Here are some of my responses brought to you by my Twitter: The gunshot kind of messed up my groove to the intro song #noir106 — Brian Goulet (@GoodLookBrian) February 6, 2015 I was really enjoying the relaxing music at the introduction until a gunshot blew off the mood. Of course it would involve murder … Continue reading DS106 Live Tweet-Along →

The Ambience of Film Noir was a very interesting read for as I have always carried a large interest in film. To be honest, I think I may have only payed attention to the visual aspects of film and neglected the importance of sound all together. I can say that I have gained a new … Continue reading The Ambience of Film Noir – Audio Reflection →

Play DJ & Make A Song (2 Stars) This Audio Assignment can be found here: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/play-dj-make-a-song/ For this assignment, I had to make an attempt in producing a song without recording my own audio, which believe or not actually was a challenge for me as I have recorded most of my audio projects so far. With … Continue reading Play DJ & Make A Song →

This is my first radio bumper for DS106 Radio, so of course I tried to make it as cheesy as possible. I recorded my voice three times, played around with the pitch and then followed it all up my laying down the background music. Easy little assignment, but this was quite enjoyable as well as … Continue reading DS106 Radio Bumper →

If International Dot Day is legitimately a thing, then I suppose I should share with you the giant dot that I, myself, live on. How You Ask?  : I took a panorama of my street, plopped it into Photoshop (of course), flipped the image upside down, polarized the coordinates and finally added in some decorations for … Continue reading Happy International Dot Day? →

This Audio Assignment can be found here: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/sound-effects-story/ The Story: The setting of the sounds heard above is at the beach, around the time of sunset. My Character, Sterling James, enjoys taking small ventures by himself to natural landscapes in search of solace. He finds beauty in nature as it is one of the few things that … Continue reading Sound Effects Story – Beach Photography (3.5 Stars) →

Touch of Evil – Audio Comparison To begin this segment of my reflections, I will begin discussing two different versions of the Touch of Evil openings, one video with enhanced audio and another video with the original film audio. I have to say that I was impressed with how much the audio changes made a … Continue reading Touch of Evil – Audio Reflection →

This Audio Assignment may be found here: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/being-a-music-producer/ This assignment basically asked to record multiple tracks of audio in order to produce a little diddly. I decided to approach this little project my covering the song Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen. I began by playing an ukulele to begin the base for my rhythm. Because I am … Continue reading “Being A Music Producer” Assignment →

The things my mother does not know.

PHOTOGRAPHY WEEK! Oh man I must say that this week was a good amount of work, but I will say that it was amusing work. I am really big into photography so this week held a lot of my interest. When it comes to photography, I can talk anyone’s ear off about it! Want to … Continue reading Weekly Summary – Week Three →

  I must say that I do not normally watch old movies, but these two films were out of the ordinary for me. The first image is a snapshot of Chinatown, which involves a detective who investigates a private divorce case only to find out about twisted evidence of incest within the family he investigates. … Continue reading Noir Movie Reflections →

Assignment can be found here: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/create-a-warning-poster/ Here is a warning poster that I have created for the visual assignment “Create A Warning Poster”.

Assignment can be found here: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/focus-on-one-color/ Focus On One Color   Here is an image where I set  the saturation of all colors, except blue, to zero. This selective color technique is a nice accent to the photo as it helps guides the audience to the main focus of this composition.

Assignment may be found here: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/switch-up-the-mood/ At times, Sterling’s life seems bright and filled with opportunity until a depressing moment appears and places new obstacles in the road ahead, feeling cold and bitter.

This assignment link may be found here: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/whats-in-your-bag/ As previously discussed in my blog, my character dossier is Sterling James and seen below is what you would find in his daily backpack. Sterling is a producer of digital media within various fields and among his strong suits is photography. Wherever you see him, you will most … Continue reading What’s In Your Bag? →

  It was  a very cold day of photography, so cold in fact that none of my friends enjoyed shaking my hands afterwards. Or were they friends? Just kidding, but nonetheless the weather did not stop me from a fun little adventure. I felt that this picture would satisfy the distinct shadow requirement as the … Continue reading Photo Safari →

If you knew me, you would not be surprised to hear that I am really big into digital media. One of my biggest passions within the field of digital media is, without a doubt, photography. To this day, photography is my most frequently involved hobby, whether if it is freelance work or just for fun! … Continue reading My Experiences with Photography →

I will be honest and say that I have delayed my approach towards the weekly assignments this week and regret it as there was a lot of reading to get done, procrastination got the best of me. Throughout the readings, I can say that it felt tedious only because I was in a rush but … Continue reading Weekly Summary 1/25/2015 →

After going through the three readings that will be mentioned later on in this blog post, I now can confidently say that I have an understanding of the style of Noir. Among the pieces, I have read The Postman Always Rings Twice, Chinatown and then my personal favorite, The Shadow, a script for the Death Triangle episode. I will … Continue reading Noir Readings and Reflections →

Here is my first weekly summary of DS106 where I will review each of the steps required for the first assignment. The first of the many steps was to take a gander at the syllabus. In my opinion, I really like the structure explained for this class as I enjoy having one, consistent date to … Continue reading First Weekly Summary →

And so the digital productions begin… #ds106 — Brian Goulet (@GoodLookBrian) January 13, 2015

Here marks the beginning of my many digital media posts to come. Stay tuned, and watch out for what is to come!

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