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  1. Feng

    Week 9 on Final Project

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    Sunday, March 26. Nothing like an entire day to spend working on this week’s upcoming tests/assignments. At least, that’s what Sundays are for, right? #overwhelmed.  Saturday, March 25. Cherry blossoms festival day!! Last night we planned on waking up early in morning to take the metro. So we set our alarms at 8, or at ...
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    Return to the Silent Era: Toy Story 3

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    Wow, this took so much effort and so much time into perfecting this video assignment but I have to say, I am very pleased with the result. I will talk more about the process later. Meanwhile, please enjoy the video!   Edit// Synopsis: The dawn of...
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    Week 9 of daily create

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    TDC76 image: Some trees express enormous soul. Find and photograph that special tree. Cherry blossom tree TDC75 audio: Read a favourite quote, emulating the author’s voice. Tell us why the quote is meaningful.  Will smith quote by feng_shui TDC7...
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    Final Project Idea

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    I have put much thought into thinking of a final project idea that would be interesting and last for the remaining weeks of the semester. I will be taking various pictures depicting the mood I feel each day, and blogging about it the end of the week, j...
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    Screen Capture Story

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    Use CamStudio, Fraps, or another screen capturing software to get footage of something you do on your computer that tells a story. A few minutes of gameplay is a good example or narrating a process. I will be using Jing to screencast this lame game tha...
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    Week 8 of daily creates

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    TDC70 image: Windows, gates, & doors represent the lineal state between two realities. Photograph that idea. The gate of truth derived from the anime/manga Full Metal Alchemist It is an “endless white expanse and forcing the truth of alchemic...
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    Plinkett Review

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    So the movie I chose to critique is Fireproof. It was first suggested to me by my brother who thought and still thinks it is a great film. I took his suggestion and watched it with James via skype and we thought it was a horrible movie. Take a look. Th...
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    Analyze a Movie: Titanic

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    One of my all time favorite movies and also one of AFI’s list of the Best 100 Movies of all time is the Titanic. Although I’m not all that ecstatic about the 3-D version, it is still one of the most emotional and aesthetically provocati...
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    Update on WA51 Network Final Radio Show

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    I am so glad our final radio show is coming together so well. To wrap up on our alien show, James re-edited his intro and outro (because of the feedback and lack of a quality mic). He then sent me both tracks via soundcloud and I performed some revisi...
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    Week 7 of daily creates

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    TDC54 audio: Stump us. Record a sound of an ordinary thing and make it hard to guess.  Unidentified sound by feng_shui Answer: crunched skittle candy wrap. TDC53 video: Record a video of your hand drawing a picture of your other hand.  TDC52 image: I...
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    Aliens Radio Show Process/Commentary

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    During this week and the past week, my group and I have met up twice to discuss the structure and content of our alien radio show. At our first meeting, Sarah proposed a provocative idea — aliens! Her friend, Don Goff is our main source of all th...
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    Wake Up and Dream Article

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    I found this haunting yet interesting Podcast, which are short live radio stories featuring people all around the world. Featured on Radiolab, ”Wake Up and Dream“ is a telling broadcast in which a city reporter in Philadelphia named Steve ...
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    Visual Assignment: What’s the Meme?

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    Hahaha I just couldn’t help it! I went on James‘ facebook and saved this image on my computer. I would like to say that I’m very much amused with Ryan Gosling’s “Hey Girl” meme, so I decided to import this notorious ...
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    Week 6 of daily creates

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    TDC47 image: Take a photo that features your favorite colour. TDC43 audio: Tell the story of a place in one ambient audio recording. watching the bachelor & eating birthday cake by feng_shui TDC45 audio: Say your name backwards. I used audacity to ...
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    Cartoon the Head!

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    I just created my first design assignment! Woohoo! For this assignment, you are to: “Take any person, thing, or animal and apply a cartoon character head to it. Be creative!” Yes, creativity is key to success in this class. I took a llama p...
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    Audio Assignment: Make ‘em Laugh!

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    Find a good, brief joke in a language other than your mother tongue; if you don;t know any other languages this might be a good way to start learning. Record your voice telling the joke focusing on pronunciation and try to make it sound as natural as y...
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    Audio Assignment: May I take your Order?

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    I have a natural chinese accent by feng_shui This was the first audio assignment that I saw and knew immediately that I would be using my natural Chinese accent. For the order, I said “hello, I would like a double cheeseburger, with cheese on the...
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    Week 5 of daily creates

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    TDC42: Take a photo that represents your current job, or a job you once had. TDC41: Take a photo of your most prized possession. TDC40: Take a photo of someone of someone else’s artwork in an interesting way to make it yours. TDC39: Take a photo ...
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    Pokemon Card Design Assignment

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    Create a Pokemon card for yourself, what are your powers? Well, this shall be a fun assignment to do I used to watch so much Pokemon back when I was just a wee kid to the point that my brother and I could recite the 150 original Pokemon. We were pretty...
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    Alternative Book Covers Design Assignment

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    For this assignment, I had in mind several books that I could use, but I settled on The Giver. One of my favorite books I fell in love with in 8th grade, this book expanded my horizons of a whole new world conceived by the brilliant author, Lois Lowry...
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    One Story, 4 Icons Design Assignment

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    So because I’ve seen way too many 1 story/4 icon assignments, I decided to give it a shot. The concept seems simple enough, so that appealed to me.  Synopsis: The assignment is to reduce a movie, story, or event into its basic elements, then t...
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    A culmination of Week 4 daily creates

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    Week 4 Photography Here is my week worth of photo, although I can’t say they were the best, but I am proud to say that I have learned much from tutorials, Photoshop, and people’s comments which all constituted to my understanding of photogr...
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    Averaging Concepts Using Flickr — 3 star!

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    For this 3 star assignment, I shall be attempting Tim Owen’s incredible visual assignment. Synopsis: Take a concept, one word, and plug it into Flickr and take the first 50 images and average them using Photoshop or similar program. Step by step...
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    Splash The Color Video Tutorial #1

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    First video tutorial EVER!!! I’m sorry if my voice filters out weirdly or unclearly, it is due to my audio. Hopefully I will find a way to download a better audio before my next video tutorial, but in the meantime, hope you enjoy this one   ...
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    Splash The Color Visual Assignment (2 star)

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    This asian gathering took place at a friend’s house. I forget what was going on but the focus is all on the little girl being groped. Enjoy! Also, I will talk about the process in my first video tutorial for this assignment ..coming soon later to...

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