4.5 Stars   To my sister Sara Sparkle. From Rose Sparkle (her maiden name before she got married and changed her name to Rose King). On the postcard, it reads, “Hey sister, hope you’re having a good time back at home with the family. I’m in Nashville getting ready to make it big in country […]

http://inspire.ds106.us/for-sale-one-wired-greek-2/ The picture inspires me to rethink who I am as a person and who I want to truly become. The barcode that codes with the unknown person speaks for itself. We all are unique and have an identity of ours...

http://inspire.ds106.us/firefly-minimalist-movie-poster/ The poster inspires me to appreciate the person I have each day. My husband! He’s my true hero. He’s also a marine fighting to protect not only the family but the U.S. This poster really inspires me to do more for those that protect us each day.

http://www.saharalkhelaifi.com/ds106/designblitz/ The unity picture that was posted reminded me of the time I used to watch kids Vietnamese learning shows. They used to show those small to big toy things. I always wanted one. I feel the inspiration to reflect back on my heritage when I saw the picture. It really took me back to […]

The story in the radio was interesting and was relative to history seeing that women working back then was a problem. The sound they used gave affect towards their subject matter and emphasized their theme. Overlapping sound made the radio more interesting to listen to. The radio show flowed well. It didn’t seem so cut […]

The beginning of week 6 was off to a slow start.  Trying to figure out the groups and the topics. After we got the ball going things just started to roll right into place. All the ideas came together with the project radio. It was a good outcome, we finished and had some play room […]

This week we got off to a slow start but I’m glad to say we’re done! The second time we met we discussed what the format of the radio show will be, as well as, what  we were going to say. I think we expressed the noir style in our radio show really well. From our […]

Bumper to my the radio show “The Noir Buzz”. It’ll feature juicy gossip incorporating noir lifestyle of our groups  characters.

This week we got together on google doc to incorporate all of our ideas. It’s going great for all of what we’re coming up with. We’re still working on mending our ideas together to see what works and what doesn’t work. Right now I’m trying to find celeb gossip that has a noir style to […]

I learned a lot about the principals of design with Vignelli. It is interesting that even though his works are before the era of technology , a lot in what he does still applies. I believe he has such a great understanding because he doesn’t have a machine doing the work for him, therefor e’s […]

I believe when a person remixes or recreate what was already created, the creator should be credited. Sometimes it’s hard to tell what’s a copy and where to define plagiarism. Creative commons seems to be a good way to allow owners to releases their product.  Sometimes I wonder if two people never met and came […]

My character dossier would use these apps that I have here. She will always need a calculator to do huge number math problems when dealing with dealers. She will also need her bank app to check her balances. She also has a social folder which includes all her social apps that connect her to other […]

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Character Dossier: Rose King               3.5

How does space help frame the design and style of noir in this films? Space helped frame the design and style of noir in the film simply by emphasizing the framework of what was being seen. The places in which traumatic events occurred highlighted noir. What design elements of noir are not specific to a […]

Semantics. He explains to use that we have to find meaning in our work. Some times it’s hard to find meaning and inspiration. That’s only the case when I’m given something to work on. I feel that inspiration is something a person comes up with on their own, and not from a person ordering another. […]

hmmmm……Radio show ideas about noir? This radio can include music that reflects a noir style. The talks can be about music or movies that have a noir style. In the radio, we can also include real life things such as celebrity info who are having a “noir” moment. i.e. love triangle, death etc.

“The Ambience of Film Noir- Soundscapes, Design and Mood” Through reading this I found several things in relation to film noir. Sound plays a heavy role in film noir by expressing mood to the viewer and creating such emotions through what you hear. Without certain sounds the viewer wouldn’t be able to grasp the atmosphere […]

This week was challenging. It was very intense… The whole sound and audio through me for a loop. International dot day had to be my favorite daily create so far lol. I also never really realized how sound can be so distinct. The first assignment that had us compare sounds of the same clip really […]

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Watch: Touch of Evil Opening Shot and Orson Welles – Touch of Evil (1958) – opening (NO-restored version) The difference I found in the theme music and street sound  of the non no-restored was that the types of sound was distinctly different. It went from a fast, heavy beat to a steady blues, New Orleans […]

This week was a good week. I’m starting to see a recurrence in theme towards Noir in regards to the films and readings. When it comes to romance there seems be a love triangle which follows along with jealousy and drama. If there’s a murder in the movie it’s nearly obvious that there will be […]

My character keeps a pocket just in case she encounters any danger. After all she is very attractive and occasionally encounters inappropriate people.       She always carries a wallet. Cash, card, and ID. The is a necessity for her to go anywhere and be able to get anything if her ‘looks’ don’t work. […]

Dramatic use of distinct shadows.             grittiness of built environment                     off-kilter or unusual camera angle/framing               lighting from one side       Urban nightscape

The films I watched were Killer’s Kiss and The Hitch-Hiker. Both I found to emphasize the Noir style quite well. I did find that The Hitch-Hiker to be more brutal. Killer’s Kiss was the obvious love-hate kind of deal that seems to be showing up quite often in the readings. In this scene of the […]

One year in highschool I decided to take a photography class. There we learned how to make our on camera, how to enlarge a photo from a film strip, and we also learned the history behind what all photography was about. There was a lot to this photography, though I never really took being a […]

This reading reminded me a little about The Postman Always Rings Twice. There was love, affair, hurt, and cruelty. I figured death was coming to either Queenie or Burr. It so happened that Burr died. I’m not surprised though. The reading seemed fast as if everything happened so quickly. There was definitely a mystery to it. I […]

This week was rather challenging I found. It required a vast amount to read upon use of creative work.  All of the readings this week seemed to share a sense of dreadfulness to them. All the readings of this week showed death and hopelessness. As compared to “Dark Knight”, the viewer had hope that a […]