Here’s what I did this week, delving into the realm of video: Summary Notes on Season 3, Episodes 8, 9, 10 Reflection on opening scenes of Fritz Lang’s “M” Look, Listen, Analyze a Scene from “The Wire” 2 Inspires: Mahone’s Mouzone Movin’ On Harris’ App Icon 2 Daily Creates: His Master’s Voice Halloween a l’Orange […]

I was inspired by Ien Harris’ creation of an icon for an application on a smart phone or other electronic device.  His original blog post is here. This is a neat piece of work that involves simplicity and minimalism, and can still convey the idea of the functionality of the application. It needs to be […]

I was a little intimidated at first when I saw that it was video week. I don’t have a whole lot of experience when it comes to taking and editing videos. I went through all of the video assignments and found ones that I thought would challenge me and help me grow my skills but […]

One very interesting thing that kept me engaged in the 10th episode of the third season of The Wire dealt with Cutty working on getting his gym ready for use.

I was inspired by LaKisha Mahone’s design work earlier in the semester where she put together a “Where Are They Now” type of fan magazine piece on the actor/characters from “The Wire”.  Her original blog post is here. I like the idea of the characters/actors continuing on and they’re being followed and photographed as if […]

My second daily create I did the “Share your best sleepy shot” This wasn’t that hard of a daily create. What I did was found a picture of my friend that was sleeping in my phone, I sent it to myself via email and then downloaded it on my computer and then I uploaded it […]

For this video week, aside from the inspires and daily creates and assignment bank tasks, we were also asked to do a few readings and analysis work for a couple clips. So that’s what this post (and probably a future… Continue Reading →

So for today’s daily create we were tasked with taking a best sleepy shot. I first thought of my cat, Bo. He sleeps in the cutest ways sometimes. I took this picture a while back when I caught him sleeping with his paw over his face. Isn’t he cute!

I had so much fun with the Hangover Assignment (4.5 stars). When I read it, I knew my night out in Clarendon with my best friend would be perfect! I started my day bright and early with a cold, rainy muddy rugby game at VCU. We won! (And I scored!) Then I rushed home to… Read More

I really enjoyed episode the ninth episode of of the third season. There were a couple of specific things that grabbed my attention while I was watching this episode. They

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/whats-your-skills/ – 4.5 Stars Along time ago, in a year far far away, I use to take karate. I had been doing it for roughly about 8 or 9 years, and stopped after my freshman year. It has been a while since I did any of my open hand forms, but this is my 2nd […]

This assignment was a lot of fun but took a lot of time. For the “He Could Go All The Way, Homerun” assignment I had to take highlights from one sport and then take commentating from another sport and mash them together. I wanted to choose two sports that would at least make some sense […]

Season 3, Episodes 8, 9, 10 I totally love that the drug dealer in Hamsterdam wants to file a police report on a theft.  How quickly perception changes as people adapt to their circumstances! Lester Freamon appreciates the discipline it takes to drive 200 miles on a cell phone purchasing expedition every few weeks. If […]

My second inspiration is Brittany’s post Stringer and Avon Fight Chipmunk Style. And I have to say this is hilarious! I love the Chipmunk assignment! I love how she used this scene because it is a major one, and the chipmunk effect makes it a little lighter. It almost makes if ironic. The video is […]

For my final video assignment of the week, i chose to do the “Viral Video Re-enactment” worth 3.5 stars. This seemed like a very fun assignment to do. Since my other two video assignments didn’t involve The Wire, this was perfect. The hardest part of this assignment was deciding which scene from the three episodes we watched […]

Season 3, Episode 10 opening scenes with Brother Mouzone “Reformation” “We are in Baltimore, Lamar. Baltimore, Maryland.” I love Brother Mouzone’s intensity, and the clarity with which he delivers his lines.  Each consonant is as precise as the knot on his bow tie.  He is crisp, clean, and clear in his convictions and his purpose. […]

I am really enjoying the inspires! For my first inspire this week, I decided to choose Amy’s Backwards Shootout. I really like this! I like how she decided to use this particular scene because it was such a pivotal scene. Its an interesting spin as well because it is played in reverse, so its like […]

The Product Evolution Assignment was in interesting on to complete. I decided to go with the evolution of the telephone. Starting from the candle stick to now the iPhone the phone has changed so much. First I completed research to see the types of phone that were being used from the beginning. Then I gathered different […]

Well this clip may as well have been silent because I obviously didn’t understand anything that was said (I took Spanish as my foreign language). I guess voice inflections kind of tell us a little bit but I really didn’t understand a whole lot. Anyway here is what I saw: The kids are playing a […]

The Scene from the Wire I chose to analyze was this: Season 3, Episode 11: Start: 41:23 – End: 42:57 – Link: http://www.wire106.com/the-wire/season-1/ Here is what I found; I’ll include an overall summary of this exercise in the end. 1. The Camera Work. The first thing I noticed about this entire scene was that it always […]

Fritz Lang’s masterpiece M was very interesting. When I first watched it I thought to myself “Is professor really having me watch something in German?” I was worried I would be too focused on trying to figure out what was going on and not look at the visual aspects. For roughly the first 3 minutes […]

The scene I am doing “Look, Listen, Analyze” for is the scene where Dennis tries to get his permits to transform the warehouse into a gym. The scene starts at 17:49 in Episode 9 of Season 3. These are my notes upon watching this scene. Look: Wide shot of Dennis walking in then focus on […]

              I was inspired by Ien’s epigraph post because there are many instances in life where you have to decide why you are doing something or why you are holding onto something, especially if … Continue reading →

Since everyone seems to be showing off their sleepy pets for today’s daily create, I decided to join in with a picture of my girlfriend’s pug, Pugsley. This pic was pretty easy to get since he’s always sleeping anyways. We gave him a blanket to make him extra comfy though.  

For my public announcement I wanted it to be serious but I didn’t want it to be to serious. I recorder my self add some sound effects to make it not so serious and then I uploaded it to sound cloud. If you have a hard time understanding what I am saying here is what […]

This week I was inspired by one of the posts that I commented on last week. It was Jeremy’s post from October 2. He made Cedric Daniels into a giraffe. It made me laugh but it was also a great choice of animal for Daniels. I was inspired by the simplicity of it but also […]

When I watched this the first time, I had no idea what was going on. My interpretation is that it starts out with the kids playing a game, maybe eeny meeny mine moe? As school is letting out, the mom is preparing dinner. The litte girl is walking home playing with a ball as a […]

The moral of the story is don’t fall asleep on the softball bus. You will have pictures taken of you. I could post a funny picture of myself where I fell asleep with my hands in my pocket. I chose this one because it is funny. We have several pictures of this girl (one of […]

For my final Daily Create of the week, i went with “Sleepy Twitter Tuesday”. I was going to choose a picture of myself because my friends LOVE to take pictures of me as i’m asleep, but that was too easy. Early Saturday morning, one of my best friends had her baby. It was a big […]

This assignment was relatively easy. The hardest part was making sure the pictures were in order on Movie Maker. I took a sequence of pictures and then uploaded them to Paint. Using Paint, I was able to add some commentary to the video to give it sort of a story line. I then uploaded the photos […]