Man um… I don’t know where to start.  I tried to do this assignments, but when I told Spooksy he was going to read song lyrics over another song he got all angry and said he’d just record a whole song himself with his own words.  He locked himself in my office for a few … Continue reading Spooks Dreams (AudioAssignments1417 4 Stars)

So this week the audio assignments are supposed to be about our host, and I chose 2 really good ones, but I still needed 1 1/2 more starts, so I decided to let my host read a poem, and make it the all spooksy audio week.  I couldn’t find a poem I really liked for … Continue reading Spooksy loves the little childrens (AudioAssignments454 1.5 Star)

Good afternoon childrens’s! Spooksy here coming to you liiiiiiiiiive from the insane clown murderer fun zone for kids!  I’d like to start this evening’s show by reminding everyone we’re having a half priced sale on children this week at the mansion.  You bring us your children, and we’ll pay you half price!  Am I right … Continue reading Get out of my dreams ::dance moves:: and into my showcase. Starring: Spooksy!

Ah, design, I know yee not at all.  Even though I’ve never designed before, I felt pretty good about my work this week.  I think the elements are pretty fundamental and universal, and the concept isn’t hard to grasp.  I’m not really into the nuances of aesthetics, but I get it (I think? I hope?).  … Continue reading (Insert Creative Title for Design Summary)

I love this sign because of it’s minimalism.  The sign is tiny and unimposing to begin with, and the subtle black border and pole really make it feel like part of the town instead of an eye sore.  It’s simple, to the point, and elegant.  The type face is conservative, yet the use of size … Continue reading

One of the things I covet most in any work that I do is ease of use and understanding.  It’s the first thing that will turn me away from someone else’s work, so it’s the first thing I consider in mine.  I like what Vignelli said on this point, and concur in whole.  When I … Continue reading The Vignelli Cannon

  I chose Cthulu and Zoidburg, because why not Zoidburg?  I mean look, they are both crustaceans displaced from the world they know, who are just trying to feel a little bit more at home.  They both have icky tentacle faces, so kissing doesn’t weird them out, which is a big plus in a dating … Continue reading Love at first shot

I chose the directors cut of Alien as my film.  I like it because there is less than 10 minutes of Alien in the one and a half hour film, but it’s entirely memorable.  From the start you have the opening sequence, which looks like Alien writing or hieroglyphics before it ends up spelling Aliens.  … Continue reading The horror you never see

Audio Week!  I had a lot of fun this week. I’m familiar with Audacity, I use soundcloud frequently, and I’m musically inclined, I couldn’t really ask to be anymore in my comfort zone.  I think my crowning achievement this week is Spooksy’s Haunted Mansion (AudioAssignments1418).  I think I took a bunch of ordinary sounds and … Continue reading The sounds of summar… Y.

I chose this page because every cell could be brought to life with a bit of sound.  I work in health care, so I know what a stethoscope sounds like when you’re listening to someone’s lung sounds, and I think it would have been engaging and a bit creepy to listen to (it’s like a … Continue reading Sounding off on comics

“That’s Not How I Would Have Done It” is a show where we talk about a work that we consumed this week and what we liked and disliked about it’s writing and execution, and most importantly, what we would have done differently if it had been us producing it.  A lot of compromise goes into … Continue reading That’s not how I would have done it (Radio Show Idea)

This combines a lot of things that I ABSOLUTELY LOVE! I’m a huge fan of Audio and horror, so I’m going big this week with the 4 star assignment.  I want to use this track for my character Spooksy that I made as my host.  Going in, I wanted an ambient track of the sounds … Continue reading Spookys’s Haunted Mansion (AudioAssignments1418 4 Stars)

For this I went to the website with the free samples, and the first sample I clicked on was the ambient background with birds and traffic.  I started to think of what I could do with this, and decided that the cars you can hear faintly in the background would have an accident.  I also … Continue reading Car Crash On A Rainy Day (AudioAssignments70 3.5 Stars)

This seemed a bit easy, so I wrote a whole parody for the first verse of smells like Teen Spirit.  I called the song “Welcome to Wades”, it’s from the point of view of the manager of Wade’s burgers on opening day.  I basically sing goofy things over the regular words to most songs, so … Continue reading Welcome to Wades (AudioAssignments1820 2.5 Stars)

I listened to DS106 radio for a bit, and heard some of the intros on there, and most seemed to have just regular songs playing in the background.  I thought that worked, but I would rather play the song myself, so that it didn’t have words (I know you can get masters, separated by tracks, … Continue reading Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeds

An Eventful day

Audio is an integral part of video and film, without which the mediums wouldn’t work. You need the audio paired with the video to give you the engrossing experience that elicits the emotions, creates the escapism, and lets you experience a good movie or video. Think back to silent pictures, they had to interrupt the … Continue reading Kuuu Cheee Kuuu Cheee Kuuu Cheee (Audio Reflection)

  This week was really tough because I am not a photography guy at all.  That’s part of the reason I took the class though, to challenge myself and try new things in new areas.  You would be hard pressed to say my work this week was anything but rudimentary, but I think I did … Continue reading A summary is worth a 1,000 pictures

I chose this assignment because it’s right in my wheelhouse.  I have to admit, I struggled a bit this week, I’m not a photography or Photoshop guy, but I’m good at writing and being witty and funny.  Stuff like this that I can do in paint and then add value with words is where it’s … Continue reading This week’s news from… NewsWeek! (3.5 Stars VisualAssignments737)

I chose this assignment because it compliments to writing assignment I did about my bucket list.  I think it adds a layer of depth and texture to that assignment by adding the visual element.  It is my goal that one day I can make a collage of me doing all those things, hopefully sooner rather … Continue reading Revenge of the bucket list! (4 star)