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Wee Willie Winkie

by @kasc96

| Assignments, ds106, Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments1722
June 14, 2018

For the start of my video assignments, I decided to create a reaction video. I use Recactus to record the video. I wanted to use my nursery rhyme Wee Willie Winkie as the content that I reacted to. My reaction to the video was unexpected because while I knew the rhyme was creepy, adding video […]
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Learning the Ways to Successful Cinematography

by @YousephAsaad

| Blog, Mid-Week Posts, Syndicated
June 13, 2018

Week 4 Midweek Reflection This week started the same as last week because my skills with video creating is just as incompetent as my skills with audio creating. However, I can say that my skills last week in audio creation increased dramatically, and I’m hoping the same will happen with my skills in video creating […]
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Here’s looking at you, kid.

by @LeslieMiyazono

| Reflection Posts, Syndicated
June 13, 2018

The beginning of this week did not prove to be terribly strenuous, however a great deal of reflection was required. This week, the class is tackling the topic of film. Numerous sources of information were provided to us, mostly to educate on various cinematic techniques introduced by various filmmakers that became both trademark and influential …
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It’s Movie Time

by @tabbycat07

| @ds106dc, Beauty, dailycreate, dailycreates, ds106, movies, questionoftheweek, Reflection, robertebert, summary, Syndicated, twitter
June 13, 2018

So far this week, we have been learning about motion pictures and how to analyze and edit them. Started it out by reading a short piece by film critic, Robert Ebert. Lights! Cameras! Action! I genuinely enjoyed his essay. I thought the article would be dry and just spouting out random facts about film analyzing, Read More
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I’m a Little Troubler, Mean and Grim

by @YousephAsaad

| Blog, Syndicated
June 13, 2018

Weekly Question What childhood nursery rhyme would you like to write a story about but change the meaning completely? If I had a chance to change a nursery rhyme from my childhood, I would change “I’m a little teapot” to “I’m a little troubler”. I’ve heard this nursery rhyme so many times as a kid […]
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Professional Film Making Techniques

by @YousephAsaad

| Blog, Syndicated
June 13, 2018

Reflection on Four Videos The four videos I watched for this assignment each had different techniques and methods for film making that I either already knew or that I somewhat know. However, watching the videos definitely gave me better insights on the different techniques, as well as better appreciation for them. The first video I […]
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Reading and Understanding a Film

by @YousephAsaad

| Blog, Syndicated
June 13, 2018

Roger Ebert’s Short Piece Reflection I really enjoyed reading and studying Roger Ebert’s article. He brought up great points about movie reading, many of which I tried to pick up. Usually when I watch a movie, I don’t have an incentive to better understand all the different aspects of the image. I also don’t tend […]
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Wacky Wednesday Part Four

by @Pringleduckface

| Mid-Week Blogging, Now Watch Me Whip, Syndicated
June 13, 2018

Daily Creates I have always heard the most attractive thing is humor. For me I don’t care if someone attacks…
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I Loved This Assignment!

by @Michael Dietrich

| Syndicated
June 13, 2018

I’ve probably mentioned at some point in these numerous blog posts that I love movies, and I hope to work in the entertainment industry one day. So naturally assignments that involve analyzing pieces of film history, as well as just talking about them in general, fits right up my alley. When I first started this …
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Opening Soon at a Theater Near You

by @LeslieMiyazono

| Reflection Posts, Syndicated
June 13, 2018

This week, the class was tasked on reading the essay How to Read a Movie, written by American film critic Roger Ebert. One of the main points that resonated was to look at a still shot of a film, and simply “think about what you see.” Throughout his essay, Mr. Ebert was a firm beliver …
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Directing the Audience Through the Film

by @LeslieMiyazono

| Reflection Posts, Syndicated
June 13, 2018

In addition to reading Roger Ebert’s essay, the class was also tasked on reviewing various videos highlighting cinematic techniques. Upon viewing a minimum of four videos, a personal observation on how these techniques may influence our perception of video production is required. The first video selected is the one titled “Kubrick – one-point perspective.” One-point …
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Ring Around the Rosie

by @Michael Dietrich

| Syndicated
June 13, 2018

Ring Around the Rosie is honestly the only nursery rhyme from my childhood that I can remember, probably because it’s the only one I legitimately enjoyed listening to. Whats interesting about this nursery rhyme that you may not no about is that the song is actually describing the events of the Black Plague. If I …
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Learning About the Moving Pictures

by @Kim

| Blogs, Syndicated
June 13, 2018

So far this week we have started to learn about videos and movies and how to edit them, we have not technically learned how to make them, but there was some stuff on camera angles and filming techniques. Part One: The first assignment was to read the article “How to Read A Movie” by Robert …
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Fantastic Films

by @tabbycat07

| camera, ds106, movie, movies, Syndicated, techniques, videoproduction
June 13, 2018

In this assignment, I watched 4 videos that gave me a different view on video production. Match cut. Gives you a wait, what, reaction because in the last moment, the scene changes for dramatic effect and leaves you with a feeling of wanting more. Hitchcock Loves Bikinis. This was a little clip about different scenes, a Read More
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Colorful Pies and Trees

by @YousephAsaad

| Blog, Daily Create, Syndicated
June 13, 2018

Daily Create #1: Create an artistic graph chart Ramadan is a month for all Muslims around the world to fast from sunrise to sunset. During this time that we’re not allowed to eat or drink anything, people usually either work or sleep. For this daily create, my job was to create a graph chart, which […]
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Daily Create #5

by @Michael Dietrich

| Syndicated
June 13, 2018

#tdc2346By day, birds fly in and out of these branches delivering food to these babies. By night bats rest here, flying in and out in between their time hunting for moths. It’s really quite a sight pic.twitter.com/oV2peWrqAZ — Michael Dietrich (@Michael68856400) June 14, 2018 #tdc2347A box of ashes, Beautiful in the sense that this person …
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Mary Had a Little Dragon

by @tabbycat07

| dragon, ds106, littlelamb, nurseryrhymes, questionoftheweek, Syndicated
June 13, 2018

Mary had a little lamb, or did she? In response to the question of the week, What childhood nursery rhyme would you like to write a story about but change the meaning completely, I would change it to Mary had a little dragon. Dragons are my favorite mythical creature and it will be fun talking about Read More
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Lights! Cameras! Action!

by @tabbycat07

| ds106, movie, movies, rogerebert, Syndicated
June 13, 2018

“You know how football coaches use a stop-action 16mm projector to study game films?” he asked me. “You can use that approach to study films. Just pause the film and think about what you see.” How do you read a movie? Roger Ebert`s How to read a movie talks about the simple ways you can study film. Read More
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Beauty and More Beauty

by @Kim

| Blogs, Syndicated
June 13, 2018

This half of the week required two daily creates, coincidentally, both required an aura of beauty. The first one was about trees, we were supposed to find a tree and talk about it. By the time I was able to sit down and work on my assignment it was a little dark to go out …
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Summary of MidWeek 4

by @ChristineMears_

| Syndicated
June 13, 2018

So far this week, I retouched my knowledge on cinematography, and learned a little bit more about the editing and making of films from a few video clips. I also learned about a new film technique from an article by Roger Ebert. In the editing and filmmaking reflection, I concentrated on four video clips that … Continue reading Summary of MidWeek 4 →
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My Thoughts on Video Production

by @Michael Dietrich

| Syndicated
June 13, 2018

If there’s anything watching countless movies over the years has taught me is that in order to stand out and keep things fresh, a director has to present the audience with their own unique style of filming, and the videos I have watched just now have only further proved that point. Anyone can just record …
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If a tree fell on my blog, and noone had read it, would it make a sound

by @johnsfrozendice

| Syndicated
June 13, 2018

This class is coming to a close very quickly now. We’re about 80% of the way through! This is my mid-week summary for week 4. This week centered around techniques for video editing, and movie related camera techniques in general. There wasn’t much in the way of creation for this week. Except of course for…
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How To Read a Movie

by @Michael Dietrich

| Syndicated
June 13, 2018

I’m gonna be completely honest, despite being a huge film buff my entire life, I never liked Roger Ebert. To be fair, I never really followed or pay much attention to him, nor did I read any of his work, so perhaps I truly do not have an accurate view of Ebert. That being said, …
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House of mirrors: a quadruple reflection post

by @johnsfrozendice

| Syndicated
June 13, 2018

In order to learn more about, I watched 4 videos showing examples of different film-making and editing techniques. The first I watched was “Examples of Editing techniques”. The video showed many examples of different scene transitions and editing techniques. The first shown was the jump cut. It worked very well from a comedic stand…
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First We Read, Now We Watch

by @Kim

| Blogs, Syndicated
June 13, 2018

Part two of this half of the week was to watch some videos about some stuff about working on movies, things such as camera angles and editing techniques. I chose four of the videos to watch, the first was “Examples of Editing Techniques”. I found this one really interesting because even though it did not …
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The Missing Star

by @johnsfrozendice

| Syndicated
June 13, 2018

Prepare yourself for the dark (hah) version of twinkle twinkle little star. I consider it my masterpiece. It is a response to the question of the week, which was to rewrite a nursery rhyme to have the opposite feel/meaning as it had before. Original: Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How we wonder what you are.…
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Roger relies on reading the scene

by @johnsfrozendice

| Syndicated
June 13, 2018

Roger begins his article by introducing us to how he got into the “shot at a time” technique of critiquing films. He even trys to instill in the reader that this is something anyone can get into. Roger provides his own experience in teaching a film class to provide evidence of this notion. he described…
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The intermission of Cinema(Half-week summary)

by @DanielZeineddi3

| Syndicated
June 13, 2018

The beginning of this week began like most do, with the start for a deeper appreciation of film, and the messages conveyed through the cinematography. The week began with an article by Robert Ebert, How to read a movie, In this short article Ebert describes some teaching methods he uses in the classroom to dissect … Continue reading "The intermission of Cinema(Half-week summary)"
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Weekly Roundup!

by @Darth_Pipe

| ds106, Syndicated
June 13, 2018

I started this week with (of course) a Daily Create. @ds106dc Okay, so maybe this doesn't follow the assignment to the letter, but … #tdc2345 pic.twitter.com/jlY0bbIG51 — Bryce Piper (@Darth_Pipe) June 11, 2018 Yes, perhaps it didn’t follow the assignment exactly, but once I saw the Thunderbirds (never heard of ’em) I couldn’t stop thinking …
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Robert Ebert’s “How to Read a Movie”

by @JordanC61692137

| ds106, Ebert, Film, Reflection, Syndicated
June 13, 2018

Have you ever stopped to consider all the work and design that goes into making a movie? In the article How to Read a Movie by Robert Ebert’s, he explains about the detail and reason behind the emotions that movies produce. Ebert’s mentions a technique called the […]
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