Inspiration #1: Accessorizing Your Waterfowl

Inspiration #1: Accessorizing Your Waterfowl

by mstough

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October 20, 2014

Here is my inspire post for this creation. You can find the original blog post for this creation here. I love how Paul took a simple detail from The Wire–Ziggy’s duck–and made something smart, creative, and comical about it. The orange, black, and white color scheme really catches your eye. The … Continue reading
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Assembling All the Pieces: Week 8 Summary

by mstough

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October 19, 2014

This was a short week, but full of things to do. The Wire Episode Analysis Here are my blogs about season two, episodes two, three, and four. Daily Create Here is the daily create I did this week. Radio Show Here is the blog post with our completed radio show. … Continue reading
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Wire Buyers

by mstough

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October 19, 2014

Here is our completed radio show, Wire Buyers. I am really pleased with how this turned out. I love our commercial mash-ups and the way the show is structured. It all came together really nicely in the end. My contributions to the radio show were to facilitate communication within the … Continue reading
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Coming Together: Radio Show Update #3

by mstough

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October 16, 2014

My group assembled Wednesday afternoon and met with Jim to hammer out the aspects of our show that we were having trouble getting on the same page about. After the meeting, we redistributed tasks and are set to be finished soon. I’m a little worn-out from all the communicating we’ve … Continue reading
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He Home Now: The Wire Season 3, Episode 4

by mstough

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October 16, 2014

The idea of the inability to cause significant change or make progress with the problems that fill the streets has been one the show has discussed since the first season. Here we see that the drug gangs are perfectly happy with how things work already and don’t want to change, … Continue reading
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Daily Create: Special Day

by mstough

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October 15, 2014

I did the Daily Create on Tuesday, which was to take a picture of why today was a special day. I decided it was a special day because I treated myself to dinner at Firehouse Subs so I could get that Cherry Limeade. Awww yeahhhh.
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Stairmaster: The Wire Season 3, Episode 3 Analysis

by mstough

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October 15, 2014

I really enjoyed this episode. There were a lot of cool shots and plenty happened that definitely suggests that big things are on the rise. This was a great shot near the beginning of the episode. It seemed to suggest a solidarity amongst the police force. We definitely see the … Continue reading
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Dog Problems: The Wire Season 3, Episode 2 Analysis

by mstough

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October 15, 2014

The Dogfighting Of all the terrible things I’ve witnessed on this show, the dog fight, for me, was the worst. I’m a huge dog lover and am really into animal rights activism, problems related to and involving animal abuse, and matters related to US’s homeless pets problem. I’ve done some … Continue reading
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Remix a Song with Some Speech Tutorial

by mstough

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October 11, 2014

How to do Remix a Song with Some Speech (you can see mine here): Decide on what song you want to use. Consider what ideas or themes are present in the song and how you could incorporate some speech relating to it? Are there any political undertones? Is there a … Continue reading
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Movie As Radio Tutorial

by mstough

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October 11, 2014

How to do the Movie As Radio assignment (you can see my assignment here): First, you need to decide on what movie you want to do. Once you have decided on the movie, consider what music and dialogue you would like to include to best represent the movie. When I … Continue reading
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Sound Effects Story Tutorial

by mstough

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October 11, 2014

How to do a Sound Effects Story (You can see my story here): Go to freesound.org. Make sure you have an account. Search and listen to all the files that have been uploaded. There are a lot of options, so if you’re struggling to come up with what you want … Continue reading
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Radio Promo Poster

by mstough

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October 11, 2014

Radio designed by Toni Valdés Medina from the Noun Project Here is my promotional poster for the radio show. I created it in Pixlr, using the radio from The Noun Project. I like the minimalist look it has.
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History Repeats Itself: The Wire Season 3, Episode 1 Analysis

by mstough

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October 9, 2014

This is how the episode, and seasons, begins. It seems like we are back on the street again. I really love the green trees contrasting with the red brick. The junk strewn about the street also makes for a great shot. There’s blue, yellow, and red on the sign in … Continue reading
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Radio Show Update #2: Avon’s Call Ad

by mstough

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October 9, 2014

I made the last ad for my group’s radio show. It’s a mash-up of The Wire in reference to Avon Barksdale and Avon Beauty Products. I really love it. I think my favorite part is Prez saying, “It’s like a scavenger hunt.” It just seems to silly when juxtaposed with a … Continue reading
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New Assignment: Color Schemes from The Wire

by mstough

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October 9, 2014

I created a new visual assignment where you take pictures of color schemes from The Wire that appear in real life. While you can definitely set the shot up, I decided to try and find instances of red, yellow, & blue together while I was walking back from the ITCC. Here … Continue reading
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Macklemore’s “Same Love” Speech & Song Remix

by mstough

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October 9, 2014

I decided to do the Remix a Song with Some Speech assignment. I thought it would be interesting to remix Macklemore’s “Same Love” with a bunch of news clips about gay rights in the U.S. I got the song and the news clips from YouTube and used an online converter … Continue reading
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Movie As Radio: Drive

by mstough

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October 9, 2014

I did the Movie As Radio assignment for the movie Drive. I chose Drive because the soundtrack plays a huge part in the movie. There isn’t a whole lot of dialogue. It’s a lot of staring and driving. Here’s the trailer for the movie: It’s a classic action movie with an emerging … Continue reading
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Daily Create: Anti-Wire

by mstough

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October 9, 2014

Today’s Daily Create was to not describe The Wire. Here is my response: The Wire is a sitcom about the families who all live an apartment complex in Baltimore. Their shenanigans always end with an important life lesson. It’s a great family show. I wanted to keep it simple, but … Continue reading
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All In the Eyes: The Wire Season 2, Episode 12 with Commentary

by mstough

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October 9, 2014

I really enjoy listening to episode commentaries on shows that I enjoy as they often provide a lot of details about the production and post-production that wouldn’t be known otherwise. This commentary emphasized the importance of what people are saying with their eyes throughout the episode. There’s a lot that … Continue reading
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Radio Show Update #1

by mstough

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October 8, 2014

Tonight, I started working on the commercials for the radio show. Each person in my group is responsible for 4-5 minutes worth of sound, whether it be bumpers, music, or commercials. Imran said he’d find a couple of bumpers and Jessica said she’d put together some music mash-ups of songs … Continue reading
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New Audio Assignment

by mstough

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October 8, 2014

I thought I’d help my radio show group kill two birds with one stone by creating an audio assignment that related to the content we’re creating for our radio show. The assignment is to make a radio ad out of product placement that occurs in a TV show or movie. … Continue reading
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Daily Create: Soviet Russia Pig

by mstough

| Syndicated
October 8, 2014

I did today’s Daily Create, which was to share an image that illustrates how evil guinea pigs are. I googled “evil guinea pig” and a picture of a guinea pig in a communist Russia hat appeared. I saved the picture, opened it in GIMP, and made its eyes red as … Continue reading
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Let the Dog In (Sound Story)

by mstough

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October 7, 2014

Here is a sound story that I created in Audacity using sounds I downloaded from Freesound.org. After searching through a bunch of sounds trying to figure out what I wanted to make my sound story about, I ran across all the dog related noises and I decided to recreate the … Continue reading
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Loose Ends: The Wire Season 2, Episode 12

by mstough

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October 6, 2014

The season 2 finale reminded me both of the season 2 premiere and the season 1 finale. The episode opened with this shot of the water, much like the season started with McNulty out on the water. The beginning of this episode also began with finding a body in the … Continue reading
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An Eye on Design: Week 6 Recap

by mstough

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October 2, 2014

I really enjoyed this week and found design to be a really fun and interesting creative focus. A lot of the skills I gained last week were helpful to me this week. The Wire Episodes Here are my blog posts about episodes nine, ten, and eleven of season 2. Daily … Continue reading
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Seuss-Bey

by mstough

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October 2, 2014

I decided to do a Wire-themed The Dr. Seuss Zone design assignment where you make a Dr. Seuss-style book cover. I couldn’t help myself and had to return to Wee-Bey and his fish. It was just too perfect for this assignment. I used a screenshot from an episode in season … Continue reading
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Storm Warnings Infographic

by mstough

| Syndicated
October 2, 2014

I decided to do the Movie Infographic design assignment. After seeing Meredith’s Infographic, I decided to use Piktochart as well. I really am impressed with all the options and freedom I had with the design. I was really bowled over by episode 10, so I decided to do that one, … Continue reading
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Daily Create: Empathy Map

by mstough

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October 2, 2014

I did today’s Daily Create, which was to create an empathy map.
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How To Ziggy

by mstough

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October 1, 2014

I decided to do the How To _______ design assignment and create a book cover for a book on how to be a certain character. I decided to do make one for Ziggy as his quirks and “skills” would be easy to come-up with. I used a screenshot I took from … Continue reading
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Daily Create: Shaking Water in a Glass

by mstough

| Syndicated
October 1, 2014

I did today’s Daily Create, which was to film water and glass moving around.
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