a little difficult. It took a lot of time to reflect on my style of photography as well as the characteristics of each photo. I really enjoyed getting to know my photography style. The Daily Creates were a little interesting this week and I had to think more about them. The one…
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Photoblitz

by @abbcass100

| #photoblitz, ds106, Syndicated
September 19, 2019

Here are my topics for the photos. All of these photos will be in order! This assignment was a lot of fun to try to think of how to get all of the requirements! It was also fun getting my roommate to help me and have her involved in the process.
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Shadow of a Doubt

by @abbcass100

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments2072
September 19, 2019

2.5 Stars I took two photos dealing with shadows. They are of the same tree, but at different times. This first photo was taken around 4 pm. The second at about 6 pm. In the first photo, the tree has a mixture of light and dark. The leaves are all accentuated and create a mirror…
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Coming to America with a Twist

by @abbcass100

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, visualassignments1987
September 19, 2019

3.5 Stars I was trying to find out what I could add to this to make it silly. At first, I thought about adding African animals, but that could have been in the real movie poster. So then I decided on aliens, but real aliens are scary. So then I settled on Stitch and his…
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She-Ra on her Coffee Break

by @abbcass100

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments2108
September 18, 2019

2 Stars What happens when She-Ra takes a break from fighting the Horde? She likes a good coffee just like the rest of us! Even though She-Ra is not from this planet, Starbucks is the most recognizable coffee brand. It took some time getting used to GIMP again and remembering how to use the applications.…
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Photography Characteristics in 80’s Photos

by @abbcass100

| ds106, ds106photography, Syndicated
September 18, 2019

https://www.artsy.net/series/youth-culture-ages/artsy-editorial-photographers-captured-rebellious-youth-80s For this assignment we are to find the following in photographs on this website. I will put the photo into this post and put its photo characteristic in the caption. Each of these points are present in a lot of the photos, its just they are focused on more in some photos rather than…
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