Well this week in Noir, we covered design which is something that some people are good at and others aren’t so lucky; Im the one that isn’t so lucky. Design is also something that is unique because everyone has their different opinion’s on what they think looks good as well along with what goes good […]

Cartoon You: 3 1/2 points For my 4th assignment to reach the 12 star minimum, i decided to make myself into a cartoon. Here i found a picture of me from a project my sophomore year. I then went onto cartoonize.net and changed my self into a cartoon. Below is the picture of me as […]

One Story / Four Icons: 2 1/2 points This assignment instructed us to reduce the story of a movie, tv show or event. I used the website to grab the icons that i needed. It was really easy to use; signed up with facebook gave credit to the author and then downloaded the image. Once […]

Noir Valentines: 2 points The next assignment that I did was called Noir Valentines. I decided to make a card where that represented something my character would give to something.  I actually found this image funny because the woman is straight up blowing smoke into the mans face.

Create Your Own DS106 Wallpaper! 4 points This assignment was to create your own DS106  wallpaper. The wallpaper that I made represents something my character, James Black, would have. This assignment was fun and easy to do.

First think I should probably note is that every single one of my pictures is the American Flag or, for one, has an American flag in it. When looking at the different categories that were given, I was trying to think of things that could fit in each of them. I then decided to have […]

Copyright laws just like almost any law out there, also has many flaws and loop holes. There are also no fixed body of rules. There is always a shift in how these laws a interpreted and what they mean. Before reading the reading and watching the video, I already knew a bit about them from […]

I decided to watch Double Indemnity because I have already seen The Big Lebowski and i wanted to try something new. For this film, space helps frame the design of the movie in many ways. The setting of this movie was in Los Angeles in the late 1940’s. During the film, it was either very […]

For this week, we were assigned to read The Vignelli Canon by Massimo Vignelli who is an Italian designer who has worked in numerous areas dealing with design ranging from houseware design to  showroom design. In his short book, he points out many elements of design that are important to how a viewer perceives it. […]

Make It 800% Slower: 3 points So this was my last assignment for this week. I thought this one would be easy  to perform but for some reason it tool me a while complete due to the fact Audacity didnt want to work with me for tonight. The song I chose for this assignment was […]

This was an interesting week  for me. The majority of the assignments for me were difficult mainly for the fact of learning how to use the audio mixer. Even once i figured out how to use audacity, I was having trouble putting my sound clips onto soundcloud. I thought this was to due to how […]

Favorite Song: 1 1/2 points Well after i thought that i completed all of the assignments for this week i realized that i did not do enough audio assignment. So I decided to do this assignment  which i thought would be fun. This song that i chose should be very easy to get if you […]

So with the Audio Storytelling assignment, I watched Touch of Evil and Touch of Evil 1958. To me, the first video I felt more interested in what was going to happen just because of the background music. There were lots of sounds that kept you locked on to the video; lots of laughter, cars moving, […]

So for this week along with the usual assignments but on a different topics, we were asked to give some ideas for a radio show. Considering i do not listen the radio because I cant stand listening to people talk about bull, this was a bit difficult for me; but i do not mind listening […]

Can’t Get It Out Of My Head: 2 points   When I saw this assignment, i knew it would be extremely easy because i listen to my roommate whistle songs all day long! Have fun guessing this song! HINT HINT its an oldy

Sound Effects Story: 3 1/2 points This was a really fun and difficult at times assignment to do. It was extremely easy to make a sound effect story for my character because not only down bond love scotch and being the best at everything, but he also drives a mustang boss gt500 and loves to […]

Create A Ds106 Radio Bumper – 2 1/2 points So this was a pretty easy assignment to create besides choosing what background song I wanted. There are just so many that you can choose from and I ended up choosing Awolnation Sail Unlimited Gravity Remix. This assignment allowed me to play with Audacity which I […]

This week was all about visual elements to capture meaning and tell stories. I gained a great amount of knowledge of how to improve my skills with taking photography as well as a little bit more about visual elements in noir. Coming into this week I knew a little bit about taking photo from past […]

Urban Nightscape off kilter/unusual camera angle moodines noircat one side light

One of the films that I chose to watch is that of the Killers Kiss. Below are two screen shots that I think represent what noir. Both of these screen shots absolutely scream noir to me. In the first screen shot, we see the very distinct shadows on the characters face with represent a kind […]

To me I have always been interested in photography but I never really taken the initiative to learn more about photography until I got a GoPro; probably because I did not want to spend money on a good camera. I first got interested in photography when I took a photography class in high school. This […]

How to take out your contacts: Step 1: Reach into the cabinet and grab both your contact container and contact solution. Step 2: Wash your hands very thoroughly to kill all germs and bacteria that you DO NOT want in your eyes. Step 3: Use a clean towel to dry off your hands Step 4: […]

Back to Basics: 2 points This assignment was to take a picture and make it look like you drew it. This picture is that of my dog staring out the window but yet making life easy for her by resting her head on the couch. When using the filter to change it to a stencil, […]

    Telling a story in a collage, creating a story for someone to view.  3 points This collage is telling the story of a duck hunt with my buddy before he left to Tennessee this winter break. Top right and middle top right: We left the boat launch at 4 in the morning in […]

Post-It Notes And Grocery Lists! – 2 points For this assignment, I wanted to use my character that I created for noir, James Black. Below are just some common post-its notes that James leaves around his house or his office.

  What’s in your bag? – 3 points Considering Black does not carry a purse or murse everyday in his adult life, I decided to take a picture of what he carry’s with him daily.What you see in the picture is a device that is later called a cell phone, keys, wallet, knife, watch, bracelet […]

This week for me was a lot different than last week. I do not mind reading and writing but the hard part for me is just getting started. I found myself just perusing the ds106 website trying to find something else that did not have to do with reading but in the end I knew […]

After James Black Left New York City, he decided to attended Boston College where he played basketball and majored in pre-law. Being the person that Black is and not taking shit from anyone, he always found himself getting into trouble. Black decided to change his major to criminal justice to hopefully becoming a detective one […]

I am something that people use daily, the people who own me and ones who I have never seen before. For the majority of the day I sit dark and cold. My perspective of the world is either a wall or someplace dark. My brothers and sisters are all different sizes and colors. Its very […]

As Max and Al left the store, they decided to wait in their car for a bit just to make sure Ole Anderson didn’t come to the store late. Thirty minutes passed and they saw Nick leaving the store early. Seeing this they decided to follow Nick and figure out where he was going just […]