One Movie/ Four Icons
2 1/2 Stars Can you guess which movie is it? I was inspired to do this movie since it is one of my all time favorites! This film is packed full of notable, important icons. So I picked the ones … Continue reading →
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Did you hear what I did this week?- Week Four Summary
Well another week has come and gone. I’ve learned a few new things this week pertaining to the audio world. I also didn’t realize how much audio really affects a scene. In the two clips we needed to watch for … Continue reading → -
Can you hear what I’m thinking?
It seems to me that many noir radio shows have a murderous/ crime aspect. I also like the noir ideas of suspense and questioning human nature. My inspiration of some ideas came from the “The Shadow” radio show as well … Continue reading → -
Audio Reflection
After watching both the opening scenes of “Touch of Evil” I can clearly see the impact that audio has on film. In the first one I watched the street sounds really got in the way. I was still in suspense … Continue reading → -
Radio Bumper
My idea for this radio bumper came from combining several sounds and elements. I noticed while listening to ds106radio that most of the bumpers caught my attention by using loud sounds in the beginning. So for this reason I started … Continue reading → -
Week Four Daily Create
#1: Make a picture with words on them. #2: International Dot Day -
Greatest Hits!
3 1/2 Stars For this assignment I took five of my favorite Blake Shelton Songs and mixed them together to become one song. Once I figured out and got the hang of how Audacity worked it was wasn’t that hard. … Continue reading → -
Can’t get it out of my head- Guess the song!
2 Stars So this song has gotten stuck in my head several of times! When I saw this assignment this song automatically came to mind. I can’t whistle so me going Do Do might make it easier, I’m not sure. … Continue reading → -
Sound Effects Story- Veronica’s Morning
3 1/2 Stars Walk through the morning with Veronica. From her alarm going off, getting dressed, walking down the street and into the lounge were she works. I came up with this idea after listening to the example one for … Continue reading → -
Another Week, Another Summary
Well this concludes another week. This week was very interesting with the investigation of the visual angle of noir. I love taking pictures and using visuals, making this week very enjoyable for me. To read more about how I usually … Continue reading → -
Photo Safari
For my photo safari I wanted to incorporate a mixture of shadows, obscure angles, night shots, and of course a noir cat! For the window picture I changed the filter to black and white and captured it from an upward … Continue reading → -
Unsuspecting Friends
2 Stars Ha Ha! This assignment was fun, easy, and different. I knew I would see most of my friends in class or just hanging out so there was no shortage of opportunities to snap a picture. Firstly, I tried … Continue reading → -
Noir and Visual Storytelling Reflection
The two movies I watched for the week were Killer’s Kiss and Chinatown. Both of the movies portrayed various elements in noir. At the start of both story lines the main characters are a bit mysterious. Because of this I … Continue reading → -
Veronica’s Hometown- Clarkson, Missouri
3 Stars Veronica’s hometown of Clarkson, Missouri is a small one with a population of only a few hundred. Most of the town is rural, encompassing multiple large farms and wide open farming land. Clarkson is near one of the … Continue reading → -
Golden Art Poetry
3 Stars I choose this poem because it is one that I have liked for a long time, and is one of the first poems I even memorized. I love Robert Frost’s work. For the background art I knew I … Continue reading → -
What’s in Veronica’s Purse
3 Stars It doesn’t matter if its a long journey or just a trip down the street Veronica always has her purse by her side. The over the shoulder tan purse was a gift from her mother and Veronica fills … Continue reading → -
Week 3 Daily Creates
#1: Make 2048! #2: Silent Video #3: Step by Step item Whether you’re a girl learning make-up for the first time, an older girl who needs a refresher, or even a guy who just wants to be in the know. … Continue reading → -
My Approach to the Visuals of Storytelling
Ever since I was a little girl I’ve liked taking pictures. My first memory of “staging” a photo was when I was in lower elementary school. I used to run around with my dad’s Polaroid camera and set up scenes … Continue reading → -
Another Week Comes to an End
Week 2 Summary: Overall I feel very creative after this week. I have not done creative writing or that creative of thinking in a while. It was fun! I enjoyed the readings for this week, even though they were so … Continue reading → -
Week 2 Daily Creates!
#1: Take a picture of you wearing something camouflage, camouflaging yourself in somewhere or anything that you see that is camouflage. #2: Make your eye selfie to support the idea of interpersonal attentiveness. #3: Compose one photo that consist of … Continue reading → -
Veronica’s Future
3 Stars After Veronica left Clarkson, Missouri she followed her path that made her a USO girl. She was finally singing in a show all over the world. Her singing became so well know throughout the military that after the … Continue reading → -
Meet Veronica
Veronica is a 22 year-old lounge singer from Clarkson, Missouri. She is 5’9″, curvy figure with long wavy red hair and blue eyes. She doesn’t wear much make-up but always has on eyeliner, mascara and red lip stick. For short … Continue reading → -
Alternative Ending to The Shadow
Dubrille and Martan are dead, only the Shadow and Dr. Evans are in the house. Evans expresses how he still fears for his life with Corvet still roaming around. From a dark corner of the room a manly figure appears. … Continue reading → -
Write Your Way Into History
2 Stars Monday July, 1st 1776 Today we sat in Congress again for what seems like years deliberating over the idea of independence. Mr. John Adams of Pennsylvania and Mr. Edward Rutledge of South Carolina held the floor for most … Continue reading → -
Short Story with random words and animal
2 Stars My random words: find, junk, invert, private, amongst, booze, biblical, tyrant, charismatic, harp-like. The charismatic Kangaroo went to the private junk yard to find old booze bottles amongst the trash. She inverted the bottles to make an biblical … Continue reading → -
Happy Holidays Writing Assignment
2 Stars Out of all the holidays I would have to say my favorite is Halloween. A strange one, I know. When I was younger I would love going to Party City and seeing the “wall of costumes”. I’d always … Continue reading → -
Noir Readings
For this weeks noir readings I read The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Shadow (script for the Death Triangle) and Ernest Hemingway’s The Killers. I love the twists and turns that all of these stories have and the unexpected endings. … Continue reading → -
Hello ds106!
Hey! My name is Erin and welcome to my blog. I am a senior Historic Preservation major at UMW. I am new to a lot of the social media accounts that ds106 requires… so here we go! Here are few facts about me: Flickr: I took this photo during Fall semester of 2014 during a … Continue reading Hello ds106! -
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