Whoa.. That is how i described this assignment. Whoa….. It’s a good “whoa” by the way. I would just like to lower all expectations before i go into detail about this assignment. With my previous Audio Assignment, which was reversing a song, here, I did a major tutorial, step by step. I would like to […]

For my second audio assignment, I decided to do the Storytime! SongTag Style assignment. I decided my story would be about The 5 Stages of Loss & Grief, specifically following a break-up. The process of selecting tracks was a bit tricky as some stages of break-ups are written about more … Continue reading

First of all, I thought it was super cool that she did the sound on O Brother Where Art Thou because I like that movie a lot. Just had to get that out of the way. I agree that sound is under-appreciated but definitely necessary. Movies and TV wouldn’t be what they are without background […]

    White Drug Dealers I find the white drug dealers to be really hilarious. They look like children, so I guess it’s only fitting that they know Ziggy. I did think it was pretty great that it meant Herc was able to go out on the street instead of … Continue reading

The daily create for today was a fun one!  Depict an embodiment of a feeling you’re experiencing and post it on Flickr. Easily done by grabbing a PacMan logo off the internet, opening it in Photoshop and plopping down some Nom layers of text boxes, rotate them slightly and pick a cartoony font.  Wow, I”m […]

First audio assignment of the week | Sound Effects Story //tell a story using only sound effects //use at least 5 different sounds found online //can be no longer than 90 seconds. //worth 3.5 stars ^^ tree image found here. Clip… Continue Reading →

Oooh what a fun assignment! My job was to take a clip from a popular song, reverse it, and then post here to see if anyone can guess it! Thankfully Audacity has a nice and simple “Reverse” effect that served this assignment perfectly. I just chose this song because it’s known by most people so […]

For my third audio assignment I did a reflection on my time in ds106 so far. I had to answer the questions, “Why am I here?” “What brought me to DS106?” and “Why did I stay?” I was completely honest in my post and it was really nice to get it out there as to why I […]

I listen to Jennifer Ralston Interview on #DS106 Radio. I’m glad that she introduced herself because I wasn’t quite sure who she was. That were doing “Audio” this week it was really good to hear her because that’s what she does as a living and because she actually worked with the show “The Wire”. When […]

As Chris Rene once said, “Got to love life”. Right now, I’ve been trying to use audacity again after having...

Can you guess what I’m feeling? I’m not the best drawer, but I think it’s an easy one!  

For today’s Daily Create, we had to illustrate a feeling. Today I’ve just a bit unimpressed by some of my peers’ work ethic in some of my classes, especially when it comes to group oriented stuff. I watched the latest episode of America’s Next Top Model  this morning and Tyra gave … Continue reading

One of the illustrious ds106 internauts came up with the idea of live tweeting an episode of The Wire. A very cool idea, especially for an online class, because it helps create a sense of community. So for Intro to … Continue reading →

Daily Create: Show us a feeling. Can you guess what it is? Its pretty self-explanatory, I think. Bonus points if you catch the reference in the last drawing. Also- check out my entry on Known!

For my second audio assignment this week I did an audio recording of my morning. I used voice memos to capture the sound of my morning and was really surprised to hear how everything came out. I wonder if anyone else can figure out what some of the no...

  Today I did a daily create on my feeling of the day. It is a really easy one, but it goes through my mind every morning when my alarm goes off. I’m terrible at drawing so I hope people can still tell what it is!

The Shapes of Stories : Kurt Vonnegut shapes of stories really just were how funny stories can flucatuate and he showed it by drawing it on a chalk board.  In the Week 3 : Putting the Digital in Storytelling, Groom and Bond talked about the “Digital” in storytelling and I trying to relate that back […]

The interview with Jennifer Halston leaves me with a high admiration for the passion and professionalism she contributes when playing her role making The Wire a viewer worthy experience. She is truly a master at her craft by conveying the importance of respecting the minor aspects involved with film easily taken for granted, possibly never […]

For this brainstorming activity, I decided to use GIMP to create a Wire 106 Radio “logo” (or “banner”) with a background of Baltimore cargo containers to accompany the ideas that came to me about what a Wire-themed show would include. For a show 20-30 minutes long, I came up with…

Today I did my first audio assignment where I had to reverse a song. It was not so simple as I had imagined and it actually took the better part of my day and sanity. I started with trying to figure it out myself, obviously no luck there. I moved on to find a video […]

For my first audio assignment, I did The Contest Nobody Could Win, where you put together one-second-clips from six different songs. This was my first time using Audacity, and I have to admit that it was a bit frustrating. I was hoping the program would be on the same user-friendly … Continue reading

For my second audio assignment, I did the Reverse Audio Quiz. So first I’ll tell you how I did it and then I’ll let you listen and guess what the song is. How I did it: I didn’t have the song I wanted downloaded on my computer yet so I pulled it up on Youtube and […]

The rumors are true, Audacity is difficult, especially if this is your first time using the application, like myself.This week has been pretty stressful and it’s only Tuesday. I was on the Wire106 Hub and saw this AudioAssignment  done by two fellow classmates so I clicked on the assignment. This seemed really simple AND it is […]

The second audio assignment I chose to do was Sound Effects Story, which is 3.5 stars. For this assignment I had to tell a story using nothing but sound effects. I could not use verbal communication, and I had to use at least five different sounds that I found online. Lastly, the story could not be longer than 90 seconds. So… Read more →

So, for my first audio assignment this week, I was going through the assignment bank and I found two assignments that I liked. One was “So and So’s Greatest Hits” and the other was “Storytime! SongTag Style.” So I started doing “So and So’s Greatest Hits” for Brad Paisley. When I was choosing my favorite […]

It was really cool to be able to get first-hand information from the sound editor of The Wire. It really made me think about the dynamics of sound. She explained the little things that go into being a sound editor such as the filming area, songs to set mood, etc. Thinking about how they filmed this in […]

Today’s daily create was a little confusing for me and Jessica to understand. I’ve only used Vimeo once or twice and that was through random Facebook Posts. After some advice from @mdvfunes on Twitter, I should interpret the assignment myself, which hopefully turns out to be successful. Basically what I need to do is watch […]

I did the assignment called “Reverse Audio Quiz” which is a 3.5 star assignment. To reverse my audio track, I downloaded Audacity, imported the original version of the track, and added the “Reverse” effect. That reversed my track. It was very simple. However, it did take me some time to figure out which song I wanted to reverse since I… Read more →

I have very little knowledge about audio prior to this class. I mostly think of audio as the volume at which its heard and whether its diegetic or non-diegetic. So I found that listening to the interview with Jennifer Ralston very informative and enlightening. Listening to scenes from The Wire as part of … Continue reading

It is really interesting to see someone working behind the scenes. When you watch a show or movie, you don’t necessarily think about what you hear, but it is so important. It is nice to hear someone like Jennifer Ralston talking about how this job started just as an interest and she worked more and […]