For my Look Listen Analyze I decided to use Season Three of The Wire episode eight. For this assignment I use the scene where Stringer telling Avon the truth about what happened to D’Angelo.  If I could give this assignment a tittle like all other episodes has a title I would give it “I bleed […]

I was inspired by Brittnay’s Unity picture because it brought back the great memories I had of being part of a team. Being part of a team is more than just playing a sport. Being part of a team is … Continue reading →

This week started with a huge amount of fear and dread.  The beginning of videos…  I could feel a panic attack setting in just at the thought of it!  I am so thankful that Meredith Fierro talked me down off the edge of the roof. (just kidding :)) Meredith tutored me on how to make […]

This assignment is the video assignment 1036 for 2 stars. I chose to make a video of our 2013 vacation to the Outer Banks, NC.  I fell in love with the Outer Banks.  I loved it so much that I had to make a video of our vacation.  I felt that the Zac Brown Group’s […]

I was inspired by Nicky Memita‘s Daily Create back on September 2nd. The task was the following: If great scientists had logos….create your own logo. I love the geeky science play going on in this logo, it’s at once creative and instructive. As … Continue reading →

This was one of my favorite assignments to create. I (along with fellow ds106er Kisha) am on the board for the UMW consent campaign. There’s information about it in the video and you all should come take the pledge to always have consent! I built this assignment around the “Let’s Talk About Consent” video–watch the […]

For this assignment I chose to speed up the theme song of The Wire. I tried other scenes, but I liked this the best. I downloaded the video off of UMW Media Hub and opened it in Movie Maker. I then used the split tool to cut the video and simply sped it up by 2. […]

  Binge watching of television shows is so popular nowadays with the help of Netflix and Hulu and that is what inspired my idea for this video assignment. Pick a show that has already completed it’s run on tv and … Continue reading →

Winston Churchill once said, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”...

Peter Guber once said, “Language is a more recent technology. Your body language, your eyes, your energy will come through...

Bruce Lee once said, “If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.” That’s...

Corbin Bleu once said, “I can do a really high-pitched cartoon voice. Everybody always say they like that.” I like...

Drake once said, “Everybody dies but not everybody lives.” I saw one of Melinda’s video blog post which inspired me about...

Omar N. Bradley once said, “Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.” So I...

Sophocles once said, “I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.” I would as well do...

Miguel Angel Ruiz once said, “Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art.”...

I decided to do the Video Assignment 1447 for 5 stars.  This assignment gives you the task of making a music video.  I decided that I would make a music video in Memory of my Cousin, Grant that recently passed away. The first step in constructing this project was very easy.  There is a song […]

We know it’s a poor living situation because the walls are dirty, and the women are taking in laundry as their work. Well-dressed wealthy people are waiting outside the school for their kids.  People that take in laundry can’t take time off work to do that. We know there’s a sense of anticipation because the […]

Hi there! Today for the daily create we had to make food art! I decided to take some of the leftover halloween candy I had and I decided to make a pyramid with it! I had a lot of bottle caps so thats why I used them! Here it is!   ...

John Johnston’s command line art has been blowing my mind this semester, and I really need to stop procrastinating and make time to dig into this stuff. Hence, why I inspired his The Wire Scrolls. What you will see if … Continue reading →

  I couldn’t help but mashup a trailer for two shows filmed in Baltimore. Clips that I downloaded from YouTube of Homicide: Life on the Street and The Wire were combined with the theme song of The Wire and pictures … Continue reading →

In this Wire 106 video discussion, Paul Bond and I were joined by David Mercer,  Maggie Stough and Melinda Albrycht to look at season 3, episode 9 of the The Wire: “Slapstick.” This episode is a comedy of tragic errors between the … Continue reading →

Si Robertson once said, “It ain’t gun control we need; it’s sin control.” It’s true though what Si said. There...

    I decided to do the Alt Ending video assignment as a Blair Witch take-off, with my kids providing a surprise ending.  It’s every mother’s dream to have a few moments alone, but the kids always seem to find you in the end!  They had a lot of fun rehearsing their line and practicing […]

This week we focused on reading movies and creating videos. At first I was a little hesitant, but in the end it was not bad at all! Creating the videos was actually kinda fun and entertaining.   The Wire Look, Listen, Analyze Episode 8- The fight between Avon and Stringer was bound to happen, so much has occurred and they

Here is a video that inspired me. You can located the original post here. There was so much effort that went into this assignment, and it was very apparent! I was so inspired how she made her own twist to this assignment. It was inspiring seeing how much thought was put in and see it pay out well! This is

  I’ve wanted to do something with this scene since I saw it in my pre-semester binge-watch of “The Wire”.  It’s a terrific use of photography and positioning, with very little sound and dialogue.  Pretty much the only dialogue is a repeated epithet used with a variety of inflections and emphases. I replaced it with […]

Today while I was commenting I saw a great video. I wanted to do something so similar but I put my own touches on it but  I wasn’t sure how to you the software that was used to make the video. I was inspired from Danielle Niepokoj by her “Save the Cows” public service announcement. […]

  Since I tend to use my kids and my dogs for a lot of my projects for this class, I decided to exploit my dog yet again for 3 1/2 stars worth of video assignments. I used my iPhone … Continue reading →

For my second video assignment, i was feeling nostalgic and went with the “High School Memories” assignment. Now, i know you’re all thinking “wow this one is really easy why not be creative.” Well, we did just have a week full of inspiration. I’m inspired by my past because i’ve grown so much! Sure, i’m […]