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Feel It Around But With Skateboards

by @ana_leino

| #MashupAssignments, MashupAssignments2040, Syndicated
November 15, 2017

For this assignment, rated four stars, I placed the audio of the song “Feel It All Around” by Washed Out over a video by Juan Rayos, called “Carving the Mountain”. I chose these two because I just really love them. The video by Rayos is amazing and I remember watching it in 9th grade and …
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Trainspotting mashup

by @ana_leino

| #MashupAssignments, MashupAssignments2107, Syndicated
November 15, 2017

This is my mashup for one of my favorite movies. I don’t know why I like Trainspotting so much but it’s one of the few films that I can watch over and over again. Given the content, I don’t know what that says about me. I used the 4K video downloader to download videos from …
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The Terrific Dazzler?

by @ana_leino

| #DesignAssignments2115, designassignments, Syndicated
October 5, 2017

Here is a vague idea of how my character, The Terrific Dazzler would look like. It was rather difficult to come up with a costume design since that’s never really been my forte. I’m a simple girl, I like simple costumes. She works most nights with a black, light-canceling suit. If I could, I would …
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Some Ideas for a Radio Show…

by @ana_leino

| #radioshowideas, Syndicated
September 27, 2017

Currently I have two ideas for a radio show: -a broadcast in the same vein as War of the Worlds but it has a group of supervillains attack a city and there’s a group of superheroes that must come and fight to stop them. In some research on this, I realized that there was a …
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Moon Graffiti and the Power of Storytelling Without Visuals

by @ana_leino

| #audioreflection, Syndicated
September 27, 2017

This was such a powerful thing to listen to. I had fairly low expectations given that my only experience listening to stories was My Prairie Home Companion on NPR. But this was powerful and evocative–more real than expected. It’s really amazing how much impact sound and sound design have on the stories we watch or listen …
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Remake the Genre!

by @ana_leino

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments2018, Syndicated
September 25, 2017

I’ve listened to The Smiths probably the same amount as everyone else has; enough to like them to the point where I don’t have to listen to them all that much. (It gets to a point where you have to say, enough Morrissey.) In searching for cover songs I came across Bobby Bare Jr.’s cover …
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The Eyes Have It

by @ana_leino

| Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments2110
September 22, 2017

I cheated a little bit by not using Photoshop, rather I have an app for photo editing where layering photos is an option so I just used that instead of tear my hair out over Photoshop. In total there are five shots to this piece thought you can’t see all of them that well. I …
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Where I Find My Quiet

by @ana_leino

| Syndicated, visualassignments, visualassignments2109
September 21, 2017

These are the places where I like to go or imagine myself going whenever I need to collect my thoughts and recenter myself. The one of the grass and the beach are both from Ocracoke, my favorite place ever. It’s the last island of the Outer Banks, very small and lovely. There aren’t any chain …
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There was something there

by @ana_leino

| Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments2106
September 21, 2017

We shouldn’t have been there so late at night. We had come to the woods to walk around a bit, clear our minds. But there was something glowing just over the hills. This is as close as I could get until a voice yelled out at us to get out of there. Then all of …
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Weekly Summary #3

by @ana_leino

| Syndicated, Weekly Summaries
September 15, 2017

This week was a bit hectic. But I got everything done and really enjoyed the prompts that were given to us this week. I’ve mentioned this already in one of my writings that I’ve always been one to make up characters and stories. So the ability to exercise my creativity and work on some creative …
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What makes a superhero and a superhero story

by @ana_leino

| Syndicated
September 15, 2017

I’ve been made familiar with the Hero’s Journey prevalent throughout many different stories from different times and cultures. However, I didn’t realize until Vonnegut’s explanation how incredibly common the type of stories we grow up with are. Some of my favorite superhero stories are of heroes that have been beat down, broken by the weight …
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Your friendly neighborhood Cheerleader

by @ana_leino

| characterdossier, Syndicated
September 15, 2017

My character’s superhero name is Cheerleader, real name Katelyn Smith. She used to live as your average high school student who only cared about her friends, her grades, and her cheering. But all that quickly changed. When she was 15 she was attacked by an evil alien princess, Katie accidentally killed her in …
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A day in the life of the Terrific Dazzler

by @ana_leino

| Syndicated, writingassignments, WritingAssignments2105
September 15, 2017

I really enjoyed this writing assignment since I’ve always been a creatively-minded person. When I was younger I used to make up characters that I would draw and write stories about them. My favorite types of stories to write and read always involved magical powers so having the chance to write something about a superhero’s …
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This picture is worth a couple of words

by @ana_leino

| Syndicated, writingassignments, WritingAssignments1763
September 15, 2017

While scrolling through my computer to find a random photo to write about for this final assignment, I came across this picture. Brought back a couple of memories. This is me three years ago when I was a freshman here at UMW, home for my first fall break. I had brought my roommate back since …
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“This life is yours. Some of it has been given to you; the rest you’ve made yourself.”

by @ana_leino

| Syndicated, writingassignments, WritingAssignments2070
September 15, 2017

The child, no older than ten years, quietly read his fortune while the rest of his family laughed around him, trading fortunes back and forth, giggling over the ones that were spot on or way off. His mother, seated across from him reached her hand out across the table. “What does your fortune say, love?” …
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A Haiku about Writing Haikus

by @ana_leino

| Syndicated, WritingAssignment1764, writingassignments
September 15, 2017

In this writing assignment (rated three stars), I wanted to write a poem about how difficult the writing process can be. It was really what I was experiencing while writing this long haiku; counting on fingers the words and syllables in hopes that what I want to say will get across. I called on a …
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Weekly Summary

by @ana_leino

| Syndicated, Weekly Summaries
September 8, 2017

This week I felt that I was getting into the proper swing of things; my blog and social media profiles have been up and I feel more comfortable using them. My favorite of the assignments I did this week was composing a playlist around the concept of hero introductions because I love how music plays …
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Hero Intros

by @ana_leino

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments2074, Syndicated
September 5, 2017

https://open.spotify.com/user/1247915448/playlist/0uVqmG9H2kJgXxWEb0vI4w I put together this playlist with superhero-type characters in mind. I really love how in movies certain songs are played along with the introduction of a character and at the climax of that movie. These are meant to be character and moment-defining songs that stick in your head. The songs that I put on …
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My House Sigil

by @ana_leino

| Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments1971
September 4, 2017

So I’ve only ever read watched the first two seasons of Game of Thrones. It was in high school and I binge-watched the 20 hours worth of television in a single weekend. Seventeen-year-old me was quite proud of this accomplishment. Despite not watching the episodes, I’ve kept up with the plot over the years just …
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Bucket List (to be edited later) (in life)

by @ana_leino

| Syndicated, WritingAssignment1738
September 3, 2017

1. Travel: cross-country and abroad (though I must obtain a passport first) and go on a cross-country road trip. Eventually I plan on visiting Colombia and Finland where my mother and father claim descent, respectfully. 2. Finish all the movies on my Watch List (it totals 103) I made this a while ago, not for …
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Superheroes

by @ana_leino

| super106thoughts, Syndicated
September 1, 2017

I’ve always loved superheroes. They had powers, secret identities, and the ability to vanquish foes and save the world. My sister and I grew up pretending to have powers, playing out silly melodramas in the park across our house (our neighbors loved us). Unfortunately, I […]
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Hesitant Beginnings

by @ana_leino

| Syndicated, Weekly Summaries, Weekly Summary
September 1, 2017

This is the first week of DS106 and I’m a little overwhelmed. I went to the DKC for the first time ever and they were really helpful. Right now, I’m still figuring out the *aesthetics* of my various platforms. They’ll continue to be work in […]
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Hello world!

by @ana_leino

| Syndicated
September 1, 2017

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
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Feel It Around But With Skateboards

Feel It Around But With Skateboards

Trainspotting mashup

The Terrific Dazzler?

Some Ideas for a Radio Show…

Moon Graffiti and the Power of Storytelling Without Visuals

Remake the Genre!

The Eyes Have It

Where I Find My Quiet

There was something there

Weekly Summary #3

What makes a superhero and a superhero story

Your friendly neighborhood Cheerleader

A day in the life of the Terrific Dazzler

This picture is worth a couple of words

“This life is yours. Some of it has been given to you; the rest you’ve made yourself.”

A Haiku about Writing Haikus

Weekly Summary

Hero Intros

My House Sigil

Bucket List (to be edited later) (in life)

Superheroes

Hesitant Beginnings

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