We’ve made it to finals week, and given this is my last semester taking classes here at UMW, I could not be happier! I marathon sprinted through these last two weeks, and while working on the blog was fun, I’m glad to now have time doing the creative things I prefer to do (cooking!!!!). This … Continue reading Looking Back: The Final Weeks

911 Recording: “You know how in crime movies and criminal investigation shows they usually include an audio of a victom talking to the police over the phone? Well in this assignment make an audio of you talking to the police over the phone. Your story of why you are calling the police is up to … Continue reading Plankton Goes to Court: Behind the Scenes

This is the tutorial for an assignment I created earlier this semester. While one already exists, I used Movie Maker to do my video, and so this tutorial covers how to make it there. The first thing you will need to do is find a clip (or film one) to use for the assignment. If … Continue reading Instant Replay Tutorial

It was last year’s biggest news story. It shocked the bottom and left residents feeling uncertain, for the first time, about the fate of the once quiet town. What am I talking about, you ask? Why I’m talking about the day that will live on in Bikini Bottom infamy: The day Plankton stole the Krabby … Continue reading Plankton Goes to Court

I decided to make sure all my work for these two weeks got done early because TOMORROW IS THANKSGIVING and it’s my favorite day of the whole entire year. It’s all about food and there’s literally nothing better than a holiday centered around food. Because of this, I wanted to make sure I didn’t have … Continue reading Looking Back: Weeks 13/14

“Instead of writing up an explanation of what you learned, instead formulate your own understanding about remix and mashup, and record a video or audio of you explaining it to someone who is not familiar; this could ba a family member, friend, neighbor, random stranger. The point is to capture a recording of your explanation … Continue reading Word of the Day: Remix!

11/19/2015: @ds106dc #tdc1411 red pen! pic.twitter.com/nhchmUivQ5 — Ashlyn Runk (@a_renee03) November 19, 2015 11/24/2015: #tdc1416 @ds106dc being squished! pic.twitter.com/7STL68cKP7 — Ashlyn Runk (@a_renee03) November 25, 2015

“For this week, you must complete and write up one Remix Assignment using the Remixer. If there are examples for the original assignment, then you should aim to use media created for one of those examples (do not forget to link to it in your write up). Be sure to include all of the tags … Continue reading DS106: Assignment Mashup

“For this assignment you need to pick any chacter and follow thier progression that they have had (TV characters from a long standing TV show will probably be best).  Use video clips to show how the character has changed and grown up over time.  Try to make their progression seem as dramatic as you possibly … Continue reading Ash: The Evolution!

“Take a movie that you really like.  Now think of a movie that has been compared to it, and make a new movie poster that incorporates the two!” – 4.5 stars   When I graduated high school in 2012, the first of the Hunger Games movies was released. I was excited because it was a … Continue reading Isn’t That Kinda Like..?

I’m finally feeling better and was able to get all of my work done for these two weeks (minus one daily create). I liked working on putting these videos together, but I wasn’t really expecting them to take as much time as they did if I’m being honest. On a technical side, I learned how … Continue reading Looking Back: Weeks 11/12

11/7/2015 #tdc1398 @ds106dc pic.twitter.com/kgtNFhBpSi — Ashlyn Runk (@a_renee03) November 7, 2015 11/10/2015 Troubled water #tdc1402 @ds106dc pic.twitter.com/mpk5rRFPpA — Ashlyn Runk (@a_renee03) November 10, 2015 11/12/2015 #tdc1404 @ds106dc "The Middle" – Jimmy Eats World pic.twitter.com/zggCJFfKBl — Ashlyn Runk (@a_renee03) November 12, 2015 11/14/2015 #tdc1406 @ds106dc Boundaries; of behavior pic.twitter.com/da0aYwamMH — Ashlyn Runk (@a_renee03) November 14, 2015 … Continue reading Daily Creates: Weeks 11/12

“Talking to Yourself!” This was the “required” assignment for this week, and for this video, we had to record a video of us talking to ourselves or singing all the parts of a song. I do not sing, so that left me with the option of having a conversation with myself. I tried for a … Continue reading True Life: Every College Senior

“I know you probably have a smart phone so take advantage of your apps! There’s a new(ish) app out there called Vine, it’s super cool and I love watching super cool Vines (not super crappy ones!) Show DS106 what you did today! Show us what you ate for lunch, show us what you did when … Continue reading What Did You Do Today?

“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.” – 4 stars I’m  not sure I really followed what the original intent of this assignment was going for, but hey, they weren’t super specific so all is … Continue reading The Evolution of Gordon Ramsay

“Create a day in the life as an animal. Pick from beginning to end pictures or videos of a perfect day in the life of an animal and create a video out of them. Be creative! Include music to go with the feel of the pictures or videos used.” – 4.5 stars By now I’ve … Continue reading A Day in the Life of Jade

“Choose a video or clip of an action, and then pick a part of the original clip and slow it down to create an instant replay.  Show both the original action as well as the slow-mo instant replay! Video editing software, like iMovie can come in really handy for an assignment like this!” – 3.5 … Continue reading Instant Replay: Escalator Edition

“Make a moving object using vine.” – 4 Stars So I have zero idea why this assignment is worth 4 stars because it was by far the easiest assignment out of the ones that I completed, but hey, I won’t argue.I was sitting with a friend at a coffee shop while working on videos and … Continue reading Spin the Bottle

So I’ve decided, at least for this week, to return to doing my weekly summary bit by bit each day instead of all at once on Sunday. I’m hoping this will help me get back into the habit of creating summaries that are a bit more substantial than just hyperlinking my work for the week. … Continue reading Looking Back: Week Ten

For this assignment we needed to take a film clip and watch it three separate times. Each time we viewed it, we were supposed to look for a different cinematic technique to talk about. So here we go. Look: Analyze the Camera Work I went with a scene from The Pursuit of Happyness, which is … Continue reading Triple L: Look, Listen, AnaLyze

10/27/2015: @ds106dc #tdc1388 My response for Today’s #ds106 Daily Create is my bed! pic.twitter.com/dmyzEgeCgK — Ashlyn Runk (@a_renee03) October 27, 2015 10/28/2015: @ds106dc #tdc1390 Horrogami: Mummy edition pic.twitter.com/YWe6uqdJd6 — Ashlyn Runk (@a_renee03) October 29, 2015 10/30/2015: @ds106dc #tdc1391 Kids arrive to detention. Hate each other. Spend time together. Smoke pot. Become friends. — Ashlyn Runk … Continue reading Daily Creates: Week Ten

The only experience I have analyzing film in a critical manner comes from a “Chinese History Through Film” course I took during the Spring semester of my sophomore year. I found it to be a good experience, I did very well in the class, and I really enjoyed watching the movies for more than entertainment. … Continue reading Reading Movies: Roger Ebert

We have reached the end of week nine and are officially past the halfway point for the semester. This week, we worked on creating stories within the web. This was a new concept for me, and I learned a lot of new tricks and techniques. One of our big assignments was to use Firefox’s x-ray … Continue reading Looking Back: Week Nine

10/21/2015: #tdc1382 @ds106dc https://t.co/2zq9golhr0 — Ashlyn Runk (@a_renee03) October 21, 2015 Today’s daily create was to build a stick figure in nature. I used some twigs from my yard and a few flowers from my garden to create a slumbering stick person. 10/22/2015: #tdc1383 @ds106dc my happy place is my kitchen, but the trash is … Continue reading Week Nine: Daily Creates

“For this assignment, use the app Steller (free from the App Store) to tell a visual story. Steller lets you incorporate photos, text and video into an interactive storytelling format. Use Steller to tell a story. You can use it to narrate a recipe, talk about a vacation, play with videos, or document something exciting. You’ll … Continue reading Late Night Snacks: Sweet Potato Fries

“Have you taken one of those fun personality quizzes on Buzzfeed? Now make your own! Sign in with Buzzfeed to create a community account (you can use gmail). Then start making a quiz for people to find out which character they are. Use any characters you like. There must be at least 3 results with … Continue reading Are You More Claire or John?

“From the Spring 2011 ds106 class came the idea of changing up an existing web page to tell a new story ” you will be intervening in the code and design of a website of your choice to tell a story. You are not to photoshop the design of the site, but rather intervene in … Continue reading Disney Takes Over: The Force Awakens

After listening to the shows put together by my classmates, it was time to take a critical look at the show put together by my own group. I noticed that a lot of the problems I saw in other groups were also present in our own show. To begin, I felt like our intro was … Continue reading The Verge: A Review

Intro: I think the intro for this show was relatively strong. Whoever voiced it was convincing and sounded like they belonged on air. At the beginning, the background music was low enough not to interfere with what he was saying, but towards the end, the volume of the music picked up before he had finished … Continue reading GrumpyDesperados: A Review

We have finally made it to the halfway point for the semester, and I could not be happier! Putting together the midterm project was by far the most difficult thing we’ve done thus far, and I’m glad it’s now behind us. Links for all of the work i completed over the course of these two … Continue reading Looking Back: Weeks 7 + 8