Final Project: I used Mean Girls as my main theme for my project because bullying has been in the media EVERYWHERE lately. Basically, the girls bully everyone. One girl gets fed up and buys magical earrings that will make karma catch up to the bullies. Originally, I was only going to do the story line […]

    So there is this group of girls at my school, they call themselves “The Plastics,” who on earth wants to be referred to as plastic? Anyways, they are incredibly mean to everyone and usually they don’t even have a reason to be. They are even mean to each other! Always telling secrets about […]

I made this BEAUTIFUL collage of Keep Calm posters just for you! All semester I procrastinated, each week I told myself “This week I will start monday” but as Monday rolled around, I never did! So please, START ASAP. (If ASAP to you is SUNDAY, just don’t bother). And when your instructor tells you a […]

This is design assignment 313, “Animated Movie Poster” It is worth 4 stars. The assignment reads: “Pick a movie poster and animate it. You can see an awesome example and quick explanation by Michael Branson Smith here.“ I decided to create an animated movie poster for Mean Girls to use in my final project!   […]

This is web assignment 713, “Storytelling Within The Web.” It is worth 5 stars! The assignment reads: “From the Spring 2011 ds106 class came the idea of changing up an existing web page to tell a new story ” you will be intervening in the code and design of a website of your choice to […]

I chose my favorite assignment from each category to be placed in my Best Works category. AND THE WINNERS ARE…DRUM ROLL PLEASE… Toy Story MashUp Creating this Mash-up of the Three Toy Story Trailers was interesting to say the least. It took a lot of time and thought to get it to flow in a […]

I created 2 Daily Creates for the never empty Daily Create jar! First, a photography assignment! What is the ONE thing you must have in your life each day no matter what??     And then, what is your favorite movie scene?? I know you know the words enough to reenact it! SO DO IT! […]

Hi guys! After our video week, I decided that it would be really cool if there was a video assignment that entailed making your own Public service announcement! I created one for my “Hitchcut” assignment about teen pregnancy and thought it would be fun for others to do as well! So I submitted it as […]

Remix This! Remix References First I watched Everything is a Remix (Part 1). this video was very interesting to me because I have never noticed how common remixes are in everyday life. This video showed that in the entertainment industry especially, almost everything is a remix. I never considered knock offs and covers remixes until ...

This is a Remix of Say it like peanut butter with a “Countrify it” remix card. Basically I had to create an animated GIF of one of my favorite movies but it had to include some type of “country” element. Also, I had to  use media that someone else already used…   As I was ...

Wow I cannot believe we are already planning out our FINAL PROJECTS, where on earth did this semester go??!! I want to frame my project around the movie “Mean Girls” because it is a movie many have seen and can relate to. I have seen it a least a hundred times, I think doing a ...

Becoming a Princess Make a Girl Do Some Crazy Things… One Archetype, Five Movies, Five Seconds This is video assignment 448! It is worth three stars and the assignment description was: “Create a five second video of one archetype from five different movies cutting together one second of each. Examples could include: Prisoners, Thieves, Beauty ...

This is video assignment 598, it is called “5 seconds of fame.” It is worth 2 stars. The description was: “Make a five second film. Try to keep it funny! This assignment was inspired by 5secondfilms.com. I suggest you draw from your own life experiences of strange but funny moments.” My roommate and I were ...

This assignment is called, “Do the Hitch Cut”. It is worth 4 stars and is video assignment 732. The description was: “Alfred Hitchcock, the legendary master of suspense, shares a brief 90-second lesson on how a simple change in a three-shot edit can result in evoking a completely different response from the viewing audience. Can ...

One Archetype, Five Movies, Five Seconds This is video assignment 448! It is worth three stars and the assignment description was: “Create a five second video of one archetype from five different movies cutting together one second of each. Examples could include: Prisoners, Thieves, Beauty Queens, Kings, Robin Hoods, James Bonds, Bank Robbers, Assassins, Bad ...

Video Tools: Right now I have MPEG Streamclip and Windows Movie Maker on my computer. I have very very very little experience with MPEG Streamclip (trimming videos clips only) and no experience using Windows movie maker. (I did open my Windows Movie Maker for the first time this week, it seems like a easy tool ...

One Archetype, Five Movies, Five Seconds “Create a five second video of one archetype from five different movies cutting together one second of each. Examples could include: Prisoners, Thieves, Beauty Queens, Kings, Robin Hoods, James Bonds, Bank Robbers, Assassins, Bad Boys, Kung Fu Masters, Femme Fatales, Sports Heroes, High School Bullies, Rogue Police Officers, Brainiacs, ...

Stormy Weather – Show us your best photo or representation of The Big Storm. October 30, 2012 During Sandy we never lost power so my roommate and I just cuddled up and watched movies for a few days. Forced perspective – make something small look big, or big look small. November 1, 2012 http://www.flickr.com/photos/kpyrtle/8145609659/ I ...

REVIEWS: The Despicables Quality of audio sound -e.g. is the volume appropriate? are the levels even? Is the sound clear, and free of noises not needed (e.g. mouse clicks, background) Some the the volume levels were off. I noticed that it kept getting louder and softer. Most of the sound was pretty clear, I did ...

Take a picture of rocks. October 23, 2012 This was an extremely simple daily create, I actually laughed when I read this one because of how random it is. I took this picture in the UMW amphitheater. I had to walk through many rocks before I reached…   Does the Shape of the Egyptian Pyramids ...

The Despicables Quality of audio sound -e.g. is the volume appropriate? are the levels even? Is the sound clear, and free of noises not needed (e.g. mouse clicks, background) Some the the volume levels were off. I noticed that it kept getting louder and softer. Most of the sound was pretty clear, I did notice ...