Weekly Summary- Week 5

Weekly Summary- Week 5

by @BreeNicholson14

| ds106, FINAL, Syndicated, Weekly Summaries
June 21, 2019

This was our final week for CPSC 106 for the summer. I’ve gotta say, I have really enjoyed being able to creatively express myself through different forms of media and learn different techniques that I have been otherwise afraid of trying. Audio was not my best form, as it was a bit tricky at times.…
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Video Tutorial- Final Story

by @BreeNicholson14

| Assignments, ds106, Syndicated, VideoAssignments
June 21, 2019

For the last part of the digital media I wanted to include in my final story I wanted to have a conclusion for my character in showing her final moments caught on tape. I started with simply filming myself pretending to cry and be sacred in my closet, which was kinda fun and also kinda…
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Final Story

by @BreeNicholson14

| Final Project, Syndicated
June 21, 2019

The year was 2018 when a girl named Jessica Williams had just graduated from college. After graduation, she decided it was time to start looking into apartments to move into and finally get out of her parent’s house. After a couple of days of searching, she found a flier for an open apartment: After thinking…
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Audio Tutorial- Final Story

by @BreeNicholson14

| #AudioAssignments, Assignments, ds106, Syndicated, tutorial
June 21, 2019

As going along with the creepy theme of my final story, I wanted to create some chilling audio. At this point in the story, the character is hiding behind her bedroom door, listening through to see if she can hear anything on the other side- maybe a ghost, perhaps? First, I started with importing some…
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Visual Tutorial- Final Story

by @BreeNicholson14

| Assignments, ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments
June 21, 2019

One of the visual aspects I wanted to create for my final story was a spooky/ creepy image! For this part of the story, the character is looking down a dimly lit hallway and sees a figure of some sort. I started off taking a picture of my hallway to use for my visual effect.…
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Visual Tutorial- Final Story

by @BreeNicholson14

| Assignments, ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments
June 21, 2019

My final story has to do with a young college graduate searching for a new apartment to move into, but little does she know that the apartment she is moving into is DEFINITELY haunted. I decided a fun visual to add to this story would be for her to find a flyer for her definitely…
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Weekly Summary- Week 4

by @BreeNicholson14

| Syndicated, Weekly Summaries
June 16, 2019

This week we were tasked with learning about different ways to create video by analyzing and researching movies and video clips. Overall, I had a really fun time this week! This was way easier for me than audio, and proved to be fun to create something from scratch that turned out okay in the end!…
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Look, listen, analyze

by @BreeNicholson14

| Syndicated, Thoughts and Ideas
June 16, 2019

This assignment we have to watch a video and use different techniques to looking, listening, and analyzing them! I chose this link to follow to analyze: First, with looking, I saw how the colors and patterns of the clip looked. It help to set the tone, and to what would come next. By listening, I…
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Reading Movies

by @BreeNicholson14

| ds106, Syndicated, Thoughts and Ideas
June 16, 2019

This task was about reading about and responding to some suggestions by Ebert about motion pictures. For the two videos I watched, I watched Kubrick // One-Point Perspective https://vimeo.com/48425421 and Examples of Editing Techniques http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_Sp59lQD7Q. I found these both to be really informative as they helped me to understand the basic of what type of videos I…
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Stop Motion- 3 Stars

by @BreeNicholson14

| Assignments, ds106, Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments2238
June 16, 2019

For this assignment we have to create a short video using only videos to make a stop motion short! I used Wondershare Filmora again for this assignment, which is a free and easy to use program that I downloaded! The first steps to this assignment were to take about 230 photos of my little elephant…
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Paying Homage to what you Care About- 3 Stars

by @BreeNicholson14

| Assignments, ds106, Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments1719
June 16, 2019

For this assignment we were to create a short video about what we care about! This is my result: For creating this assignment, I used the free download of Wondershare Filmora to create my short video. This was a relatively easy and free software to use and helped to make my start and end cards!…
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June 11th, 2019 Tweet

by @BreeNicholson14

| Daily Create, Syndicated
June 11, 2019

My theme song is The Office theme song! It always makes me feel right at home, and I've made it my phone's ringtone! #tdc2708 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/QHH2QxOvqZ— Bree Nicholson (@BreeNicholson14) June 11, 2019
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Weekly Summary 3

by @BreeNicholson14

| Syndicated, Weekly Summaries
June 9, 2019

This week was all about audio and how that aspect can really help create or change a story. I’ll have to admit, this has not been my most favorite topic to study. I wasn’t (and still aren’t) very good at the Audacity software and learning the ways of creating audio. I liked being able to…
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“Moon Graffiti” Techniques

by @BreeNicholson14

| #audioreflection, Syndicated, Thoughts and Ideas
June 9, 2019

For these “Moon Graffiti” techniques, I listened to This American Life Episode 484: Dopplegangers by Fred Armisen and Ira Glass. In this about 57 minute episode, I listened to the certain aspects which made up their storytelling techniques and what they did to really bring the story to life. First of all, I really liked…
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TED Radio Hour and ScottLo

by @BreeNicholson14

| Syndicated, Thoughts and Ideas
June 9, 2019

For this assignment, we were to listen and learn about audio techniques and ways to use audio to the best of our ability. For the TED Radio Hour videos, just by listening to their different techniques (one using sound, the other without) I learned how much of a difference the two videos worked. By using…
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Storytelling from the Ira Glass and Jad Abumrad Videos

by @BreeNicholson14

| Syndicated, Thoughts and Ideas
June 9, 2019

From these videos, they discussed the primary building blocks of how audio and storytelling can come together as one. From Ira Glass we learned about the aspects of storytelling. First, he recommended setting a sequence of actions, then raising questions to those actions. By doing so, you draw in your audience, as you would with…
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Sick Beat -3 Stars

by @BreeNicholson14

| #AudioAssignments, Assignments, audioassignments2366, ds106, Syndicated
June 9, 2019

For this assignment we were to create a sound to have a sick beat! Here is my creation below: For this project, I used a pre existing beat from Freesound.org called Phaser Chords in Serum by staticpony 1. After downloading the sound, I imported it into Audacity and stretched the first part of the imported…
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June 7th, 2019 Tweet

by @BreeNicholson14

| Daily Create, ds106, Syndicated
June 7, 2019

The promise of a good night's sleep! #tdc2703 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/IynWtOeJAp— Bree Nicholson (@BreeNicholson14) June 7, 2019
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Sound Effects Story

by @BreeNicholson14

| #AudioAssignments, #AudioAssignments70, Assignments, ds106, Syndicated
June 5, 2019

As one of our first audio assignments this week we had to create a story under 90 seconds with nothing but audio! Here is my short 21 second story below: The short story is supposed to be a few people at a party when a drink is accidentally spilled, so the host goes to throw…
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June 5th, 2019 Tweet

by @BreeNicholson14

| Daily Create, ds106, Syndicated
June 5, 2019

My paradox: I drive my Prius to save gas, but I have to use gas to power my battery to save my gas! #tdc2702 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/UloWjXxoYu— Bree Nicholson (@BreeNicholson14) June 5, 2019
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Weekly Summary- Week Two

by @BreeNicholson14

| ds106, Syndicated, Weekly Summaries
June 2, 2019

This week was full of learning about concepts of design. I was able to learn about Vignelli, who was a master of design, and read articles discussing different design concepts and what does and doesn’t make a good design! I felt I was able to accomplish most of my assignments this week, completing everything besides…
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June 2, 2019 Tweet

by @BreeNicholson14

| Daily Create, ds106, Syndicated
June 2, 2019

Seeing and being around my bunny makes me truly feel good! #tdc2699 #ds106 @ds106dc pic.twitter.com/XiBiJnakhP— Bree Nicholson (@BreeNicholson14) June 3, 2019
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Reflection on The Vignelli Canon

by @BreeNicholson14

| ds106, Syndicated, Thoughts and Ideas, Vignelli
June 2, 2019

In this first assignment of the week, we were to read on Massimo Vignelli, and how his designs were groundbreaking for other designers around the world! To start off, we learn about Massimo Vignelli and a little about his background. He was a famous Italian graphic designer in the 20th century who mainly worked on furniture,…
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DesignBlitz

by @BreeNicholson14

| Assignments, designblitz, ds106, Syndicated
June 2, 2019

This week’s main assignment took us on a path to learn more about the do’s and don’ts of design. We were asked to carry around our cameras and take pictures of a few designs that we felt were an example of one of the 10 design concepts we learned about. For my four pictures, I…
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Destination Postcard -3 Stars

by @BreeNicholson14

| Assignments, designassignments, DesignAssignments2059, ds106, Syndicated
June 2, 2019

This was a fun a creative assignment that asked us to create a unique postcard! Using my Superimposed app on my phone, I found a nice background of some beautiful mountains and stars! I thought that would make for a nice image and the colors were stunning. From there, I added a text box and…
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Design Your Own Superhero -4.5 Stars

by @BreeNicholson14

| #DesignAssignments2115, Assignments, designassignments, ds106, Syndicated
June 2, 2019

In this design assignment we could create our very own custom superhero! Here is was I created below: In order to create this project I followed one of the links provided in the assignment. The link led me to www.heromachine.com where I custom created my heroine’s features. This took me awhile to create since I…
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Help Find Martha’s Hat -3 Stars

by @BreeNicholson14

| Assignments, designassignments, DesignAssignments2195, ds106, Syndicated
June 2, 2019

For this assignment we had to create a fun and creative missing poster for this awesome hat! Check out my creation below: I created this poster by typing everything up in a Word Doc then saving it as a .pdf file. From there, I simply just added it to this post! I tried to upload…
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Are We There Yet? -3.5 Stars

by @BreeNicholson14

| Assignments, designassignments, DesignAssignments1668, ds106, Syndicated
June 2, 2019

For week two of our digital design assignments, we were prompted with creating an image showing us in a new place in the assignment Are We There Yet? I used an App on my phone called Superimposed that helped me very carefully manually trace myself out, then paste my new cut out shape onto a…
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Favorite Musician GIF

by @BreeNicholson14

| AnimatedGIFAssignments, AnimatedGIFAssignments1436, Assignments, ds106, Syndicated
June 2, 2019

For my second animated Gif project this week I decided to create a Gif of my favorite musician! My favorite musician is Adam Young, who is better known as the one man band of Owl City. I have been listening to his electronic songs since I was in middle school and have always loved his…
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Animals Doing Funny Things

by @BreeNicholson14

| AnimatedGIFAssignments, AnimatedGIFAssignments1789, Assignments, ds106, Syndicated
June 2, 2019

For this week, we had to give a try at animating Gifs! For my first assignment, I decided to try out Animals Doing Funny Things, and found this cip of this adorable bunny playing around in some leaves on YouTube! via GIPHY I made my Gif on Giphy.com and uploaded the video to create my…
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