1. @christinac106

    Getting There

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    We did it, we finished filming! Our video show “Girl Power” is almost done and I couldn’t be more excited. Filming today was a breeze, my group mates and I got together and began filming away. Like I mentioned earlier we utilized the outline we created for our show and it helped immensely. By following […]
  2. @CommTweetWithMe

    Ready…Set…ACTION

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    Week two of video has begun and so far, a lot of this week has just been spent building off of last week, particularly finalizing the final details and filming “Girl Power” the TV show! Last week and over the weekend, my group members and I finalized all of the planning for our video. Over […]
  3. @tiffmooree

    Weekly Summary 4/5/19

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    After last weeks brutal setback, I decided to get my work done as soon as possible. As I was working through, I realized my laptop was not up to the standards I was hoping it would be after the repair. Once I received my laptop on Friday (dropped it off on Tuesday), I got it back with all of my content on it. This is due to their initial claims of it being the motherboard being false. It was simply the display, but that still did not cut down the cost. I realized that my laptop was still messing up. When inserting a video from my webcam into iMovie, my camera would glitch, almost creating a gif of me before I even hit record. After I captured the video, however, the pictures moved along with the video. Then, every time I have to get on my laptop, the log in screen freezes, forcing me to restart my laptop every time I get on it. Safe to say I was livid. You would think they would have the audacity to completely fix a laptop while it is being fixed, but I guess that’s not the case. I called apple for the millionth time and ended up having to completely reset my laptop, as if I was using a brand new one. I had to take a few hours to set it back up and download everything I was missing. I was told that doing this might fix the problem, but it didn’t. The only thing it fixed was the camera and not the log in screen. So now, I have to take my laptop BACK to apple, for them to send it back out and for me to have to go through the same rushed methods of last week. So for now, I’m grinding out my homework in order to get everything done and for them to fix it. BUT LETS GET STARTED First things first was the assignment banks. I normally do as many 5 star assignments as possible so that I can get the stars done. This is because I’d rather do harder work, than write a bunch of different blog posts. However, it was quite hard to find 5 star assignments in the bank. I chose to do 2 four star assignments and 1 two star. I also realized that the star ratings change quite easily. Assignments I had saved would go from 5 star assignments, to 2 star assignments, and I’d have to go through the bank to find different assignments. My first assignment was 4 stars. This one I was quite excited about. It was basically like the video essay we did last week, and I loved that assignment. I chose this one because of that. I chose the same movie, Amelie, because I felt like this movie is perfect for these essays AND she is the inspiration for my character, and thus related to the course. I did however choose a new scene, as I didn’t want to basically do the same assignment. I also wanted to add a little twist. Instead of focusing on every single thing we learned last week, as I felt rushed when I was voicing over, I chose to focus on one aspect. Camera angles. I felt like this scene had AMAZING camera angles and were perfect for this analysis. I also chose to keep the entire clip whole, as if I didn’t it would once again take away from the meaning. I read through the syllabus and added title/ credit slides to each video I made, and made my posts about them up to standards (by adding a screenshot of my iMovie screen into the blog post), but this is the only one I didn’t add music to. I felt like by adding music it would distract from the true meaning of the video. My next assignment was four stars as well. For this one I had to chose a software and explain how to use it. I chose to do this for clip grab. I know this may be a very simple tool to use, but someone in the class may need to either know about it or still know how to use it. This software helped me immensely with the video section of this course. I added music to the beginning and the end of this assignment as well. I had to google how to screen record, and after that, I made a recording of how to use it and put it into iMovie and added a voice over. I was intimidated by iMovie in the beginning, but it has proven to be a lot easier than I had thought. My last assignment was 2 stars. This one was pretty simple and easy to execute. It was a letter to my 16 year old self. I also chose to relate this one to my character. However, I also felt like our secret agents are supposed to be us, so I didn’t change many of my details, just made them very vague. This way, it is obvious it isn’t SPECIFICALLY my life, but it is Amelies (kinda confusing). I really did enjoy this assignment, I haven’t had to do anything like this, so it made it very unique. I added music to the beginning and the end because I felt like it fit. I found a photo of a letter, made it fit my voiceover, and it was complete! This assignment definitely was a 2 star assignment, but it was a fresh breath of air after always doing highly rated assignments. Our last write up assignment was to create a new mission. I had a hard time thinking of it, but I know I wanted to incorporate everything we have learned so far. Once I new that, the assignment molded itself and I wrote it into the blog post. I really liked working in groups. I feel like its hard to talk to classmates when you’re in an online class, and the audio assignment allowed my group and I to have people to talk to if we ever had trouble. My group was also amazing at getting the radio show done, so I would love to work with them again! Posts of the Week: I’ve said countless times how I love doing the posts of the week. This reminds me to always be commenting and forces me to do it. It also allows me to find great posts from my peers and become inspired by their ideas. I also love how Professor Bond posts the winners of the week on twitter, which always makes me want to strive to be on there and put out great work. Daily Creates: Commenting: With the posts of the week, I have been commenting more, which I a win win. WEEK ELEVEN IS NOW IN THE BOOKS!
  4. @christinac106

    Making Progress

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    Today’s the day, aka filming day! My group has been planning our video out for the past week now and today we are finally going to be getting into action. With an outline put together, we have the basis for what we want to discuss and do in our video show, “Girl Power”. The main […]
  5. @tiffmooree

    New Mission

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    I think for this new mission we should incorporate everything we’ve learned in this class so far. This means incorporating video, audio, and photography. I think for this assignment we should get into groups again and create the idea behind ...
  6. @kdzebdi106

    Secret Mission

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    As secret agents we have to go through obstacles in our daily work life. Secret missions usually have hard obstacles that we have to plan and solve for. A mission that comes to mind is a bomb that will go off in 12 hours in France and we have to quickly come up a plan…
  7. @christinac106

    Did someone say mission?

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    As secret agents we’ve encountered numerous missions since our time here in ds106. Now as the semester is nearing an end, am I seeing one last mission in our future? A couple ideas come to mind for a potential last mission… One idea that I have is that our secret agent intelligence has been left […]
  8. @madeleine_ds106

    Day in my life

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    So for this assignment I had to record a “day in my life video.” This is traditionally what Youtubers do and I always love watching them. It’s similar to my “Where my Shoes take me in day video,” but the focus isn’t on my shoes this time. The assignment required me to record what I did in a day. I recored myself in the morning opening the blinds, getting breakfast, then walking to class, working on my research paper for my senior seminar and my snack break, then making my cup of green tea before bed! I simply recorded the videos on my phone, uploaded them onto my computer, and edited everything together on iMovie. The song I had over everything is “Sunset Lover” by Petite Biscuit.
  9. @caholt2000

    Final Mission

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    We have been through a lot in the past ten weeks. Some of us may have unfortunately blown our covers at one point or another. With a villain getting smarter and more dangerous each week, we need to protect our identities to prevent ourselves and our loved ones from getting into any danger. There are

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