You will not regret taking DS106. Do not drop this class! It may seem like it is going to be too much work at first, but it is fun. When I first received the email from Professor Bond warning us about the class, I will admit, I almost dropped it …
Merciful Mise en Place is in need of a sidekick! She is so busy helping people and tending to her food truck that she needs some help. She needs culinary help and someone that can protect her from villains when she is in the zone.
She posted this hiring ad …
For this week I brainstormed and partly began my final project. Even though we knew about this project last week, I was way to busy getting things done for other classes so this one was on the back burner. This was also one of the last things I have done …
I did some mashup assignments the first week of class and really enjoyed it so I was excited for this week. I did some photo, audio, and video combinations! I had never used the Remix button but it was actually fun to do. Check out what I have done this …
I am going to do a tutorial for the mashup assignment, 2 Movies, 1 Line. This is only really for Mac users with iMovie. After spending a lot of time struggling to learn other video makers, I discovered that I could do a lot with iMovie and it is …
10 Second Song Mashup – 3.5 Stars
For this assignment I had to chose some songs and do a mashup of just 2 seconds of each song to see if you can guess the songs. I chose all pop/upbeat songs for this assignment. I also chose songs that I feel …
Photo Mash-Remixed Pollack Style – 6 Stars
This assignment is one that I did awhile back where I had to take 2 people from different movies and make them look like they are in the same scene. Since we had to use one art piece that we had done earlier …
Bring your pet to school remixed- Dr. Suess it! – 4 Stars
For this assignment I did a remix of a visual assignment. The original assignment was to take my pet to UMW but the remix asked me to use a Dr. Suess character and add a quote from him.…
This Doesn’t Belong Here – Mustache Remix – 5 Stars
For this assignment I had to take 2 images from 2 different movies and mash them into 1 scene. I chose the Delorean from Back to the Future and the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars. I chose these 2 images …
Two Movies, One Line – 3.5 Stars
For this assignment I had to take 2 scenes from different movies and mash them up into one line. I chose the scene in Suicide Squad where Rick Flag and lecturing the squad about not going against him. He is being intense and …
I was really excited coming into this week of videos again. I have taken a liking to doing them! All the assignments I did this week were really fun and I enjoyed spending time editing them all. This is what I did this week:
I was not too sure …
1 Second Video – 3.5 Stars
For this assignment I had to make a 1 second video that tells a story. I decided to incorporate my superhero into this assignment.
Since she is a super chef, I decided to tell a story with her favorite appliance. A convection oven. It …
For the final crisis I am not sure exactly what you are looking for but I have a couple ideas:
Make a side kick for our superhero and use one of the medias we learned about to introduce them. Do the same thing above but with your superheroes arch enemy.…
2 Minute Silent Documentary – 4.5 Stars
For this assignment I had to make a 2 minute silent documentary about something. I chose to wrap my superhero into this assignment. This is Merciful Mise en Place and her double chocolate chip cookies. This assignment works great for her because of …
Video Crack – 4.5 Stars
For this assignment I had to take clips from a movie and place music over it to change the scene feeling. I decided to use Suicide Squad again because I had already downloaded clips from my video essay. I watched the clips and thought about …
This week was not what I had expected! I expected this to be one of the worst weeks because I do not like making videos but so far I feel like it was the best. It was great to learn about the cinematic effects that film makers use. I will …
For my video essay assignment I chose to use a scene from Suicide Squad that really stood out to me. It stood out the most because of the use of cinematic effects that are presented in it. At first I was worried about this assignment because I know nothing about …
Six Second Art – 4 stars
For this assignment I had to make some art in 6 seconds. I thought it would be easy but quickly realized that I was wrong. I am not good at art and it is really hard to do something in 6 seconds. Time flies!! …
One assignment that we could do was Life Hacks . It was actually really fun to do! It took awhile to think of a good hack to show but my boyfriend told me about this one! When traveling and have limited space to pack things, combine clothes, fold them like …
The Healthy Vine Challenge – 4 Stars
For this assignment I had to great a vine of making healthy food for dinner. I winged this because I don’t make dinner every night so I had to go with what I had in my fridge. I had chicken so I decided …
Where do your shoes take you? – 4 stars
For this assignment I had to video my life showing where I go. It was kind of strange at first just videoing my legs/feet but then it got neat because I would go different places and change my clothes/shoes. I did …
This week was web week! While reading the assignment post, I got worried. I saw we had to change code of websites and I got super nervous. I am currently in a programming class and it is not easy so when I saw that we were going to do that …
Photo through different lenses
We had to choose between this assignment and the other web creating one and I thought the other one seemed harder so I chose this one. As soon as I started thinking, it ended up harder than I thought it would be. I had some ideas …
Daily Create Story:
There once was an overweight cat that had no home. He was did not have any friends and it was his birthday. Nobody had acknowledged that it was even his birthday. He loves to run when he gets upset, it helps take his mind off of things. …
For this web story telling assignment I decided to use my super hero. She loves her chef jacket and wanted to share it with the world at an affordable (for what you get) price. She sells the chef jacket that she wears on Amazon.com. This is a fashionable yet safe …
I have class Tuesday nights so I tuned into DS106 Radio Monday night. I got to hear my group’s show, Sweet n Sour, and SCARR Network. It was really different listening to these on the radio. I edited my group’s show so I heard it many of times, but it …
Way Back Time Machine – 2.5 Stars
This assignment asked me to find a website and see how it has changed over time for better or for worse. I chose to use YouTube for my example. I knew YouTube has been around for awhile, but I never knew it was …
Socialize Your Media – 3.5 Stars
For this assignment I had to make different social media accounts for someone else. I saw this as the perfect opportunity to put my superhero, Merciful Mise en Place, on some social media sites. She uses the top sites right now like Twitter, Facebook, …
Well it is already week 8! Half-way through the semester and all the way complete with our radio project! I am very excited to be done with our radio show. It was definitely not easy but overall I really enjoyed it and my great group made it so much better. …
The progress of Sweet n Sour is now complete! We finished it on Thursday night and I am very happy with it! We worked on all the in-between products for the radio show last week. The beginning of this week we began to organize the order of our radio show. …
