Hello Everyone, I decided to combine both my third and fourth posts into one; I thought it would be easier and more effective to include the conclusion at the end of this post. For this post, I decided to focus more on the image telling aspect of our course, I really enjoyed the assignment earlier Read More

For my second post, I made use of FMT software, free sound.org as well as other screen recording devices to develop this post. This post is centered around the audio aspect of our course but will be supported through web narration as well; just to give the audience some background contact of the actions that Read More

Hello Everyone, For my final project, I will be focusing on my my superhero Brantford Titansworth, who I created out of inspiration earlier this semester who has been continually developing throughout the semester. Brantford will save Fredericksburg from disaster after the iconic bridge collapses after a massive earthquake shook the east coast, specifically Stafford county. Read More

For my final project, my superhero Brantford Titansworth will save Fredericksburg from disaster after the iconic bridge collapses due to unforeseen circumstances. There is a train scheduled to pass over within the hour, and nothing can be done to stop the ultimate nightmare…except for Brantford. My hero possesses an insurmountable amount of strength and will … Continue reading "Week 13 Progress Report"

Hello Everyone, tonight I have concluded my work for the second half of our Radio Show Project. So far, I have really enjoyed working on this assignment and I’m excited to see what our final product will look like! I think we had a very productive week as a group, we were able to tackle … Continue reading "Week 8 Reflection"

Hello Everyone, tonight I have concluded my work for the first half of our Radio Show Project. So far, I have really enjoyed working on this assignment and I’m excited to see what my group can come up with. I was able to get into a group by Monday and by Tuesday we already had … Continue reading "Week 7 Summary"

Hey Everyone, for my next assignment, I decided to create my own mixtape on Soundcloud. Soundcloud allows users to easily compile and produce customizable playlists of sounds; I have been making my own for years now so I decided to make one with a couple tracks of songs I’ve been listening to lately. I think … Continue reading "Make Your Own Mixtape!"

Hello everyone, for this assignment, I decided to modify and edit an original sound. I chose to make an edit to Basic Tape’s remix of “Grades” by King. I put this song into reverse using Audacity and also changed the pitch, bass, and treble. here is the link to my sound: here is the link … Continue reading "Modifying and Original Sound"

I say this every week about each assignment, but the design portion has been my favorite to date.

This portion of the assignment was definitely my favorite! I was able to create/locate an icon which accurately reflects my fictional superhero- Brantford Titansworth. I chose this design to convey his overall dominance, as Brantford is a beast and he ...

For the first portion of the assignment, I chose to view and reflect upon Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou’s analysis of design elements used throughout comics. The ways in which Dillion uses facial expressions, body language and varying sources of framing to portray a storyline was very intriguing. The main thing that stuck out to me when I was watching … Continue reading "Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou Reflection"

For this portion of the assignment, I created a postcard for my favorite and hometown city, Washington D.C. I created this using psprint.com. Unfortunately, the website would only give me a fractured sample of my template unless, I signed up for a year...

For this visual assignment, I decided to use four separate icons in order to convey a title of one of my favorite movies. I was able to complete this project with the help of thenounproject, which provided me with many icons to make my design. The ...

Today I finally wrapped up with week 5 for my DS106 Digital Storytelling class. It was Audio week, so this past weeks assignments were very entertaining! The first thing I did was download Audacity. I watched some youtube videos on separate tutorials for working with the software. After doing this, I listened to “Moon Graffiti”. … Continue reading "Week 5 Reflection"

For this assignment for week 5, I created an audio story consisting of a hypothetical day during a summer construction job. The first sound I used was one of a monster waking up and yawning followed by the shower turning on. This was followed by banging and a car door closing, there is a sound … Continue reading "Sound Effects Story"

Tonight I completed the assignments for my third week in DS106. I enjoyed this week a lot more than the first two weeks as I have been able to further develop my site, I also enjoyed the writing activities we were assigned as well. The first part of the work I tackled was writing what … Continue reading "Week Three Summary"

Daredevil, a Marvel show featured on Netflix, is in my opinion in line with the Vonnegut method as described in the video. Kurt Vonnegut describes a rise and fall pattern in which there are rises and falls in adversity throughout the superhero’s story. Daredevil, the main character in the show, overcomes multiple rises and falls … Continue reading "Daredevil vs the Vonnegut Method"

After reading “How Ancient Legends Gave Birth To Modern Superheroes”, written by Evan Narcisse, I was able to get a better grasp on what it means to truly be a superhero. This article contained excerpts from an interview with Jess Nevins, and shows “how the myths and poetic adventures of past eras fed into the DNA … Continue reading "What It Means to be a Superhero"

My second week of Digital Storytelling truly showed me how much work this class requires but I can definitely say I enjoyed it. The first part of the assignment that I addressed was reading through the google doc which assigned me to the “Audio” group. The document explained the goals for the assignment as well … Continue reading "September 8th Weekly Summary"