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  1. Lara Hampson

    Genres

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    March 27, 2013
    YouTube would be a chaotic and hectic mess if the movies weren’t divided into genres, or categories.  Ds106 is attempting to create genres for the videos of YouTube in a google document.  So far, there are 20 genres and counting, including ...
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  2. Lara Hampson

    Third Times a Charm

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    March 26, 2013
    I chose the battle scene from Anchorman to analyze 3 different ways.  Before even watching the clip, I had to read over what 3 ways I would be analyzing it: 1. Analyze the camera work: Before watching the first time, slide ...
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  3. Lara Hampson

    Up, Up, and Away

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    March 24, 2013
    I’d first like to say that while writing this weekly summary, I’m feeling very sick with flu-like symptoms, so please don’t expect a great performance!  Curling up in my bed and falling asleep sounds like the best idea to me ...
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  4. Lara Hampson

    Teddy Roosevelt***

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    March 24, 2013
    To complete my 5 stars worth of assignments, I did the “what they might have done in social media” activity. Worth 3 stars, I chose Teddy Roosevelt as my historical figure, because he is one of my favourite president’s.  His ...
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  5. Lara Hampson

    Phil’s Anger Managment

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    March 24, 2013
    Phil goes to anger management classes once a week in order to control his violent tendencies.  One day, when coming out of the meeting, Phil saw this car’s license plate: He immediately jumped to the conclusion that, even though it ...
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  6. Lara Hampson

    Fifth Dimension Radio Show Eval

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    March 24, 2013
    On top of evaluating another group’s radio show this week, we also had to evaluate our own show using the same criteria: ~Quality of audio sound ~Quality of audio editing ~Use of sound effects ~Use of music ~Structure/cohesiveness ~Storytelling effectiveness/Draw ...
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  7. Lara Hampson

    Team Awesome Eval

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    March 24, 2013
    This week, my radio show group, The Fifth Dimension, was assigned to listen and evaluate Team Awesome’s show, “Blast from the Past/Into the Future“.  Our grading criteria included the following: ~Quality of audio sound ~Quality of audio editing ~Use of ...
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  8. Lara Hampson

    Alter Ego

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    March 24, 2013
    My alter ego’s name this week was Sydney Owens.  I’ve always liked the name Sydney so I was happy to finally use it for something!  I also love Australian accents, but that’s not how I created my character.  When I ...
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  9. Lara Hampson

    Hackasaurus

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    March 23, 2013
    To complete Storytelling within the web, I chose to intervene in the design of a post from Craigslist.  Before even searching on Craigslist, I chose to take the easier Hackasaurus approach instead of altering raw code.  I downloaded the X-Ray ...
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  10. Lara Hampson

    Where in the World?**

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    March 23, 2013
    Google Map Trip, worth 2 stars, called for me to tell a story of a trip I’d taken using Google Maps.  I chose this web assignment to increase the challenge on web storytelling and because I had just taken a trip ...
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  11. Lara Hampson

    Lost in Translation*

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    March 23, 2013
    To dabble in some web storytelling, I completed the web assignment Google Translate Fail, worth 1 star, from the ds106 assignment bank. I chose this assignment because as a French minor, I know how google translate can interpret another language into English. ...
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  12. Lara Hampson

    What a Burden Lifted

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    March 17, 2013
    The past 3 weeks in ds106 have been crazy hectic. We got back into audio and had to complete 5 stars worth of audio assignments from the ds106 assignment bank, 6 daily creates, a bumper, commercial, foley challenge, and on top of all ...
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  13. Lara Hampson

    Daily Creates!

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    March 17, 2013
    Over the past 3 weeks (2 if you exclude Spring Break), I had to complete 6 daily creates.  At first, I read that as 6 daily creates for one week and I freaked out!  But after reading it again, I ...
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  14. Lara Hampson

    Foley!

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    March 17, 2013
    Foley is a technique used in radio and films to create audio and sound effects to reinforce actions.  I watched several of the videos on foley sounds and thought they were so cool!  I couldn’t stop watching them all and ...
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  15. Lara Hampson

    Radio Commerical

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    March 17, 2013
    To draw in listener’s interest to my group’s radio show, I created a commercial to convince them to stay tuned.  Since the theme of our show centered around soundscapes, I loosely based my commercial idea around the audio assignment Make Your Own Ringtone ...
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  16. Lara Hampson

    Bump, Bump, Bump It Up!

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    March 17, 2013
    To continue working on my group’s ds106 radio show, I created a bumper within the twilight theme we chose. I made sure to mention my group’s name (Fifth Dimension), the twilight zone theme. and ds106 radio. I opened Audacity and iTunes to start my ...
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  17. Lara Hampson

    LOLZ**

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    March 12, 2013
    To finish off my 5 stars worth of audio assignments, I completed Make ‘Em Laugh, a 2 star rated assignment from the ds106 bank. I liked the idea of this assignment because I speak french (not very well) and I wanted to get ...
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  19. Lara Hampson

    [Spam]alot*

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    March 12, 2013
    So it was back to audio for the past couple weeks! I (again) dreaded it, so I started off with a pretty easy audio assignment, Taking Back Spam, from the ds106 assignment bank to get back into the swing of things.  Rated ...
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  21. Lara Hampson

    Design Safari

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    February 24, 2013
    To build on our design concepts, I reviewed several principles of design as defined by Joshua David McClurg-Genevese in his article, The Principles of Design.  I carried my camera around with me in case I saw something that sparked a memory ...
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  22. Lara Hampson

    Cartoonize It*

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    February 24, 2013
    My final design assignment of the week, Cartoonize Bubba (Or Fluffy) (worth 1 star), called to edit a photo of my favourite pet to make it look like a cartoon.  I used the suggested site, befunky.com, to cartoonize my photo. I uploaded a ...
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  23. Lara Hampson

    A Whatchamacallit**

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    February 24, 2013
    Although this design assignment, found in the ds106 assignment bank, called to  Design Your Dream Animal, I wouldn’t necessarily say this animal is my dream one!  To create a new animal using at least four species, I used Picasa and Paint to create this whatchamacallit. ...
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  24. Lara Hampson

    Lights, Camera, Action! ***

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    February 24, 2013
    Similar to the Propaganda Poster assignment, DS106, The Movie (rated 3 stars) called to use a movie poster to depict a movie about ds106. My boyfriend has a poster of the latest batman movie in his room, so that inspired ...
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  25. Lara Hampson

    “Let Me Take You Down” **

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    February 24, 2013
    While browsing through the design assigments of the ds106 assignment bank, I found an assignment called Name That Single!  Worth 2 stars, this activity was to create a design for a favourite song without using words.  So, basically charades but ds106 ...
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  26. Lara Hampson

    Motivational Poster! **

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    February 24, 2013
    I was inspired to complete an assignment called Motivational Poster! (worth two stars) from the ds106 Assignment Bank,  because I love reading demotivational posters.  This design assigment, however, called to create an original motivational poster; something to inspire, not degrade. I found ...
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  27. Lara Hampson

    Abrakadabragam***

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    February 24, 2013
    While searching through the pages upon pages of Design Assignments in the ds106 Assignment Bank, I stumbled upon an assignment called Venn Pop Culture.  Rated three stars, it called to create a 3 circle venn diagram of a pop culture figure ...
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  28. Lara Hampson

    WWII Propaganda ***

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    February 22, 2013
    To continue on my 15 star design assignment quest, I completed a poster redesign called DS106 Propaganda Posters from the ds106 Assignment Bank.  This 3 star rated assignment called to take a propaganda poster and tweek it to publicize ds106. I found ...
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  29. Lara Hampson

    Guess What? **

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    February 18, 2013
    This week in ds106, we’ve moved on from visual assignments straight into Design Assignments.  To get better acquainted with designing, we have to complete at least 15 stars worth of design assignments from the ds106 Assignment Bank.   Everyone must ...
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  30. Lara Hampson

    Aim, Focus, Shoot!

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    February 17, 2013
    Photography!  When I saw what we were doing this week, I was so relieved!  Not that audio wasn’t fun, but I’m much more comfortable with taking photos. To start off the week, I joined a Radio Show group on Canvas. ...
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