Weekly Summary: Week 4

Weekly Summary: Week 4

by erinradar

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February 9, 2015

As I said in my audio reflection post, my ideas of radio go no further than Ralphie in “A Christmas Story”, but my experience with sound effects, music, and editing software made me a little more comfortable. I learned a… Continue Reading →
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Radio Show Ideas

by erinradar

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February 9, 2015

I’d really like to channel Gotham (obviously without the superheroes) but something about a corrupt city/mobs/dirty politicians etc. I’ve noticed with radio it’s important to keep the characters to a minimum to avoid confusion so maybe a mob idea isn’t… Continue Reading →
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Audio Reflection

by erinradar

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February 9, 2015

Going into this week I just had visions of Ralphie sitting by the radio listening for the code and being extremely disappointed uttering “drink….. your…. ovaltine???” and also the other orphans in Annie dancing around Mrs. Hannigans office to “You’re… Continue Reading →
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Daily Create – Best Buds

by erinradar

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February 8, 2015

http://tdc.ds106.us/tdc1127/ I used scenes from different Disney movies and imported them into final cut to make this small video about the importance of friendship (and the awesomeness of Disney dogs).
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Audio Assignment – “So and So’s greatest hits” (3 points)

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February 8, 2015

For some reason, Soundcloud uploaded the song, but it doesn’t exist, so I’ll have to keep trying with that. But I basically made a mashup of some of One Direction’s more rock influenced songs using audacity. I trimmed them and… Continue Reading →
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Audio Assignment – Emotions Through Sound (3 points)

by erinradar

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February 8, 2015

I chose to use 4 different sound effects to show fear. I used a heavy breathing sound, a scream, a creepy violin tune, and a scary laugh. I used audacity and messed around with their volume levels so they would… Continue Reading →
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Audio Assignments – Sound Story (3.5 points)

by erinradar

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February 8, 2015

I made a sound story based on my character Ava. The sounds tell the story of her life as a diner waitress, the decision to pursue her dreams as a writer/actress and move to Hollywood where she eventually becomes a… Continue Reading →
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Daily Create – Dot!

by erinradar

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February 7, 2015

I used photoshop and made a collage of waves then created a “dot” with the various layers
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Weekly Summary – Week 3

by erinradar

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February 2, 2015

This week in my life was a bit of a hectic one so I didn’t really have everything together. I was really excited for this week since photography is something really special to me and I’ve had ideas in my… Continue Reading →
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Photo Safari

by erinradar

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February 2, 2015

capture at least five of the following Noir elements: sense of drama and/or moodiness urban nightscapes the grittiness of built environment dramatic use of distinct shadows lighting from one side
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Visual Assignment – Classic Album Makeover

by erinradar

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February 2, 2015

“Using a classic album cover create a new and fresh interpretation of it. Include both images in your post and explain your process.” (2.5 points) Here is the original: And my interpretation. If you know the story of U2 and… Continue Reading →
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Visual Assignment – Obama-tize

by erinradar

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February 2, 2015

“Put Obama into your favorite movie!” (2 points) As we know from this post, one of Ava’s favorite movies is Strangers on a Train.
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Visual Assignment – What’s In Your Bag

by erinradar

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February 2, 2015

“What are the essentials in your bag that get you through the day? Take a picture of the items and detail each of them with a description.” (3 points) Using my character Ava, these are the essentials in her bag:… Continue Reading →
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Movie Reflection

by erinradar

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February 2, 2015

So I googled “Killer’s Kiss” before watching it… just to get some background and the movie poster tagline is “Her soft mouth was the road to sin-smeared violence”………creepy…… The ending was amazing. It was very sappy predictable Hollywood but it’s… Continue Reading →
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Daily Create – Drawing without lifting the pencil

by erinradar

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February 1, 2015

Create a drawing without lifting the pencil (There is a reason I prefer digital art…)
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Photography Reflection

by erinradar

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February 1, 2015

Honestly, photography is a huge part of my life. I might’ve mentioned this in an earlier post but I’ve genuinely considered being a concert photographer or a travel photographer. I got my Canon t3i about 3 years ago and it pretty… Continue Reading →
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Daily Create – Paper Sculpture

by erinradar

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January 30, 2015

“Get some inspiration from Richard Sweeney and video yourself making a paper sculpture!”
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Visual Assignment – An Album Cover

by erinradar

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January 30, 2015

To begin, here is the finished product: And here is the assignment (worth 3 points): Create an album cover using these random elements Part 1: The title of a random Wikipedia article is now the name of your band. I got… Continue Reading →
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Weekly Summary – Week 2

by erinradar

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January 25, 2015

When I read the assignments for this week on Tuesday, I was already overwhelmed. I got rejected from film school for screenwriting before going to UMW and really haven’t done any creative writing since, so this week was pretty daunting. I… Continue Reading →
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Writing Assignment – The Onion’ed Article

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January 25, 2015

Original article: “Sunday night-Monday snow likely to cause problems; exact accumulations elusive” “It’s probably not going to snow tomorrow… but you can freak out anyways.” A recent look at this colorful radar display which means absolutely nothing and changes almost every… Continue Reading →
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Writing Assignment – Movie Review

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January 25, 2015

This is a letter from (my character) Ava Harlowe to Alfred Hitchcock, reviewing his new movie “Strangers on a Train” My Dearest Alfred, I’m writing to applaud you on your latest film… I spoke to Jack Warner the other day… Continue Reading →
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Character Dossier – Introducing Ava Harlowe

by erinradar

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January 25, 2015

Ava Harlowe grew up in New York during the Great Depression and understands the value of hard work. Born in 1921, she experienced hardship and learned how to work her way up from nothing. She chased her dream of acting… Continue Reading →
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Writing Assignment – Beyond the Headlines: Women in Tech

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January 25, 2015

“…find the most interesting newspaper article titles you can and try to put them in an order that will tell a story.” “Why are so few women on the business side of tech companies?” “What Happened to All of… Continue Reading →
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Writing Assignment – Alternate Ending: The Death Triangle

by erinradar

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January 25, 2015

This story begins when Corvet (actually Martan) encounters Dubrille in his room, ready to kill him. Shadow: LAUGHS, So, you would betray Dr. Evans to save yourself, Dubrille? Dubrille: The Shadow. Courbet, don’t be afraid. He’s only a man. By some trick… Continue Reading →
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Reading Noir…

by erinradar

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January 25, 2015

The Shadow “The Death Triangle” was definitely my favorite to read. Once I actually figured out who all the characters were (it’s a lot of names to keep straight) I was right on the edge of my seat the whole… Continue Reading →
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Daily Create – Word Painting!

by erinradar

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January 25, 2015

Create a word painting (honestly had no idea what these were before I went to Wayne White’s pinterest… but they’re kind of awesome)
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Daily Create – Cat… in space… on a synthesizer

by erinradar

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January 21, 2015

“Make a cat, on a synthesizer, in space”
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Daily Create – Camouflage

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January 20, 2015

January 20, 2015 “Take a picture of you wearing something camouflage, camouflaging yourself in somewhere or anything that you see that is camouflage.”
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Weekly Summary – Week 1

by erinradar

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January 18, 2015

So my first week of DS106 was exactly how Groom said it would be… and I didn’t listen. I waited until Sunday to do all of my work and that obviously wasn’t the best plan. my name is Erin and… Continue Reading →
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My Examples of Noir

by erinradar

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January 18, 2015

After learning about noir and watching some of the examples provided, the first thing that came to my mind was my favorite Don Knotts movie “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken”. It’s a comedy movie but the lighting and eery background… Continue Reading →
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