Weekly Summary
A couple of daily creates, a couple of video assignments, what is life really but a bunch of things people ask you to do until you break? Here are the links to those things that are going to make me […]
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Character Identification with Lebowski (4 Stars)
The Big Lebowski is a cult movie and a classic movie at the same time. It brought to life nothing at all while being completely vivid. The following is a character identification piece I put together using iMovie. check out […] -
Weekly Summary
We wrapped up the radio shows this week and I really enjoyed the ones that I listened to. I also had a great time with my team creating our radio show, “Dead Silence”. It took a lot of effort and […] -
Dear Audience,
We had a daily create this week that asked us to write a letter to the audience through a video format. I chose to create a story about how two people met. I included specific locations to make it feel […] -
Kubrick’s Perspective
The video presented here is a montage of various Stanley Kubrick film scenes in which he uses the technique of “one-point perspective”. First of all, what jumps out at me is how I did not know Stanley Kubrick’s influence on my film […] -
Hitchcock Smiles
A suggested video for this week was an interview with the infamous Alfred Hitchcock. It begins in the middle of the interview but he gets straight to the point of describing the magic of filmmaking. His description seems very simple […] -
Roger Ebert’s “How to Read a Movie”
In August of 2008, Roger Ebert, provided a wonderful article on how he came to know how to “read a movie”. He makes it sound so easy but by using the techniques he has been introduced to over the years. […] -
“Top 20 Cinematic Techniques”
I really enjoyed this video about various cinema techniques. Frantic zoom in the “Shaun of the Dead” is a technique that portrayed the underlying sense of the movie. I am not sure if I have seen that technique anywhere else before […] -
Keep Knocking (4 Stars)
I decided to make a theme song that captured how Harvey felt as he traveled across the country trying to make a living by knocking on people’s doors. “Yes, we seem up for the gig when we’re coming through, baby, […] -
Come Together – Weekly Summary
So this week flew by! We assembled in groups, criticized our community members, developed a radio show to be aired in the future, created posters and bumpers and stickers, edited audio assignments, and almost killed each other. Wait, no that […] -
Wine Commercial (3 Stars)
Sometimes everyone needs to just wind down and relax from time to time. We all have our variations on taking a break. If you are someone who is intrigued by the allure of the wine community or an individual deeply […] -
Sound Scape (4.5 Stars)
You’re welcome music lovers everywhere. An extremely eclectic mix of tracks to create one single track. I was tasked with using only four and have come up with this sweetness. I used GarageBand for the loops and the mixing. I […] -
Radio Show Progress
I was able to find a group this week to conspire with about creating a “noir-inspired” radio show. Chelsea and Abigail were very kind when I reached out to them on twitter for allowing me to pledge to their already […] -
A Working Poster
Here is a poster for our Small Town, noir-inspired, radio show called Dead Silence. I created this with one of our characters in mind, Shadow. It may be common sometimes for a character in a movie to be represented as […] -
Weekly Synopsis
Spent this week working longer on the assignments and daily creates than usual with the least to show for it yet. Despite the lack of postage I have working posts […] -
TDC 1133
The Rider game was tough but fair. I didn’t know what I was doing and got my ass kicked. The design of the game was very traditional. Let me know […] -
021215 DC Family Tree (Working Post)
We created a digital family tree this week as a daily create. Design creativity could come into play here. I made this one first. I used photoshop. The second one […] -
What the Font (4 Stars)
The world can be a tough place. I’ve traveled all across the United States going door to door and selling my soul to get where I am today. All that […] -
Groom Shines Once Again (4.5 Stars)
For this assignment I went through the creative process in obscure order. I wanted to make it fun but not corny. I wonder if I pulled it off.The one thing […] -
Audio in Noir Media
We had a great week in DS106/Noir106 this week! We took on the challenge of interpreting the use of audio in all sorts of noir settings. I digging into our assignments: […] -
Line Remix (3 Stars)
I chose an assignment for this post that is very inspirational. Many of us looks to quotes from movies to remind us of inspiring moments to help us in our […] -
Edited vs Un-Edited – Touch of Evil – Orson Welles
The opening scene of Touch of Evil is a tense setting for the rest of the movie. Before we see anything the tone is set with a treacherous score. This […] -
Badass Bumper (2.5 Stars)
Creating this assignment was creatively daunting for me. I have never made a radio bumper before and had some trouble getting my head around it at first. Although I probably […] -
Cute & Confused
Today’s Daily Create was to add a caption to suggest what this little guy/gal was thinking. I tried to make sure she remained cute but threw some confusion in there. […] -
What A Beautiful Day: The Calm Before The Storm (3.5 Stars)
These are a bunch of sound bites clipped together to make a very quick story assignment. Harvey decides to take a stroll through his vineyard to check the grapes and […] -
im sry mom
For this daily create I chose to do something a little funny. At least I hope it came out that way. The theme was to create a drawing of something […] -
I Should Have Made a Better GIF
Chinatown was one of those movies that gave me a sense of noir film culture early on. At first I thought that I was watching just another movie but something about […] -
Silent Meat (DC)
I chose to do a daily create today on meat. One of the most delicious dishes I have had recently, beef stroganoff. I downloaded the video file to a computer, […]
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