For my first daily create this week I wrote a poem for Grant Potter.  It was fun and I added a picture of my Noir Cat.  I used PowerPoint to create this post.

I’m really starting to feel more comfortable in this class.  I’m starting to get a lot of this stuff.   I’m even getting used to the sound of my voice on tape.  I didn’t think I would ever get used to that.   Audacity is getting easier, so are the other programs.  I want to work … Continue reading 6 Down, 10 to go →

Everyone seems to be doing a great job.  I have commented on a few fellow students posts.  Here are the links to the posts that I have commented on.  I like to see how different people interpret the same assignment. http://www.lesyamel.com/ds106/hes-a-bad-boy/  http://trysoccer29.com/writing-assignments/lawrences-theme-song/  http://alayton8.com/uncategorized/theme-music/ http://ct101.us/2015/02/17/decisions-decisions/  http://calabashnebula.com/assignments/origins-of-sasha-kellogg/ http://columnhugger.com/veronicas-page/veronicas-answering-machine/ http://julaszakovits.com/ds106-posts/get-a-clue-design-project/ http://sayheyjanaye.com/assignments/no-rest-for-the-wicked/ http://columnhugger.com/veronicas-page/calling-veronica-smith-calling-veronica-smith/ http://www.lesyamel.com/ds106/behold-the-noirpaca/  http://3lilangels.us/assignments/text-impersonations-shauberger-family-portrait

I listened to the radio programs on the 16th and the 17th.  They were both good.  I enjoy the twitter along.  I don’t know how everyone can get their witty quotes typed so quickly on twitter, but I did my best to keep up.  I enjoyed “Strangers on a Train”  It was very intense and … Continue reading Radio Listen-along →

I did this 3 Star Project for the radio show.  It was fun.  It was my first attempt at a commercial and I think it came out good.  A little corney but it was fun.  I used audacity to put it together and used an ad I created during design week to decorate it.  I … Continue reading Commercial →

I started Monday wondering if I would be able to find a Radio Show Team.  This was very stressful because I only really know one person in the class, Barbara Hall, so we got together and started working on adding more members to our team.  The first thing we did was send a Tweet to … Continue reading Radio Show Progress →

I tried to make a poster that would represent our radio show.  I hope my teammates like it.  It was fun to do.  I searched for the perfect picture and then put it together using PowerPoint.      

I did this 3 star audio assignment because I really like “The Barenaked Ladies” and I wanted to share them with the class.  They are an amazing band and I wanted to prove that the theme song from the the “Big Bang Theory” is not their best work.  I took my CD and turned it … Continue reading So and So’s Greatest Hits →

This is the Soundboard Conversation assignment for 4 Stars.  It was hard, I know the 4 pointers are supposed to be hard but this took me several hours.  I started off trying to get on to Soundboard, it would not accept any of my addresses, but finally I got it to sign on using Facebook.  … Continue reading Soundboard Conversation →

I already completed my Daily Creates, but this one looked like fun and I did it.  We were supposed to make jewelry with food.  I used my two favorite candies to make a lovely necklace.

This was a difficult week for me.  Lots of work to do along with working full time and taking another class.  It seems like I spend most of my waking hours thinking about digital storytelling.  I’m enjoying the class, it is just time consuming.  That being said, I have learned so many new things this … Continue reading 5 down, 11 to go →

This was an interesting concept.  I did not know anything about Fair Use and I found it very interesting.  I didn’t know it was ok to use small insignificant portions of a video to create something different.  I wondered when we did screen captures of the Noir movies a few weeks ago if it was … Continue reading Copyright & Creative Commons →

The designblitz was a fun project.  I never realized how much design was out there.  I have my 4 examples of design, I probably could have come up with more but time ran out on me. The first one I will do is color.  I pass this sign often the the color is very eye … Continue reading Designblitz →

I watched Double Indemnity and am sorry to say, but the corny dialog caught me off guard.  I guess it was just the era it was produced in, but it just seemed childish. Space helps frame the design in many ways.  This film was set in Los Angeles in the 40’s.  The pictures were really … Continue reading Double Indemnity →

I read the Vignelli Cannon, it was interesting, but you could tell it was not written for the digital age.  I learned quite a bit about design.  I found out that I should not use more than 2 fonts in one design, I didn’t realize this, I am sure I have made this mistake in … Continue reading Read and Reflect on The Vignelli Canon →

This Daily create was to play a video on the Internet Arcade site.  I downloaded the program ezvid to help me do this.  I put in the tags but have not seen it appear on the daily create web page.  Here is my assignment.     I used to play this all the time, it … Continue reading Daily Create 2-14-2015 →

This is a 3 star assignment in which I had to redesign a book cover.  I picked this book because it was my characters favorite book. Isabelle McIntosh loves mysteries.    I made it the 65th Anniversary Edition because it was written in 1948.

This assignment is worth 3 stars.  I had to do one for my character so I did Grape Nehi, it is Isabelle McIntosh’s favorite drink.  I chose Betty Boop to advertise it because she seemed like a popular character at that time.  I used PowerPoint to create this, I had fun doing it.    Here is … Continue reading Advertisement with a cartoon character →

This is a 3.5 point assignment.  I did this one with the same theme as my missing poster.  I did this one in PowerPoint.  I saved it  as a JPG and now I’m thinking I should have put the word missing a little higher.  I think the balance is off.  I’m contemplating redoing this one.

After watching the weekly video I decided that I needed to help find Groom.  I used a 4.5 point assignment to create a poster to help find him.  I went to the video and got the picture of Groom from there because I thought it would be the newest picture I could find.  Then I … Continue reading Missing-Jim Groom →

If I could pick any superpower, I would pick the power of healing.  I would love to cure the world of illness.

In this daily create we were asked to draw David Kernohan for his Birthday.  This was interesting because I had no idea who he was.  When I googled him I got a lot of different people, including Groom. Here is my hand drawn picture. A kindergartner could have done better but at least I spelt … Continue reading Daily Create 2-9-2015 →

This week was filled with audio assignments.  I thought that the pictures took me out of my comfort zone, this audio stuff was harder then I ever thought.  I spent hours just playing with Audacity trying to figure it out, and I’m still not very good at it.  I sent out a desperate tweet on … Continue reading 4 Down, 12 to go →

I have a hard time brainstorming by myself, I like to bounce ideas off other people.  With that being said, here are a few things I have thought of: We could do a Noir version of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” or the “Tell Tale Heart”  both of these seem very Noir to me.  

This was interesting because it was fun to try to find a quote that I could use.  The one I used was from “Cesar A. Cruz”

Audio is a very important part of Noir films, it is used to dramatize  scenes.  Shifts in sounds are used to create an ambiance that makes the viewer feel like they are part of the story.  There is a very important relationship between the scenes and the sound effects.  Sounds are used to increase the … Continue reading Audio Storytelling →

This audio assignment is for 1.5 stars.  This is my overly dramatic reading of a child’s poem.

The is the Spooky sounds audio assignment worth 4 stars.  This Audio assignment was to edit together spooky sounds.  This was kind of fun once I got the hang of it.

Here is my first Audacity  attempt.  I used to love listening to Mr. Jaws when I was a kid.  Mine is nowhere near as good, but it was fun to do.

This is my audio assignment for a sound effect story for my character. Isabelle is working in the library when she hears a book drop, and a woman scream.  She runs to the back door of the library just in time to see a car drive away.