I am happy to announce that my week 3 assignments are completed and I am one happy cookie. The daily creates took me a little bit longer to start this week because I did not like them. But I did the one from Thursday which was to show silence in a movie; Free Throw in style! I did … Continue reading Week 3 Completed!

In Margaret’s handbag you can find her everyday essentials, you will find: Sunglasses Eye drops Knife Compacted mirror Black gloves Red lipstick Pepper spray Margaret has these items in her purse for many reasons. She always carries her sunglasses in her purse because then she covers her eyes when she looks at men to figure … Continue reading Margaret’s handbag goodies!

  When comparing the readings from Week 2 and the movies in Week 3 they are both easy to determine but you are able to pick out the elements in movies. You can really see the dim lighting, smoking, unusual camera angles, and venetian blind elements that are talked about so much in the readings. … Continue reading Noir in cinema

This is my noir themed photo safari for the week! I took 5 individual photos but the themes I found were: Angled camera, NoirCat, one-sided lighting, drama or moodiness, and grittiness of a built environment. 1) Angled camera   2) Moodiness   3) Lighting on one side 4) NoirCat 5) Grittiness   In this assignment … Continue reading Noir Photo Safari!

My type of photography is mostly selfies and group photos with my friends and this tends to happen a lot just because I like to capture memories. It is funny to think of the fact that most of the things I take photos of is myself or my friends yet there is so much more … Continue reading Photography and Visual Stories →

This is my Daily Create for Thursday January 29, 2015, I did the Silence in a Movie daily create. My video was uploaded to Youtube and I am also posting it on my blog as well, I did a video of my free throw in slow motion and silence.

This is my Daily Create for Thursday January 29, 2015, I did the Silence in a Movie daily create. My video was uploaded to Youtube and I am also posting it on my blog as well, I did a video of my free throw in slow motion and silence.  

  I did the Post It Visual Assignment for my character Margaret Pinualt and her husband Mathieu. On the Pink sticky note is something that Mathieu came up with when they got married since they were both so successful and its just a reminder they have in their kitchen. The Green sticky note is Mathieu’s … Continue reading Post It- Margaret Style →

Here is my A to Z photo collage Visual Assignment! I choose to make mine with animals! 

This week I found the assignments to be rather interesting! I enjoyed doing the Daily Creates because they were creative and fun to do. Once i got started on reading the stories for noir they were actually quite interesting and I became drawn in and didn’t want them to end, it was cool seeing all … Continue reading Week 2 Summary! Writing and Noir →

This is my alternative ending to the Killers. Nick walked up the dark street to the corner under the arc light and then along the car tracks to Henry’s eating house. George was inside back of the counter. Al and Max come up behind Nick and: “Nick where you coming back from bright boy?” “Just … Continue reading The Killers Alternative Ending ! →

This image is of Margaret Pinault and Mathieu Gaston in front of their home in France. Mathieu was a millionaire art collector and Margaret was a painter herself. This was at the beginning of their marriage when they just moved into their new home. Margaret looks sad because this was the first time that Mathieu … Continue reading From the past! →

The Best Assignment that i have done for ds106 so far would have to be the Character Dossier. I really enjoyed this part of the week’s activities because it let me be creative and use my imagination with a character. Margaret Pinault aka Black Widow is a seductive women who finds wealthy men, gets with … Continue reading Best Assignment – Black Widow →

This week i decided to read The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Killers, The Shadow and Debris, they all had different themes and styles of noir presented in them all.   The Postman Always Rings Twice by James Cain This story was most definitely an example of noir readings. The writing style of this story made … Continue reading Noir in different writing styles →

I could not even list half of what I am so thankful for but I got the most important ones in my life. 10 seconds is not long enough to express my thanks in life but here are the ones that mean the most to me: – Supporting Family -Good education -Great teammates -Close friendships

Margaret Pinault was born on February 17, 1921 in Danain, France. Most people know her as “The Black Widow”. Born to Pierre and Camille Pinault, Margaret was an only child. Her father worked in the factories in the city of Paris, a long two hour commute each way. Camille was a teacher until Margaret was … Continue reading Margaret Pinault →

The first week I have learned a good amount of new ways to use multiple social media sites. I have never had a Flickr or SoundCloud before but setting them up and getting use to them was quite easy. I had to get a YouTube account and I am not big on posting videos but … Continue reading Week One Summary →