Supernatural Cinematography as told through Photos

Supernatural Cinematography as told through Photos

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, ds106photgraphy, Syndicated
September 21, 2018

With a focus on photography in the fourth week of the course, this will be an exploration of what makes a good photograph, with key points taken from Becoming Better Photographers and Photography and narrative: What is involved in telling a story?. To demonstrate this, I’ll analyze a few screenshots taken from my favorite show, Supernatural, which is … Continue reading Supernatural Cinematography as told through Photos
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A Computer Scientist’s Attempt at Art

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments988
September 21, 2018

The final Visual Assignment I’ve chosen to do for this week is for 3 and a half stars, and it can be found here. It was to create digital art using only 4 Lines, 5 Dots, and 1 Curve. This was a very fun piece to make! To be honest, I don’t really have much experience … Continue reading A Computer Scientist’s Attempt at Art
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Quick! Snap a photo!

by @JessicaDS106

| #photoblitz, ds106, Syndicated
September 21, 2018

This week I’ve been tasked to do a photoblitz, an activity in which you’re given a list of 7 items to photograph and given 20 minutes to see how many of them you can manage! I managed to get 6 in my run through. This first image was taken to show the time I started … Continue reading Quick! Snap a photo!
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Fear in the Eyes

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments1892
September 20, 2018

View this post on Instagram Can you see what I see? #vampire #ds106 #VisualAssignments #VisualAssignments1892 #eye #pixlr A post shared by Jessica (@jessicads106) on Sep 20, 2018 at 7:53pm PDT This is the second assignment I’m doing this week for stars! This assignment is worth 3 and a half stars, and it’s the assignment I’m choosing … Continue reading Fear in the Eyes
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Vampurr Collage

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments1890
September 20, 2018

View this post on Instagram My character, Callen Zelrich as told through a collage #ds106 #VisualAssignments #VisualAssignments1890 #vampire #mythology #surgeon #character A post shared by Jessica (@jessicads106) on Sep 20, 2018 at 6:39pm PDT This week, I’m representing the character I created in my previous post, Callen Zelrich, in collage form! While this assignment doesn’t … Continue reading Vampurr Collage
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My Love of Orange Kittens

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments1729
September 20, 2018

View this post on Instagram A collage of my favorite kittens! #ds106 #VisualAssignments #VisualAssignments1729 A post shared by Jessica (@jessicads106) on Sep 20, 2018 at 3:43pm PDT When I saw this assignment to create a collage of photos of my favorite pet for 3 and a half stars I immediately became excited! I don’t know … Continue reading My Love of Orange Kittens
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An Amateur Photographer

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, photoreflection, Syndicated
September 19, 2018

Do you take a lot of photos now? What of? Do you have a particular approach to taking photos? Do you ever work to capture a particular feeling or meaning in your photos? If so, how successful do you think you are? After reviewing these resources, what tactics can you use to improve your photos … Continue reading An Amateur Photographer
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Daily Creativity: Week Four

by @JessicaDS106

| dailycreates, ds106, Syndicated
September 19, 2018

Welcome to a post summarizing my daily creates for the fourth week, which continue to be the highlight of my coursework every week without fail. Also, I think I just noticed this week that you’re supposed to reply to the original daily create tweet with your response! Oops, so I’ll be doing that from now … Continue reading Daily Creativity: Week Four
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A Vampire in the Modern World

by @JessicaDS106

| Character, ds106, Syndicated
September 19, 2018

Callen Zelrich has lived for a long 250 odd years, and sometimes he yearns for the simple life he had all those years ago, when he went fishing with his father to make a living. His life might have been less extravagant then, and they struggled often to make ends meet, but it was a … Continue reading A Vampire in the Modern World
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A Tale of Sherlock Holmes and Lovecraft

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, storyanalysis, Syndicated
September 18, 2018

This week, I’ve chosen to analyze A Study in Emerald by Neil Gaiman as an example of a story related to our theme of myths and legends. I was immediately interested in this story because I love Neil Gaiman’s writing and I noticed that this short story is an adaptation that involves Sherlock Holmes, of which … Continue reading A Tale of Sherlock Holmes and Lovecraft
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Daily Creativity: Week Three

by @JessicaDS106

| dailycreates, ds106, Syndicated
September 13, 2018

What a crazy week this one has been! As usual, I’m gathering all of my daily creates from Twitter here in one post! As always, the Daily Creates have been a nice break from my usual coursework. Also, I think there might be a pet related theme reoccurring in my daily creates… First, here is … Continue reading Daily Creativity: Week Three
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That Aha! Moment

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, Syndicated, writingassignments, WritingAssignments1707
September 13, 2018

Coding and Mathematics Logic all falls into place, A fulfilling end. For my last Writing assignment this week, I chose this assignment to write a Haiku about myself or something I’m passionate about for 2 and a half stars. This assignment appealed to me because, even if I’ve always struggled at writing it, I’ve always … Continue reading That Aha! Moment
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God of War Review: A Tale of Norse Mythology

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, Syndicated, writingassignments, WritingAssignments1337
September 13, 2018

Released on April 20, 2018 on the PlayStation 4, God of War is a sequel to one of the most famous PlayStation exclusive franchises, a game aiming to reboot the former trilogy for the new generation of consoles. In my opinion, any good sequel draws from the success of its previous entries, utilizing the good … Continue reading God of War Review: A Tale of Norse Mythology
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Supernatural: A Road Well-Travelled

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, Syndicated, writingassignments, WritingAssignments1552
September 13, 2018

The man that steps into the bar on a Friday night seems an ordinary one as any, as he takes his place at the barstool, ordering a quick drink from the bartender as he catches him walk by. Though, he’s anything but ordinary, in fact, he’s an angel; or perhaps, that’s all wrong, and the … Continue reading Supernatural: A Road Well-Travelled
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Harry Potter and how old were those kids??

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, Syndicated, writingassignments, WritingTutorials722
September 12, 2018

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Young boy nearly murdered by a man with no nose, is rescued from his abusive foster parents by a giant, only to be taken to a dangerous boarding school, where he and his friends seek to bypass the school’s deadly booby traps and murder a man, in order to … Continue reading Harry Potter and how old were those kids??
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Weekly Summary: Week 2

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
September 6, 2018

I hope everyone’s getting through the second week of this semester after our day off on Monday! Even with that day off, it’s still been a long week, with a lot of work. This week, I’ve enjoyed being able to pick 3 assignments from the assignment bank from 3 different categories. Nothing caused me any … Continue reading Weekly Summary: Week 2
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Ready to Pounce

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments1971
September 6, 2018

I’m a huge fan of Game of Thrones, so I was very excited to see this assignment in the Visual Assignments section. The assignment was to visit this website, and to create a Game of Thrones house and sigil. To do this assignment, you can select ‘Create My House’ to customize your sigil. You can … Continue reading Ready to Pounce
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Daily Creativity: Week Two

by @JessicaDS106

| dailycreates, ds106, Syndicated
September 6, 2018

Have you been following me on Twitter? Here’s a post summarizing my short bouts of creativity for the week. I’ve enjoyed this a lot, and even more-so, seeing what everyone else comes up with. I’m most proud of my paper shadow ghost. It’s almost Halloween, time for a ghost… #tdc2428 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/1UXPjPQ3fK — Jessica (@JessicaDS106) … Continue reading Daily Creativity: Week Two
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How Google Learned to Play Pictionary

by @JessicaDS106

| #WebAssignments, #WebAssignments2073, ds106, Syndicated
September 6, 2018

The second assignment I’ve done this week, which can he found here, was to play the following game in which it asks you to draw 6 items and google will attempt to guess what they are. You can see my results below, as I played the game a few more times than was necessary (because … Continue reading How Google Learned to Play Pictionary
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A Duck’s Favorite Meal

by @JessicaDS106

| AnimatedGIFAssignments, AnimatedGIFAssignments1789, ds106, Syndicated
September 3, 2018

Does anyone else spend too much of their time feeding leftovers to pets? One of the assignments I’ve chosen this week, is a classic: to make a gif of an animal doing something funny. You can see the assignment post here. These days, we can’t let a day pass by without seeing a gif or … Continue reading A Duck’s Favorite Meal
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Weekly Summary: Week One

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
August 30, 2018

The first week of classes is always an interesting one, filled with more chaos then expected while adjusting to new classes and routine. I learned that I’ll really need to focus on time-management this semester, especially to keep up with the fast-moving nature of a course like this! Most of my time for the class … Continue reading Weekly Summary: Week One
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A Semester of Legends

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, ds106thoughts, Syndicated
August 30, 2018

Personally, I’m very excited for the theme of ds106 to be focused on myths, legends, and folklore this semester. I’ve always enjoyed stories that involve some sort of fantasy or suspension of belief over ones that are more realistic. I think there is a certain joy to be found in being taken out of reality, … Continue reading A Semester of Legends
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Social Media Extravaganza

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, ds106introductions, Syndicated
August 30, 2018

Hello fellow Digital Storytelling students and welcome to my various social media accounts! I’m Jessica, a senior with a double major in Math and Computer Science. And while I have experience in coding, it was more difficult than I imagined getting all of these set up, as I don’t have much experience with social media. … Continue reading Social Media Extravaganza
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Hello world!

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, Syndicated
August 28, 2018

Hello Digital Storytelling class! This is my first post on this blog, which will detail my adventures in the class this semster!
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