I’ve been thinking a lot this week about ideas for a potential radio show. Listening to the ds106radio was really helpful in understanding the idea of a radio show that could incorporate the elements of noir. At this point in the course, we have focused on both storytelling and audio features of noir (amongst other things), […]

  This was a fun little challenge to do as my final audio assignment. I immediately knew I was going to use this strange text message that I received about a week ago offering – at least I think it was offering – a free cruise. I always immediately delete spam, but luckily I screenshotted this […]

  I definitely found the sound effects story assignment to be difficult and challenging – but of course in the best way, as ds106 assignments always seem to be. First, I took some time to figure out the story I wanted to create. In order to find inspiration I simply clicked around freesound for a little […]

Okay, so what I have learned so far this week is that sound is important, noises are important, and audio is a powerful component of story telling. After the first few weeks of noir106, I found myself so captivated and consumed by the written and visual styles and aspects of noir that I really did […]

All I can say about this dog is that he is perfectly captures my currently. What luck that this daily create fell on Wednesday (always my busiest day of the week). An apt #dailycreate for this Wednesday #ds106 #noir106 #tdc pic.twitter.com/3eBRayjJiq &...

Here’s my ds106radio bumper! This assignment took me a pretty long time to complete. First, I had to find the perfect song that conveyed the noir feeling I wanted. I knew I wanted to do something with a jazzy feel to it, so I looked at some of my favorite jazz musicians. I decided on this […]

I had a lot of fun during tonights ds106radio live tweet. Listening to the radio show gave me much more insight on the use of voices and sounds to convey noir, but, more importantly, I loved interacting with other ds106-ers on Twitter for the hour. It was great to see what others had to say […]

songs used: Patti Smith – Gloria Mine – Beyonce feat. Drake Angel – Fleetwood Mac Ghost Tonight – Chairlift Digital Witness – St. Vincent   Let me tell you, for only being two stars, this assignment was not easy. I was really intrigued when I read about this assignment, but it wasn’t until I listened to […]

        The Familiar Sounds assignment was a great choice for my first audio assignment this week. I have to say I was/still am very nervous about these audio challenges. After playing around with Audacity for a good hour and a half last night, I walked away equally impressed with everything the application could do […]

How apt for Valentine’s month – a bouquet of dead roses.

The cinematography of film noir is probably the most recognizable and defining feature of noir itself. I chose to watch films that were made very far apart, and this helped me to more easily detect the aspects of noir cinematography that truly define the visual aesthetic. The similarities between Killer’s Kiss (1955) and Brick (2005) […]

  Well this daily create is a bit embarrassing – I am horrible at drawing (yes, yes, I am living vicariously through my noir character), and my lack of talent is exacerbated by the challenge of not lifting the pencil. Bonus points for trying to incorporate #noircat into this though?? Also, I’m not sure how […]

The what’s in my bag challenge wasn’t all that hard – but having to incorporate my noir character into it made it much more difficult. First, I had to find materials that would actually represent my character, which was harder than I thought it would be. I scoured my room trying to find little things […]

This was definitely one of the most difficult assignments, but I knew I wanted to accomplish it. I was so intrigued by the prompt, and I really wanted to do this as one of my visual assignments this week. It took me a while to figure out how to make the gif itself, but the […]

Now that you have bought a beautiful new toothbrush, it’s time to put that thing to work! Open your cabinet and locate the toothpaste. Turn on the faucet and wet your toothbrush. Turn off your faucet. Put a small amount of toothpaste – the size of a pea – on your toothbrush. Begin brushing. Please […]

I found the noir safari challenge to be fairly difficult – not for lack of inspiration, but rather I had a hard time making sure that my photos captured the elements listed in the prompt. On the wet, rainy evening that I traversed about on my safari, there was no shortage of noir inspiration. However, […]

    I thought about this visual assignment for a little while. I knew I wanted to capture something with a good amount of color to manipulate and play with. When I saw this painting, I immediately knew that it was what I wanted to use for this project. As I said before about the kinds […]

  The game 2048 is about math, and I’m not really a big fan of math. But I am a fan of breakfast. So for my daily create today, I took 2048’s theme of multiplication to make a breakfast themed version. If you add the eggs to the pan, you’ll get your breakfast.

“The essence of a good photograph is the mystery. That we don’t know what exactly the photographer wants to say, but we have a feeling about it.” -Jason Eskenazi, “Storytelling and Visual Literacy“ The video by Jason Eskenazi on visual literacy was incredibly interesting, and I felt like it explained so well what everyone does […]

^This is an accurate depiction of how I felt doing ds106 work this week. Yet, I had a lot – and I mean a lot – of fun with the assignments this week. I’ve always enjoyed writing, and trying my hand (or my keys) at noir writing was, to say the least, interesting. The writing assignments […]

Not much is known about what happened to Damon Fedderman after he left town one day. Every time one would ask his father, Nicholas Fedderman, he would turn away silently with a shake of his head. Their relationship was strained following the death of Damon’s mother, Theresa Fedderman. Most people in town say they saw […]

Where Is Everybody? I Shot An Arrow Into The Air, A Quality Of Mercy. The Four Of Us Are Dying. Of Late I Think Of Cliffordville, The Parallel, The Incredible World Of Horace Ford. On Thursday We Leave For Home - The Hunt, Ninety Years Without Slumbering. And When The Sky Was Opened I Sing […]

  As I combed through the aisles of Walmart searching searching searching for an Xbox. But I cannot stop thinking about that Triangle that Wayne was holding yesterday. Why was he holding it? What was he doing with it? He was supposed to be in Wilmington. He was supposed to find The Boy Next Door. We’re running out of […]

  My eye selfie.

The noir readings for this week were extremely compelling, and I found the use of noir in literature to be more interesting than in the visual examples I viewed for last week. What I really enjoyed about the noir literature is the confusion and suspicion that surrounds them. A theme I noticed across many different examples was […]

Note: the following post is fictional.   My name is Damon, and I find myself to be incredibly interesting, but you might not think so. I was 5 feet, nine inches the last time I checked. I’m assuming not much has changed. The same goes for my weight. 140 pounds. Lean, but I get pretty […]