Week 15 was about tying up loose ends over the last couple of weeks.   This week we were tasked with concentrating on our final projects and characters:’ I used sevearl social media accounts for my character Preston “Bodie,”Broadus * Tumblr *Twitter (Bodie) *Linked In *Bodie Theme Song Instrumental *Bodie Facebook   The avenue in which …

The next assignment which I did for my character Bodie was what would Bodie listen to on his down time. The assignment was entitled Favorite Song.   The object of this assignment was to create an audio piece from the perspective of my wire character.   The song which I choose to do I recorded on my …

So in thinking about the last formal assignments I wanted to complete for my character Mr. Preseton “Bodie” Broadus.”  Over the last week I had my character apply to college for his associates degree in Business Management.  I got this idea from a Visual Assignment from the DS106 assignment bank entitled Create Your Own Business …

So for today’s daily create we were tasked with creating a caption for a generic penguin picture.  I decided to make this comedic and to start a rivalry between the Penguins and the Afflack duck by adding a funny blurb/caption.   I thought that this was a good closing to one of my daily creates.  …

The assignment which I completed for my character Bodie.   This assignment was titled the Sticky Notes and it was worth 3 1/2 stars.   The object of this assignment was to determine what sticky notes our characters would leave for themselves around the house.  To make matters easy I used the Windows 7 online sticky notes …

The last and final episode for which I did a video discussion for was the Season 4 Episode 9 which detailed certain events such as the shake down of Bodie , Lil’Kevin and Poot in the beginning of the scenes.   I presented this in my talks with my group this past Thursday during our 9:30 …

During this evening we had a video discussion on Season 4 Episode 13 with John Meadows, Carmela Mitchell, Jeremy Hillard, David Mercer, and myself Jonathan Brazelton. Character Development I thought that the group made a lot of good points regarding the character development in regards to the younger group of characters on The Wire such …

Tonight I had a really good chat with my first group members.   My group members included Jessica Reingold, Nicky Memita, Nick Randall.   We were all tasked with discussing the Season 4 Episode 10 entitled “Misgivings.” Initially we opened the discussion with a couple of screen shots in respect to the opening scenes of the …

Preston Broadus Picture ReflectionThis week, week 13 and 14 was chalk full of creative activities: Daily Creates: I really buckled down on the daily creates : - I did an inspirational daily create with the creative commons which encouraged other to -Break the Mold and to be different - My next one I doubled dipped and …

Today’s daily create asked us to create a daily create where you had to create your own computer message.   The medium in which I used to assist me in generating a real life computer message was through the website Atom Smasher.    The method in which I created this was simple, I choose a funny avatar …

It’s Popeye’s Time Mash-Up This next mash-up assignment called for me to mash up two distinct things a local commercial/your favorite business and an odd song to go with it.  This assignment challenge was through the ds106 assignment bank through the assignment entitled Local Commerical Mash Up. This assignment was worth four stars.    I thought …

For the next Wire assignment I made Bodie do a self reflection through a picture of himself.  The assignment was worth 3 1/2 stars.  Here is the original directions for the Looking at Yourself Assignment   I used the picture online editing software to edit on of his pictures.  The pictures is as follows: Process …

  Data of the Dead Assignment:  This  is a  last will and testament blog entry for The Wire character Bodie Broadus ….inspired by the ds106 assignment worth 3 stars  Time: 9:09 p.m. Will and Testament Today is my  last day too live..   I have been thinking a lot about my brother James and what he may …

EXCLUSIVE XBOX ONE & PS4 RELEASE From the Inner Streets of Baltimore…To the Hilltops of the shire.    Middle Earth is in trouble and Frodo and his buddies have called in the big guns…they needed a hero but what they got was Omar.     I choose to alter the newest release for the Lord of the Rings …

So I know that I am a late-bloomer on this but I was thinking about this for quite some time.   My first daily create suggestion happened to do with the category of drawing.   My suggestions was to “Draw Something You Bought Today,”  I suggested that this can be done using some type of software …

I used the creative commons daily create and I choose a picture from Oct. 23rd entry, Found on the following page. http://ccthing.tumblr.com/page/3   Today’s daily create required us to take a picture from the Creative Commons website, I felt inspired by the creative commons picture below.  I felt as always  a running theme or daily …

Way Down in the Hole-Lotta Video Over a two week period, we were required to do  a plethora of video assignments totaling at least 16  stars worth!    We also were required to do at least two daily creates each. Introductions: The introductions which I had done this week included my two posts for a video …

The Wire Sweded With G.I. Joe’s So I thought about what would be a unique way to swede an episode of The Wire.  As student we were challenged to  Swede a Scene from the show The Wire.  I chose the Season 3 Episode 11 scene of Stringer Bells death. This particular assignment was particularly challenging …

Memorable Scenes from The Wire The most recent assignment which was worth 4.5 starts required us to create  a Video Essay based on some scenes from The Wire.   The scenes which I chooses were related to the earlier Season 1 episodes because I thought that recording my most earliest impressions of the Wire as an introduction …

For this last daily create which I enjoyed over the last couple of days.   I answered the most recent daily create where we were asked to produce a blurb about our first official experience with the internet in one of the more involved capacities.  In the excerpt below:   1 Throwback…Sega Dreamcast November 15, 2014 …

For today’s daily create, I found out the pen is mightier then the sword. There is a poet in all of us…apparently. I created the following poem: Towed, Towed Away So you got Towed, Towed Away because I told you not to park that way way so today you’re gonna pay pay. Don’t cry it’s …

Jon’s Sound Map Since it was my day off, I did a sound map of me and the wife at home.  I used Microsoft Paint because I felt it was a quick venue for me to express what I was hearing quickly and in my own drawing. I uploaded this to flickr, I mostly tried …

Movie Trailer Mash-Ups The next assignment which I choose was to mash-up two distinct movies via the Mash-Up Trailer Assignment which was worth 5 Stars. I choose the movie trailer from the 1980’s original Footloose and I also choose a scene out of the Wayne’s Brothers comedy White Chicks                                                         I choose to play off …

For my first video assignment, I choose the assignment entitled Return to the Silent Era this assignment was worth 4 1/2 stars.   I enjoyed this one because it allowed me to get creative and choose a throw back movie, one of my horror favorites “Child’s Play 2.” It is amazing to how reducing the sound …

The tweet along between commentators George Pelecanos and Joe Chappelle from S03E11 of The Wire. This episode was climactic for several reasons.    This was one of the major climactic episodes where one of  The Wire’s major characters Stringer Bell is killed.  However, not only for this climactic moment was I intrigued by the commentary but …

In the spirit of Halloween although it has passed.   I thought it appropriate to create  a Michael Myers themed Cheeto Dude.  So I took a white background since Michael Myers has  a white face and positioned it along side a knife prop.  

The first inspire which I thought was really significant this week was the post that was posted by Ms. Allison Theot approximately one month ago…Allison used Edvard Munch’s “Scream,” to interpret one of the dramatic moments in Season 6 of the Wire where Stringer Bell’s gang is caught up in a street gun battle which …

MOVIE READING OF FRITZ LANG’S “M” In a similar fashion, the film by Fritz Lang’s “M,” conveys certain meanings via visual cues for example black and white cinema (for me anyhow)– appears to be more intense then color, it leaves more to the imagination.    In the opening scenes of “M,” the audience is purposefully drawn …

Lessons on How to Read a Movie by Ebert The article covered by Ebert entitled, “How to Read A Movie,” was extremely insightful and informative.   I have always been a movie buff and am pretty big on imagery and hidden meanings inside of films.   Ebert points out that the visual aesthetics of a film can convey …

This week we were required to pay homage to those works of art that may have either been bypassed or overlooked by  you over your fellow students. This week also was a time where we responded to one another radio shows.   The radio shows were an inspiration alone, the amount of talent which was showcased …