Another audio assignment i chose was Hear it Here. This assignment included thinking of a bunch of homophones and writing either a poem or short story that includes them. I chose it because it seemed interesting and a little difficult to write something with a Lot of homophones in it. A lot of homophones are hard … Continue reading The Traveling Serf →

I chose emotions through sound (3 stars) as one of my audio assignments because I think being able to portray emotion through only one sense can be very dramatic. Another reason I chose this assignment is because it requires the use of overlapping sounds or sound effects. I thought it would be a good challenge for me to … Continue reading Goodbye Jimmy →

this post is going to be a summary of my two daily creates for this week. For the first one I chose the I’m sorry picture in which I typed over a photo of the New England Patriots. I thought this was funny although I realize some people may not enjoy it. Either way it … Continue reading Sorry Dots →

Below are some rough ideas for the radio show project! Everything is subject to change. 1. A murder mystery. Could start off with gunshots, voices, running, screams. Could start off with a regular story, leading to moments that are intense and fraught. Moody and suspicious characters. Upbeat and perky characters. Mysterious characters. 2. A secret … Continue reading Radio Thoughts →

My DS 106 radio bumper! (2 1/2 stars) For this Post I wanted to try make something that was a little bit creepy. At first I wanted to make something that was more “horror film” than the noir of the 1940s and 50s, but I decided I would try to do something that was more relevant … Continue reading Bumps and Bruises →

For my Audio Assignment Sound effect story ( 3 1/2 stars) I made a short video that covers the sounds that Edie hears one night. This occurs with one of my other stories for her– The one that takes place in my post a canary. In order to do this assignment I use GarageBand. The sound effects that … Continue reading Overheard →

This week, I organized my blog, by adding categories and links to the menu completed my 3 daily creates: —parks and rec 2048 …i keep playing this —paper sculpture this was interesting with my wrist —instructions for something you use daily brushing your hair! did my 10 points of visual assignments –what’s in your bag (3) A look inside … Continue reading I’m a Noir-tist →

The First movie I watched was The Hitch-Hiker. Below are the 3 still captures I chose to depict the noir in this film. This photo captures noir because it is an example of a distinct shadow. The silhouette in this photo depicts a hitch-hiker which ends up being the the actual hitch-hiker killer in the movie. … Continue reading Cinematography →

For this visual assignment (2 stars) I chose “glitch art” because it reminded me of some of the funny ones I’ve encountered such as the panda on Flickr. I made this picture on powerpoint and screenshotted it to put it here.

In this visual assignment (1 star) I created a word cloud with words about my character Eden. I chose this assignment because I wanted to see if I could make the cloud seem noir and relate to her life. In order to make it, i used this website, which is different than the one listed for the assignment. … Continue reading Edie’s Cloud →

In this visual assignment (2 stars) I’m using my noir character, Edie Waz, as the post-it writer. Because of this, I don’t have any references to help with the context besides my older posts. Edie’s Bag, A Canary, and Her Introduction I chose this post because I thought it would be another way to build my character as well … Continue reading Edie’s Post-its →

My experience with photography is pretty limited. Most of the photos I take are on my phone. I used to have a digital camera when I was younger and I would take pictures of people or anything that looked cool. I especially enjoyed pictures of nature and would try to get mine to look like … Continue reading reflecting on my photography →

dramatic use of distinct shadows   Urban Nightscapes   an unusual angle   my NoirCat   and last but not least, my moody character caught in an intense, fraught moment. Starring classmate  @kendall_parker2

This Visual Assignment is the What’s In Your Bag? (3 stars) Assignment required for our characters. Below is Edie’s Waz’s Bag The items that fell out are: duct tape sunglasses a bag of tissues $20 bill black ink pen a bracelet, an earring various credit cards and IDs hand sanitizer lip balm gum leather gloves (okay maybe they’re … Continue reading Edie’s Bag →

One visual assignment I chose was the A-Z Food Collage (2 Stars). I thought this assignment seemed like a good one since I like to think about food because food makes me happy The hardest part of this assignment was finding words to use for certain foods. The letters I had trouble with were  Q, U, V, and … Continue reading Now I’m Hungry! →

1. Make sure you are not bald by checking for hair. 2. Remove any hats, headbands, or other hair accessories. Also remove any large or bulky earrings as a safety precaution. 3.Obtain a brush For short hair 4. Pick up brush and place against scalp in the center of your head. Move brush down and … Continue reading How To Brush Your Hair →

my daily create attempt for today will be here once the link starts working ….

I did a daily create assignment today in which I made 2048 into a Parks and Rec edition! i used this website’s template and added pictures of the main Parks and Rec cast  which I found on Google to the tiles. I even played a couple times and got  decent score   If anyone else would like to play, you … Continue reading Parks and Rec 2048 →

“The Shadow” was my favorite reading that I did this week. I chose it randomly off the list, and I am happy about my decision. This story had a lot more mystery in it, even though it was pretty short. It was actually a pretty quick read because it kept the reader interested in the … Continue reading theres no shadow without light →

Writing Assignment Random words: optional, source, decadence, bloody, kind, animal, biological, balloon, audio, halting. Random animal : Canary I am relating this post to my character! Edie walked up to the bar. A deflated balloon blew in the cool night air is the rain splattered down around her. She heard the music still playing inside, the type … Continue reading A Canary →

What I did for week two: for my first trick, my daily creates The first daily create was write a haiku that covers our original feelings of the DS 106 class. For mine I tweeted one and used PowerPoint to create another one. On PowerPoint I set an image to the background and he’s a text box right … Continue reading Another Ending →

In Hemingway’s “The Killers” I was waiting for something to happen but nothing ever did. There was no ending to the story, it basically left you waiting and wondering if they were going to come back, or something going to happen to the men in the restaurant. It was very anticlimactic. Noir-ness This story was … Continue reading The Actual Killers →

I’m not even 100% sure how to respond to “the post man always rings twice.” I honestly did not like the story very much. There are many points where I would expect it to end, but it just kept going. Not only that, but I’m kind of confused by the relationships that were going on. … Continue reading Still ringing– Spoiler Alert →

My unusual superhero would be mustache-man. He would bring mustaches to all the facial- hairless men who needed him! His power aside from giving mustaches would also be to take them away. It doesn’t sound like much, but if you had a real scary villain and you take away his mustache he might be a … Continue reading mustache-man & beard-boy →

The First writing assignment I chose is Holifaves which is to write about your favorite holiday. Personally, my favorite holiday is Easter. Growing up in a Catholic family and having attended Catholic school, Easter was one of the big holidays we celebrated at home, in the classroom, and at church. I know many people think of Christmas … Continue reading Easter Kitty →

Eden Waz (Vaz) was born late on a rainy September night in 1988, in Port Richmond, Philadelphia. This town is better-known as Fishtown– the Polish section of the city. Her Father died in an accident when she was 14 and her mother was left to raise her and her younger brother. After the death (due … Continue reading Eden Waz aka “Edie” →

my haikus and my new definition of “film noir” is the x-ray of my broken wrist. Not only does it have a dark tone, but its also film.

The hardest part of starting this assignment was learning how to use my domain and word-press. Once i figured that out, my next challenge was understanding noir. At first i had assumed that it was a genre, but i quickly learned that this was wrong. It comes in many forms and can occur in many … Continue reading Summary- Week 1

Coming into this class I knew nothing about noir, but the readings and viewings I’ve done this week have definitely enlightened me. Learning about the history of noir and how it came to be, throughout the war,  post war, and the depression was very interesting. But the thing I liked most about learning the concept of … Continue reading Learning Noir

ready to start my #ds106 class! — Aubrey Howland (@ahowlan2) January 15, 2015 Hi, my name is Aubrey Howland and I am a senior at UMW. I am a biology major and a student athlete. Below is a picture of me shooting a reverse layup in one of my games from this season. This is … Continue reading Intros- Aubrey Howland