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  1. @mgedney

    radio show promo

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    Within my group, I was responsible for creating the radio show logo. I used Canva and based the logo off of one of the sample formats. I tried to keep it relatively simple, yet clear it was for a radio show and with enough detail that it would be visually
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    designblitz

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    For my designblitz, I was able to find graphic design in the most mundane things. At first I wasn’t sure where to look to take my pictures and I found they caught my eye when I was not looking for them. Once I had taken the following photos, I found
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    design thoughts

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    When looking at the “Brain Pickings” articles and Chip Kidd’s article about his children’s book, I learned a great deal about how to correctly design my assignments this week. But I also learned about what graphic design is. In the past, I had always thought it was associated with deliberately
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    weekly summary six

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    This most recent week in ds106, I learned how to combine what I have learned in the past few weeks and create different sorts of graphic designs. I started off watching the videos and reading the articles on “Brain Pickings” before starting on my own works. For my designblitz, I
  5. @mgedney

    ds106 radio show ideas

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    Coming up with an idea for a radio show is a little difficult because the topics are limitless. Since my list was pretty long, I just included my top three: ·  conspiracy theories: After listening to “Moon Graffiti”, I thought talking about other conspiracy theories would be super interesting. There are limitless
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    radio bumper

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    To make my radio bumper, I downloaded audio from ccMixter and put it into Audacity. I chose this music because it was upbeat yet relaxing. Then, I came up with a short little phrase to remind the potential listeners that they are tuned into ds106 radio. I recorded it into
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    weekly summary five

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    This fifth week was the most difficult for me. I didn’t know where to start, since I have never had any experience with creating and editing audio before. I downloaded Audacity for my three audio assignments and radio bumper, and it took a little bit of time to figure out
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    moon graffiti

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    The Soundcloud story, Moon Graffiti, utilizes many audio storytelling techniques to execute a great conspiracy story based on Nixon’s speech “In Event of Moon Disaster”. Beginning with the radio static and clear distress of the impending crash grabs attention and puts the listener directly into the story. It was a
  9. @mgedney

    weekly summary four

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    At the beginning of this week, I reflected upon my previous photography skills and looked back onto them with a more analytical eye. I realized I had been using a few photography tactics already without even realizing it. Then, I completed the Photoblitz challenge. I did all of the tasks
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    photoblitz

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    I could’t decide on my favorite color because it changes day to day. I settled on this picture because I love turquoise, light green, and pink. Those are some of my favorite colors I rotate through. This picture of my door is dominated by the color white. On the left
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    my past photography

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    My previous experience with photography is limited. I would call myself an amateur. As of now, my camera roll is dominated with pictures of me with my friends, boyfriend, family, and/or dogs. A lot of my photos also come from snapchat. This is one of the apps I use most
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    digital storytelling through movies

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    After reading the first chapter of The New Digital Storytelling: Creating Narratives with New Media and watching the two videos, I wanted to do my story analysis on the Divergent movies.  They were originally a trilogy of books then made into movies because of their popularity. By making them into movies, the series appeals

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