This weeks assignments took longer then usual, I really enjoyed creating my own videos and wanted to make them as best as possible. However they were also more difficult, finding the right video editing software took some time, windows movie maker doesn’t work on my computer so I had to use VideoPad. VideoPad was easy … Continue reading Weekly Summary #4 →

The best way to do this assignment is to start by brainstorming. Think of the best setting you have either encountered, heard, read or even imagined about. Pick one that you think you could enjoy having a place to live in. One that is done, you must think of what would your place look like? … Continue reading My assignment tutorial →

My assignment I would live in the medieval times, probably in Camelot. I have always had a fascination with swords, castles and magic. I would want to live in the castle with King Aurthor, maybe be one of his closest friends. That way I get all the perks of a king but no hassle that … Continue reading My own assignment →

For the above image, i used poster my wall site to create the advertisement flyer. The flyer was pre made; however, i made some modifications to the flyer to meet the need of my company. I selected the grass for the background, and i added text on top of the flyer using...

Character Description 4 stars Gimli, a dwarf with a funny personality, Eragorn and the elf Legolas make up a party with the goal of dethroning the evil king. After months and months of travle the party finally makes its way to the keep of their ally, who are defending against the evil king. Gimli has just … Continue reading The moments of Gimli →

I always wanted to establish a successful company, and after taking the last four week of ds106, I have enough skills to actually advertise my own business, and save some of the starting cost. Advertisement is very essential to the success of a new business; therefore i used different type...

“You will now analyze the clip by watching it three times, in different ways.” I chose the scene called Escape (4th scene) by the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Analyze the camera work. “Before watching the first time, turn the volume on the clip (or on your computer) all the way down. Take notes […]

Compilation Assignment 4 stars I am a big fan of tennis, have played for almost all my life and find that it is one of the few sports I can enjoy watching. This is a video compilation of some of the more famous players celebrations after some crucial or long point. This assignment took me … Continue reading Tennis Celebration Compilation →

Stanley Kubrick // One-Point Perspective: Kubrick’s short video is all about having a center focus. It has a lot to do with symmetry in a film shot. This symmetry draws the viewer’s eyes to the center and main focus of the picture. This video had music, no sound, and very short clips from (what looks like) scary […]

“You have likely watched plenty of movies, but when we say “reading” movies, we mean looking at them with a keener eye for the cinematic elements that make them successful (or not). This is not about reviews of “good” or “bad” movies, but how well they convey the story to all our senses, how well […]

Oh Firefly, what more can be said about this show? Should we continue to berate Fox for daring to cancel this masterpiece? However many times its been done before, it’s […]

Joker Pencil Scene   I decided to watch the classic clip involving the Joker and the pencil scene with the mob from the Batman movie. Watching the scene with no sound really does emphasize the camera movements as well as how long each person is shown. Of course the Joker gets the most of it, … Continue reading Look, Listen, Analyse Joker →

For this assignment, I chose the prison breaking scene from The Shawshank Redemption. When viewing the scene without sound, first we see Andy looking defeated. He is cast in shadow, […]

Roger Ebert’s “How to Read a Movie”  was a good read, he gives examples for what he talks about which kept the article interesting. His movie editing ideas seem to work, only after reading them did I think back on some of the films I have watches recently. The positive, negative, strong axis, weak axis … Continue reading The secrets of movie editing →

Ebert’s post offers some good insight into reading movies. He often noted that breaking some of the “rules” of film making can, at times, prove fruitful. It is more important […]

This week was all about video.  There were parts that I definitely enjoyed more than others.  I actually really enjoyed using iMovie for the two assignments that I did.  I had never used it before so at first it was … Continue reading →

The scene I watched is from I Am Legend.  I have only ever seen it once, but from what I can remember it was a pretty good movie.  I thought that this scene would be good to watch for this … Continue reading →

Week 4 Summary: I feel this week went by pretty quick and that I completed all the assignments very well. The only thing that gave me trouble was on my second video assignment about making highlights of your favorite actor/actress. The requirements for time seemed to be not enough for what I wanted to do […]

Tutorial #1: Celebrating Too Early (2 Stars) Description of Assignment: “Make a GIF when someone celebrates too early. You can use Make A GIF or any software to help you trim the video that you find into a five second or less GIF. Make sure you embed your GIF into your blog post.” My Completed Assignment: Nick Young Hits The Three… […]

Reading Movies Look, Listen, Analyze Video Assignment #1 Video Assignment #2 Tutorial #2 Assignment Creation #1 Daily Create #1 Daily Create #2 Daily Create #3 Usman Owns Comment Amanda’s Locale Comment The Insider Comment Court’s View Comment Weekly Summary Reflection: … Continue reading →

Week 4 Daily Create 3 (7/19) Create a Wonky Poster: The Daily Create 1288 (7/19) Twitter Tweet Wonky Poster

Analyze the Camera Work: The camera work in this scene really makes helps to achieve the wanted affect of this scene. The camera first pans in with no apparent focus to give an overall view of the tragedy that occurred … Continue reading →

The first thing to do is to record the speech itself. If you have a microphone, the easiest way is to record directly into Audacity. You could also use another […]

I feel that I completed this weeks assignments well. I really enjoyed creating my own assignment and making a tutorial

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It’s the end of week four and I feel that I am getting more media savvy as the weeks progress onward. Week one and two were a blur and I felt extremely frustrated trying to get everything going and trying to figure out what was expected of us in this class. However, I think I … Continue reading The Final Countdown – Week 4 Summary →

For this assignment I picked  a movie clip from Gladiator, the Execution scene.   When viewing the film clip first without  sound, I noticed there were many film transitions with majority in the form of cuts. The cut is the most basic type of shot transition and most common way to join two shots. It is the continuation of … Continue reading Look. Listen. Analyze →

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Wonky movie poster, for an artist of my skill … oh wait I have to draw it, well that changes things a bit.  Well for this daily create we had to draw a wonky movie poster, and because Star Wars Episode 2 was on my bookshelf near my desk that is what I did.  Now […]

After reading Roger Ebert’s article, “How to Read a Movie” I started mentally analyzing any movie I had ever watched, wondering if the rules he found from his extensive experience really held true. And it did! I had never analyzed a movie in the manner Ebert describes, but as I imagined my favorite scenes from […]

Everything for the final week is due July 23, 2015 The University of Mary Washington’s Digital Knowledge Center provides peer tutoring to all University students on digital projects and assignments. Students can schedule 50 minute, one-one-one tutorials with a trained peer tutor on any DS106 related projects.  Click Here to set up an appointment. As a final project […]