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Film Projects

by Clemon Yueh
November 4, 2012

Well, another week has passed, and apparently Master still wants me to do all his work for him, and on short notice, no less. At least, if all goes well, Master will have to do SOME work next week for … Continue reading →
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Look, Listen and Analyze

by mis-tery
November 4, 2012

I chose to look, listen and analyze … Good Will Hunting – Bar Scene Look: for this part of the assignment, I had to slide the volume of this scene all the way down. The visual aspects of this scene is as followed. This scene was taken in a very straightforward symmetrical composition (which seems to ...
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Week 10 Summaryyyy

by ppatel2

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November 4, 2012

Available video tools: On my computer I have windows movie maker which I am familiar with for editing videos and I also have what I downloaded today which is the MPEG Stream clip which is not that difficult to use … Continue reading →
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Reservoir Dogs: What Up With That?

by Isaac Whalen
November 4, 2012

Reservoir Dogs. Quinten Tarantino’s directorial debut, and movie poster 90% of all male college freshman have in their dorm to impress the ladies. For those of you too young to experience or remember the 90s here is the trailer for the … Continue reading →
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Weekly Summary 10!

by sdivitot

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November 4, 2012

What I already have: I already have Windows Movie Maker. I have only used it once to make an gif clip. So I am not too familiar with it. I also just downloaded MPEG stream clip, which I learned how … Continue reading →
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Pre-Production Exploration

by crystalrose0784

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November 4, 2012

Part of the ds106 assignments this week includes doing pre-production work on two video assignments. The first video assignment I chose to do was Return to the Silent Era. To get an idea of how to do the assignment, and what it should look and feel like in the end, I checked out Silent Star ...
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Weekly Summary 10!

by kmatthe2

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November 4, 2012

Here it is folks, weekly summary number 10! My video editing tools are somewhat lacking, but I’ll make the best of them. I have MPEG streamclip, which I really like but sometimes don’t know how to use. I also have … Continue Reading →
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Pre-Production first

by ppatel2

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November 4, 2012

I watched two examples: silent star wars and silent scarface! So I have decided for next week that I want to produce a return to the silent era. The trailer I chose is from the recent movie called Think Like … Continue reading →
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Pre-Production

by sdivitot

| Syndicated
November 4, 2012

I have chosen to do Return to the Silent Era Assignment. After watching Star Wars and Mean Girls redone, it gave me some ideas as to what I can do. It was nice seeing the difference between two whole different … Continue reading →
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Video Editing Tools

by mis-tery
November 4, 2012

For this part of this weeks assignment, we were supposed to see what worked with us, i.e what softwares we will need to be using that would allow us to combine, edit, re-sequence video as well as being able to add or even replace the audio from a video clip. I have downloaded or had ...
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The Two Possible Video Assignments

by kmatthe2

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November 4, 2012

I am already nervous and we haven’t even gotten to the nitty-gritty yet! I really want to do the lip-synch and the audio redub. For the lip synch- I chose the song Way Over Yonder by Carole King. I love … Continue Reading →
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Daily Creates Week 10

by ksimonpi

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November 4, 2012

tdc298 Take a photo using forced perspective: I used a toy car about the size of my palm and held it up in front of the road a ways away in order to make it look like it was a normal … Continue reading →
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Exploring the Movie Even More

by kmatthe2

| Syndicated
November 4, 2012

Dexter: 3 Facts 1. The genre is TV-Crime, Thriller, Drama and Mystery. Thanks IMDB!. 2. Dexter’s theme song was supposed to be a horror movie’s theme song instead. But! Now it’s Dexter’s. 3. In Latin, Dexter means right-handed. Sinister means … Continue Reading →
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Exploring The Pursuit of Happyness even moreeee

by ppatel2

| Syndicated
November 4, 2012

Three interesting facts about the movie making from IMDb: The Pursuit of Happyness is based on a true story, Gross makings (worldwide): $304,850,102, and the Aspect Ratio is 2.35 : 1 Genre: According to IMdb The movie The Pursuit of … Continue reading →
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Exploring Women

by crystalrose0784

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November 4, 2012

I began looking farther into the movie Scent of a Woman the way any self-respecting college student begins their research – I checked out the Wiki article. If you read my prior post, you’ll remember that I had never seen nor heard of this movie prior to the ds106 assignment that lead me to ...
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Look, Listen, Analyze

by kmatthe2

| Syndicated
November 4, 2012

For this assignment, I decided to go with a Dexter clip. I am a BIG fan of Dexter. VISUAL: It was definitely a challenge to not try to hear the theme music. I like how the camera would focus on … Continue Reading →
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Learning more about My Best Friend’s Girl

by sdivitot

| Syndicated
November 4, 2012

Looking at IMDb, and Wikipedia I learned three more interesting facts about this movie that I couldn’t gather from watching just the trailer. This movie contains, nudity and is considered to be very offensive in some way. The movie was … Continue reading →
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My Best Friend’s Girl Trailer

by sdivitot

| Syndicated
November 4, 2012

This trailer, I must admit was very hard to diagnose because there were so many cross cuts, meaning back and forth actions between characters is was hard to keep up. However, I tried my best. Step 1: Just visual Overall, … Continue reading →
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One Clip 3 Times

by Isaac Whalen

| Syndicated
November 4, 2012

Okay so I watched this clip 3 times: Word, so just in full disclosure I’ve seen this movie dozens of times; I’m a huge Tarantino fan. That being said viewing it three different times and different ways had no overtly … Continue reading →
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3 Techniques to Critiquing a Scene

by ppatel2

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November 4, 2012

I analyzed the Pursuit of Happiness scene of Will Smith running to an Interview that he has in an office building. Mind you he is coming from painting a room so he is not dressed appropriately due to him running … Continue reading →
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Reading…Reading…and Reading More Movies! All About Week 10

by beauty_b_

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November 4, 2012

Daily Create: DailyCreate Post on my Tools: Tools Look, Listen, Anaylze Post: Look,Listen,Analyze Post on Exploring the Movie Even More: Post on a little bit of Pre-Production: This week was all about getting prepared for our Video Assignments that will be upcoming in the next 2-3 weeks. Honestly, I’m not even going to lie just ...
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Ohno! It’s the end of week 10!!

by Anapaula Ojeda

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November 4, 2012

Week 10 came by and went! I felt that this week the work load was a lot lighter the previously. I think it’s a break for the ton of work that is to come!! This week was about preparing for … Continue reading →
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Happyness

by Anapaula Ojeda

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November 4, 2012

In this blog post, I break talk about a scene in the Pursuit of Happyness. I talk about the audio, visual, and both elements together. In this blog post I want to talk more about the movie. For those of … Continue reading →
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How to Look, Listen, and Analyze I Am Legend Video Clip

by beauty_b_

| Syndicated
November 4, 2012

For this assignment we were asked to pick one of the listed video clips off of Youtube and watch it 3 times. Each time we watch it we were asked to take notes on different aspects of the video. We were to refer back to the reading on ‘How to Read a Movie’ by Roger ...
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Daily Create Week 10

by beauty_b_

| Syndicated
November 4, 2012

This week we were asked only to do two Daily Creates. For the first daily create I was asked to take a picture of a object that represents how old I feel. I decided to take a picture of my Hello Kitty slippers. I feel like I’m still a young kid at heart, so I ...
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[Insert Witty Title Here]

by estotz

| Syndicated
November 4, 2012

Ahh, feels good to be back in the swing of things. Week 10 of my last fall semester at Mary Wash. Crazy. Bittersweet. What am I going to do with my life? I guess I’ll figure that out soon enough. Anywaysss, this week in DS106 we are getting into video assignments. I love analyzing video. ...
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Weekly Summary #10

by sgillis

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November 4, 2012

Video Editing The only video editing software I have is Windows Movie Maker but I am familiar with many file converters so if that becomes an issue I shouldn’t have any problems. I’ve used it semi-frequently the past couple ye … Continue reading →
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Politics Shmolitics

by estotz

| Syndicated
November 4, 2012

Exploring a Great Movie Scene Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Directed by Frank Capra Interesting Tidbits The film premiered in Washington DC at Constitution Hall with 4,000+ in attendance. The audience included congressmen, Supreme Court Justices and Cabinet members. Capra, also in attendance, said the aftermath of the premiere was one of the worst in his ...
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Three times the charm

by Anapaula Ojeda

| Syndicated
November 4, 2012

This week in ds106 is not only about video, but the different aspects that is needed to create videos. For our assignment we have to watch a clip of a movie 3 times. The first time with the sound off, … Continue reading →
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What I will be doing next week..

by Anapaula Ojeda

| Syndicated
November 4, 2012

Since the next two weeks in ds106 will mainly consist of video editing – we have to prepare what 2 assignments we want to do, and make sure we have all of the programs ready and downloaded to be ready … Continue reading →
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