Preview of Chicago and your future tour guide! Audio: Script: Thank you for downloading my app on your phone and welcome to my city of Chicago, I am Mr. River or Chi River if you please. I know that my city can be a little confusing and there are a lot of signs, tourist maps, […]

Your final blog post for this class should include a link to your project and a discussion of at least 5 paragraphs that include the background information for your idea, a reflection on how your project fits the story spine, and media references, and details of how you produced it. I can’t believe the end […]

Weekly Summary Checklist The last 2.5 weeks have been crazy when you think about all we had to do and what we did as a class. I finished final week off with some computer issues but finally got it all under control and finished all the assignments. From other posts I was not alone but […]

For this two week segment you should complete two more ds106 video assignments, each should be posted to your blog, appropriately tagged and categorized. All videos should have an opening and closing title/credits sequence. For the second assignment I was looking around the possible items and came across the one that requires you to use […]

For this two week segment you should complete two more ds106 video assignments, each should be posted to your blog, appropriately tagged and categorized. All videos should have an opening and closing title/credits sequence. I was trying to think what assignments to do this week that would make me laugh and be interesting to make. […]

Write up a blog post embedding your new version of the story. Explain where the idea came from, and include reference URLs for all media you used. Also include a screen shot of your video editing interface. I knew this assignment would be challenging and it lived up to it. Talk about using all we […]

Write another blog post summarizing what you saw in other students’ project ideas or what suggestions you made that focused on adding the story element. I was glad to get a break from coming up with story ideas for the final project and instead helping comment on others. I honestly wasn’t sure I could come […]

Write up a blog post that includes the embedded clip, and the notes you made in the three views of the scene. Did you notice anything new by minimizing one of your senses? I must admit I was a little worried about the assignment to analyzing a famous scene from a movie. These are scenes […]

Write a blog post that includes your response to the methods suggested by Ebert- why might they work (or not)? Summarize what you learned from the two videos you watched about cinema techniques. I thought Roger Ebert’s “How to Read a Movie” was very interesting and insightful. For those that have never heard the basic […]

You would think each week has me in a new city and that would be true the last two weeks. This week I was in Chicago for work and needed to do my assignments while in either a hotel room or a friend’s house. So that was an adventure but I was up for it! […]

I find picking the assignments from the bank can be fun and interesting if you go a few pages into the list. This time I found one for doing a mock 911 call and recording it. But in the spirit of the layering ideas the professor wants us to do. I decided to add in […]

For my next thought on something in the real world that could use a story I was reminded how fun it is to have a friend play tour guide when you are in a city. This past week I was in Chicago and a friend was taking me around the Magnificent Mile telling me about […]

Write a blog post that includes an embedded version of your foley recording. Include your list of brainstormed sounds and the objects or methods used to create the sounds. What was the experience like? So this assignment really sounds fun to create the sound effects for a film. I have actually done this one other […]

Create a story made only of sound effects, the Sound Effects Story assignment — a story told in five or more different sounds. This assignment will be interesting to think through a story without dialogue but the other examples worked well so I think I can do it. I like the alien one for sure […]

Create your own account on SoundCloud.com, write a blog post that embeds your audio directly into the post. I was glad to see this week we could use soundcloud.com for our assignments. I have known about this site for years and used it to hear my favorite dj remixes or other random songs. However, I […]

I was glad I looked early in the week for what was required for assignments because I knew I had a trip to see my family in NC so I needed to be smart about what I could do now and when I was in NC. The photo assignments made the trip to NC a […]

Write another blog post summarizing what you found that might or might not work for something that could use a story approach to make it more effective. Explain why you chose it. Even if you are not sure if it will work, keep the ideas going. I was thinking about what my next story would […]

For this week you should complete two ds106 design assignments, each should be posted to your blog, appropriately tagged and categorized. For my second design assignment I decided to do the Six word memoir idea and really thought long and hard on how I would tell my life’s story if I only had six words. […]

For this week you should complete two ds106 design assignments, each should be posted to your blog, appropriately tagged and categorized. For my first design assignment I decided to do the Motivational Poster with one of my old photos I had from my trip Africa. I remember how determined I was to not only raise […]

Write a blog post that embeds at least three photos of different design elements you were able to identify. Include a summary of the elements and what makes them effective, or what may have made them better. Sometimes we can learn just as much from badly designs as we can from good ones! So feel […]

So this week was interesting to practice all my photo skills and imagination. I knew this week might be a little harder than others so I took a look early and tried to plan out how I would accomplish everything. The photoshop pieces would be the hardest for me since I am still learning that […]

Okay so there is a thought what could be a story that I think all people struggle with when trying to watch TV, the remote. Think about it! It is almost as complicated as a bus or performance reviews! We get a tv, a dvd player, game systems, apple tv, audio equipment and then try […]

For this week you should complete two ds106 visual assignments, each should be posted to your blog, appropriately tagged and categorized. My second assignment from the bank of items was thinking about what Albert Einstein might look like if he did a selfie with a black hole behind him. Thinking he had a spaceship and […]

For this week you should complete two ds106 visual assignments, each should be posted to your blog, appropriately tagged and categorized. Color Splash I used the app on my iphone called Color Splash that others have used to post great photos to Instagram or facebook. It really makes highlighting a color simple. I started to […]

Take a turn at the Five Card Flickr Stories site; generate your own story. Copy the code to put the story in your own site. What a fun assignment making a story out of 5 photos. My story describes escaping from your urban enviornment. I liked how it actually worked out as I picked photos. […]

Carve out a time and place to try the photo scavenger hunt; write a blog post that includes a gallery of your images, and some thoughts on the experience. The photoblitz assignment was a good test of my imagination for sure! I decided to use my house as the subject for my photos and see […]

Pick at least two tips from these resources and try them out with your camera, just seeing how they change the way you take photos. Write a blog post that not only includes at least three of your own photos, explain how you applied the tips you learned. I must admit I always wondered about […]

This week was a fun one but some of those podcasts and videos were long. But the funny thing is I did not mind them since they were well done both production and story wise. I am also better able to appericate the thought that goes into these productions. When I started listening to Evelyn […]

So my first idea for a story around using the bus to get around the city seems like it might be a good option. Now my second idea is doing performance reviews for work. Everyone at work is feeling my pain and it got me to thinking that I have told folks some of my […]

Your assignment is to analyze the action and story of a commercial in 5 second increments I was glad to see a Sci-Fi related commercial since that is one of my all-time favorite movie genres. I found this story shape to be one of disappointment to start with since this kid was so wanting to […]