Final Project: This project was special as I morphed it into something that really brought back many great memories. I morphed my project into a story about a certain rednosed reindeer. There were really no surmountable tasks in this project as … Continue reading →

First of ALL,This class is not a slide by and get an easy A elective. If you want to have alot of fun, do alot of work, and learn tons that will help you along the road then this is … Continue reading →

The Art of Smashup  these two weeks was quite enjoyable. I can really get a feel for how all of the work have done previously is leading up to the ultimate completion of our final project. The most amazing part for me this … Continue reading →

The assignment, Opposites Attract, I made under the prestesce of creating a mash-up song utilizing two songs from completely different genres. The first task in completing this assignment is finding two songs from different genres that you enjoy and have similar beat … Continue reading →

After the posting of over 150 pieces of unused media we are tasked to use at least 7 piece and create a story. After scouring the site I came up with the below concept. I used Sony Vegas for all … Continue reading →

Concepts: I first started this assignment by watch the book trailer about the steal like an artist book. This book highlights what creativity is in our lives. It takes and interesting stance with the main point being how we are … Continue reading →

These two weeks were challenging yet a blast. The prework from the week before really set me on the right foot with two of my assignments. Once I got started, I had a great time messing around in the video … Continue reading →

This video was to convince future residents to come live in Mason. It was too late for it to be submitted to the contest, but I wanted to go ahead and make the video showing how awesome a place mason … Continue reading →

Last Christmas, we gave my grandmother a laptop as a present and she is always requiring help to use it. She enjoys learning how to do something so she can do it the next time. So I made this tutorial … Continue reading →

So this assignment is to commentate a play by play for a video of something. I used to play alot of the game call of duty and my younger brother and I would record our game play for fun. So … Continue reading →

The assignment to take a movie trailer and make it into something that would be seen during the silent era was my favorite. This was one of the videos I did prework for, I used the trailer for the new James Bond … Continue reading →

The tools of the trade. This week we began our adventure into video work! My main tools will be Audacity, MPEG stream,  Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD (Preferred), and Windows Movie Maker. I have a little experience with making photo … Continue reading →

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/return-to-the-silent-era/! Silent Skyfall! So I am excited to see the new James Bond so I will take a shot at making it a silent film. The raw footage going to be used: It will be edit to black and white … Continue reading →

Interesting facts about The Matrix: All but a few scenes were filmed in Australia The film is known for popularizing the use of a visual effect known as bullet time, which allows the viewer to explore a moment progressing in slow-motion as … Continue reading →

Reading Movie Videos Watched: Hitchcock loves Bikinis- brilliant demonstration of using film cuts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFkI9FzzkII Star Wars Continuity Mistakes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owH54AiCheg Kubrick // One-Point Perspective https://vimeo.com/48425421 Top 20 Cinematic Techniques http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3EnnBDgMww Tarantino // from Below https://vimeo.com/37540504 Notes from no sound view: The constant camera motion and cutting … Continue reading →

This week we ventured into the world of web. It took me a fair amount of time to get acclimated to the tools we were using and how to go about completing the assignments. I enjoyed the work in Firefox but I … Continue reading →

My group’s project was the ADAAM show. First of all I thought our group did a great job coordinating our pieces and perfecting our sections. What we needed more of I thought was more collaboration within the body of our … Continue reading →

I loved the idea, having each member play a different role which made it like listening almost to a theater production. Some tips, the levels seemed a little loud and disparate. The sound effects in the 2nd half of the show were great. … Continue reading →

The storify project was a lot of fun. I went with a simple concept using the basics outlined by COGDOGs example. However, I had issues embedding it into the site so here is the link. See if you can guess … Continue reading →

Phonar: I had only 3 unused pieces of media to upload to phonar the file names are below. The Tuna.jpg was to be used for making a collage it didn’t quite work with that tuna, I had to find another. Website picture2.jpg … Continue reading →

Sticking to my harry potter mood from my soundtrack assignment! Using Audacity, I extracted a ring tone from the waves of several songs and created what I believe to be an interesting ring tone that is not obviously from Harry … Continue reading →

The radio show project was a blast. I got to meet some of my wonderful classmates and have a great time bouncing ideas off of each other and utilize each person’s particular strengths. We met in person 2 times to … Continue reading →