1. In the Touch of Evil Opening Shot, the music is very upbeat, the beat kind of reminded me of music in which you hear in the movie Grease at the school dance and it made me want to dance. You also here sounds of cars, driving on pavement and some sort of animal at … Continue reading Whatcha Heard About Audio Storytelling? →

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/your-theme-song/ (4 stars) I have garage band on my phone and was messing around with some cheer girls in order to make music for upcoming events in the season, this is truly my theme song. Not only do songs like “Give Your Heart A Break” and “Titanium” describe my life perfectly, but the fact that this … Continue reading Cheer Is The Theme Of My Life…Seriously. →

For today’s daily create we had to pick a picture and add words to it, so I created one in relation to my favorite movie, Mean Girls because who doesn’t go around constantly saying mean girls quotes in their free time?

The theme of this week made me so happy when I saw it because I absolutely love photos and taking pictures because the people in the pictures never change and the memories never do, even if the people in them do. The first assignment made me really think and realize how much I love to … Continue reading What’s Up Week 3?! →

1. Killer’s Kiss The way noir is displayed in this film is by the very strong use of a deep black and white scheme of colors within the entire film. Also, the use of dark shadows and extreme shadow use is also very apparent in this film. Also the strong sense of drama in this … Continue reading Reflection On Noir.. →

Today’s daily create was to draw a picture without picking up our pencil, so this is what I ended up with. I chose to do flowers because I really like flowers and I knew I would be able to build off of it a little bit.

How To Put Up A Stunt: 1. Start counting the infamous “5,6,7,8,1,2,3,4..” 2. Bases will place hands in front of them at belly button level. 3. Flyer will place arms on the bases shoulders. 4. On the numbers “5,6..” flyers will jump into their bases hands and push off of their shoulders. 5. Bases will … Continue reading How To Build A Stunt, Can You Tell I’m A Cheerleader? →

For this week we had to go on a photo safari and I tried to not only capture the noir elements, but to also make them look dark and noir like. I took all these pictures myself, thanks to my amazing friend Lauren! 1. Lighting from one side: 2. Dramatic use of distinct shadows: 3. … Continue reading Photos, Photos..Everywhere! →

Today we had to do a daily create in which we did a silent movie, in the movie there is no words, just pictures that describe me and my best friend and the pictures show how amazing our friendship is. There is no need for some cheesy friendship song or anything because we take pictures … Continue reading A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words.. →

I love to take pictures because no matter what, the memories in those pictures never change no matter if the people in them do. I find myself taking pictures quite often, some being of myself, others being of pointless things, but I know that they will always have a strong significance to me. I take … Continue reading Photography & Me. →

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/whats-in-your-bag/ (3 Stars) Detective Longs is quite the creative and unique individual and he shows it even more when you take a deeper look into his life, or should I say his bag.. SU bag: As a detective, Longs either looks nice and crisp in his name brand attire, or he disguises himself as different things … Continue reading What’s In Longs Bag? →

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/honest-game-cover/ (2 Stars) When trying to decide what I was going to do this week in relation to my character Detective Longs, I remembered this game that a child I had babysat had played and it was perfect. I changed the name of this game to “People vs Longs” because even though Longs is a detective … Continue reading Longs Makes It Big In The Wii World. →

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/emoji-this-2/ (3 Stars) Everyone always uses emoji’s and you can’t help but wonder what a real life emoji would look like. I can be honest and say I always wondered too, so I chose the assignment that let me explore my creativity and my weird self a little bit more and the final product was well, … Continue reading My Inner Emoji’s… →

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/comparing-the-past-to-the-present/ (2 Stars) “The love between a mother and daughter is forever..” I truly do not need a biological twin in the world because my mother is mine. As babies, we both are ages three months in the pictures above, we look very alike. My mom is pictured in the first picture and I am in … Continue reading When I Grow Up I Want To Be Just Like You! →

I enjoyed this week a lot more because we got to be creative and do things that were personal and described our lives a little more. I started the week by reading three readings relating to noir and it helped me understand it a lot more which I really liked because it helped me complete … Continue reading What’s Up Week Two?! →

For today’s daily create we had to make a picture with a word and I used this because they are the most important people in my life and their friendship is what keeps me always laughing and on my toes. Wouldn’t be able to make it through life without them.

I don’t have the best photo skills and my phone camera isn’t the best. But for today’s daily create, here is my eye picture!

For the daily create today we had to make our best attempt at yodeling. I learned that it’s not as easy as it looks and for any future reference I will never be a pro yodeler..

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/write-an-alternative-ending/ Ole Anderson ended up not showing up, so we couldn’t show bright one what we wanted to do to him. After we overheard the conversation among George and Nick,  we new we had to take matters into our own hands before they warned, or even saved him from what was coming to him. We … Continue reading What Happens When “The Killers” Actually Become Killers? An Alternative Ending to “The Killers,” Featuring Detective Long! →

The letter that I chose was from a World War II marine who died in a special mission against the nazi’s. This letter shows his true fears of this upcoming assignment and that he is practically saying goodbye to his mother and family and saying sorry to them for this. It is almost like a … Continue reading Postcard From The Past →

I’m not sure if Breast Cancer Awareness Day is technically a holiday, but to me it is. Breast Cancer Awareness Day is possibly the most influential day of my life, my grandmother was the biggest influence in my life and passed away of it when I was only three years old. Some people may question … Continue reading Holifaves →

WHAT DO I LOOK LIKE? His overly tan crisp skin is always dressed with name brand clothing. A Michael Khors watch covering a large portion of his muscular wrists, always on the right side for good luck, wearing only the finest brand of clothing, from dress shoes, to a collard shirt and a bow tie … Continue reading Detective Longs →

1. The Postman Always Rings Twice The Postman Always Rings Twice is quite the combination of what we learned the idea of noir is, it shows very strong uses of both crime and sexuality to display it’s plot and to get the point of the story across. The idea of sexuality and sexual tension quickly … Continue reading Noir and How I Feel About It.. →

I learned a lot this week and it makes me really excited for this classroom. I learned how to upload items to things like Flicker, YouTube and Twitter and the biggest, most important thing, how to embed to websites. Embedding was a lot harder than I thought it would be because I followed the instructions, … Continue reading Weekly Summary #1 →

How I introduced myself onto youtube: Uploaded a video of my friend and I singing because that’s the best way to introduce myself, I sing 24/7, but I truly can’t! How I introduced myself on sound cloud: Reposted songs that describe me, I’m a major Justin Bieber fanatic so all my reposts are his! How … Continue reading Introducing Myself to the DS106 World! →

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