Week 5 Summary

Week 5 Summary

by ahollyer

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July 22, 2015

Final Project 2nd Assignment Created Well this is the final week and I have to sat that I have definitely learned a lot over the past 5 weeks. I have done things using technology that I have never done before … Continue reading →
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New Assignment #2

by ahollyer

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July 21, 2015

Here is the link to the second assignment I created, there are two of them under the same name because the first one I created the URL was not linked back to the example in Flickr. Sports Poster Assignment
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Final Project

by ahollyer

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July 21, 2015

Once upon a time, there was a professional football player named Robert Griffin III, he was a super star in college, winning the Heisman Trophy, which is the highest honor for a single player in college football. He was the … Continue reading →
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Weekly Summary #4

by ahollyer

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July 19, 2015

Reading Movies Look, Listen, Analyze Video Assignment #1 Video Assignment #2 Tutorial #2 Assignment Creation #1 Daily Create #1 Daily Create #2 Daily Create #3 Usman Owns Comment Amanda’s Locale Comment The Insider Comment Court’s View Comment Weekly Summary Reflection: … Continue reading →
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Look, Listen, Analyze

by ahollyer

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July 19, 2015

Analyze the Camera Work: The camera work in this scene really makes helps to achieve the wanted affect of this scene. The camera first pans in with no apparent focus to give an overall view of the tragedy that occurred … Continue reading →
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Daily Create #3

by ahollyer

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July 17, 2015

For this daily create we were prompted to cast a shadow and take a picture of it, so here is my shadow!
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Daily Create #2

by ahollyer

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July 16, 2015

For this Daily Create we were prompted to create a hyperbolic tiling. Here is mine, I hope you enjoy!
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Make a Maze Assignment

by ahollyer

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July 15, 2015

Here is the link to my newly created Design Assignment called Make A Maze
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Tutorial for: Compilation Video

by ahollyer

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July 15, 2015

The original description for this assignment is “Pick a theme and download multiple videos from Youtube that fit the theme. Cut them up and create a compilation video by putting the clips to music.” I am going to give a … Continue reading →
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Beach Lovin’

by ahollyer

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July 14, 2015

The prompt for this video assignment was “Choose something that you love and make a video of it! You can take pictures or videos and combine them into one final video. Try to find music that has to do with … Continue reading →
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Shark Compilation Video

by ahollyer

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July 14, 2015

For this video assignment, the prompt was “Pick a theme and download multiple videos from Youtube that fit the theme. Cut them up and create a compilation video by putting the clips to music.” I chose to find different clips … Continue reading →
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Daily Create #1

by ahollyer

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July 14, 2015

Todays daily create prompt was to post a picture that has “magical light.” I chose to use this picture I took off the back of my friends boat as we went out fishing at dusk the other night. I feel … Continue reading →
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How to Read a Movie

by ahollyer

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July 13, 2015

After reading “How to Read a Movie By Roger Ebert” I have a new appreciation for movies and how to watch them a and truly understand where the filmmakers and actors were coming from when they wrote, and filmed the … Continue reading →
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Week 3 Summary

by ahollyer

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July 12, 2015

Daily Create 1 Daily Create 2 Daily Create 3 Daily Create 4 Summary of Audio Story Audio Storytelling Summary Reflection on Comments/Posts Audio Tutorial Audio Assignment 1 Audio Assignment 2 What I learned This week I feel as if I … Continue reading →
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What I Learned This Week

by ahollyer

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July 12, 2015

This week was definitely uncharted territory for me since I have never really used audio software before. I learned how to use Audacity which took some time and looking at online tutorials but finally I got the hang of it. … Continue reading →
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Daily Create #4

by ahollyer

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July 12, 2015

Todays daily create was to take an illustration of Ben Franklin and add one of the entries from Franklin’s Drinker Dictionary.
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Daily Create #3

by ahollyer

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July 9, 2015

The prompt for todays Daily Create was to try and draw a picture using only circles, squares, triangles, lines and dots. I thought this was a fun thing to try because I did not know if it would work or … Continue reading →
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Summary of Feedback and Other Blogs

by ahollyer

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July 8, 2015

As far as what I have learned and gained from others peoples comments I think that I have gotten some useful feedback as far as how I have been doing my blog posts. It seems that I have being doing … Continue reading →
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Emotions Through Sound

by ahollyer

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July 8, 2015

For this assignment, we were prompted to “Try to convey a certain emotion, such as fear, stress, sadness, etc. by combing sound effects. They can be human sounds, such as crying with laughter in the background, to maybe express someone’s … Continue reading →
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Daily Create #2

by ahollyer

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July 8, 2015

For todays Daily Create, the prompt was to draw on your hand and paper and mesh the two together. Now I am not a very good drawer so I decided on something simple and that happened to be a pizza.
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494: Hit the Road

by ahollyer

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July 6, 2015

In this audio story, an unemployed man decides to walk across the country, from Philadelphia to New Orleans and then to California. He embarks on a 4,000 mile trip across the country, and has some very interesting experiences along the … Continue reading →
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Tutorial for Character Bird Calls

by ahollyer

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July 6, 2015

This assignment is not particularly difficult, but in case you need some help here is a tutorial to get you through it! if you have any questions feel free to comment! Before you can do this assignment you must have … Continue reading →
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Calling All Comedians

by ahollyer

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July 6, 2015

This audio assignment is called “Character Bird Calls” the description for this assignment is to “Like some people use special whistles to attract birds, your task is to create an 30 second or less audio file that might be used … Continue reading →
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Reflection On Audio Storytelling

by ahollyer

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July 6, 2015

After watching Part One of Ira Glass’ talk on storytelling, I have an entirely new way of thinking about audio storytelling. To begin, Glass says to throw out everything you learned in High School about how to tell a story … Continue reading →
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#PenATweet Daily Create

by ahollyer

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July 6, 2015

Todays daily create prompt was to take part in Pen A Tweet Day. My Pen A Tweet was in honor of the U.S. Womens National Soccer Team winning the World Cup last night. #dailycreate #ds106 #tdc1275 pic.twitter.com/XAWIziDNBm — Alexander Hollyer … Continue reading →
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Weekly Summary

by ahollyer

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July 5, 2015

Now that week two is complete, I believe I learned a lot of things about graphic design that I definitely did not know going into this week. I think I completed the assignments well and with attention to detail. The … Continue reading →
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Design Blitz

by ahollyer

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July 5, 2015

For my DesignBlitz, I took pictures of things I found in my parents house that I thought were good examples of some of the different design elements that were given. The first element I found was the use of color, … Continue reading →
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Daily Create #4

by ahollyer

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July 5, 2015

Todays Daily Create was to draw a picture of odds and ends that bring you pleasure so I drew some of the things that sit around my desk that bring me some pleasure like my laptop, a book and … Continue reading →
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Daily Create #3

by ahollyer

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July 4, 2015

For todays Dailycreate, the prompt was to draw a picture on a napkin, so in honor of today being the Fourth of July, I drew fireworks and an American flag on a napkin.
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Design Assignment #5

by ahollyer

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July 1, 2015

This Design Assignment is called “This Assignment is Suspect” and the description of how to do this assignment is “Have you ever seen those crime shows that organize a case using a suspect board? Like Scandal or Blacklist? Well, that’s … Continue reading →
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