First Half Week Four Summary
Reading the Twilight Zone episode
Fun Facts about the Twilight Zone episode
Genre of the Twilight Zone episode
My Youtube Genre
My Assignment Ideas
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A little pre-production
I am excited to get started with the video assignments. A couple assignments that stood out to me in the beginning were 5 second film, public service announcement, and tell a story with no dialogue. I plan to complete two, if not all three, of these assignments. …
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Genre of âTo Serve Manâ
This episode fits into several genres, as do most of the Twilight Zone episodes. If I had to pick one, it would definitely be science fiction because of the aliens and space ships. This episode also characterizes horror and mystery. All these Twilight episodes have portrayed a message to viewers, …
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Fun facts âTo Serve Manâ episode
1. This short story written by Damon Knight was awarded the 1951 ”Retro” Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 2001.
2. In the source story the Kanamit aliens were short and looked like hairy pigs that stood upright.
3. This episode has been referenced in a ton of movies. …
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Youtube Genre
There were a bunch of great ideas for genres listed on the Google Doc, but a lot of main ones were left out. I added what I think is a very important genre, the highlight reels for athletes. There are all kinds of these types of compilation videos. Some …
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Reading âTo Serve Manâ in three different ways
1. Watching “To Serve Man” without audio made me pay close attention to the angles being shot by the camera and the locations of the main focus of each shot. When the directors wanted to focus on an important part of a scene, we are first given a glimpse of …
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Intergalactic War
A picture of my little cousin playing with a marshmallow gun that I know you have all seen before, but this was a great picture for this assignment. I edited this picture in PicFix and added the space effects.…
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Week Three Summary
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Scottlo Cast
The podcasts this week were very helpful with doing the final editing and putting together our Radio Show. Here are the links to my reflections.
Audio Assignments
Difficulty: 3 stars
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Spam in the Twilight Zone
Just had to knock out a star real quick. This is a random spam email I got. Here is a link to the assignment. Difficulty: 1 star -
Reaction to Scott Lockman: Episode 19, 20 & 21
Haa i guess better late than never. After this podcast I went through and checked to see if my sound levels were in the .5 to .8 range. For the most part they were ok because I’ve been using the Amplify tool to balance the sound levels, as well as the gain control. The stuff ...read more -
Radio Show commercial
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Sound story open to interpretation
Hey guys, this is my sound effects story I put together with sounds from freesound.org. I made it related to the Twilight Zone with a spooky space tone that comes at the end. I had a particular plot in mind when making this story, but I would like to see what you guys thought was happening. ...read more -
ds106zone LoDown 018 (talking smack with Jim Groom)
Love the picture and caption. It was good to hear other peoples bumpers to work from. Also, thanks for the pointers with controlling the levels on my audio assignments. Added a little bit to my 911 call. Check it out here. Here is a link to the episode. -
I meet Consuela
For this cartoon daily create i decided my perfect day as a comic would be meeting Consuela. So I cut and pasted myself into a Family Guy episode. -
Inflate The Twilight Zone
https://soundcloud.com/kshaav/inflateyourlangfin I incorporated the Twilight Zone theme song into my punctuate assignment. I read an excerpt from one of Professor Grooms posts and added the Twilight Zone sounds in Audacity. I am getting the hang of Audacity, just in time to put together our radio show! Here is a link to the assignment. Difficulty: 3 stars -
Reaction to Scott Lockman: Episode 16 & 17
I’m getting started making my own bumper so it was good to hear a few examples from Scottlo. Our guest appearances in episode 17 were a great preparation for this weeks radio show assignment as well. I learned some valuable lessons about creating bumpers that are audience appropriate. Heres a link to the cast. -
The Twilight Zone
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Radio Progress
Everyone in my group has been on top of their work and our script is coming together well. So far we have planned out everyones tasks and selected our characters. I have completed one of our commercials already. Take a look! -
Consuela Answers
I decided to incorporate Consuela from Family Guy into my answering machine assignment. I used an answering machine jingle from a Family Guy episode and had Consuela interrupt my message. This is the youtube video that I used most of the dialogue from and the assignment can be found here. Difficulty: 3 stars -
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Reaction to Scott Lockman: Week 2
Glad to see the groups are up for the Radio Show. I am looking forward to getting started with the project. This weeks tips for Soundcloud and Audacity were very helpful. I played around in Garage Band a bunch and its a blast. Theres another application similar to Garage Band called Virtual DJ that is ...read more -
Week Two Write up
This was a bit of a rough week for me because I was in South Carolina with a few friends all week and had a bit of trouble juggling my time to get all my assignments done. Gladly this week is over and I am ready to be back in DS106 mode. Daily Creates TDC506 ...read more -
Share your last piece of chocolate
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Time to find your glasses
In my sequel to “Time Enough At Last” Henry Bemis goes on a quest to find new glasses and return to the library. On his trip he gets sidetracked by C3PO (from Star Wars) and they go to a Wendy’s to get burgers. They eventually find glasses for Henry at a shopping mall and begin ...read more -
Rod Serling Interview
I decided to interview Rod Serling for my Celebrity Radio assignment. I downloaded the “Eye of the Beholder” episode, cropped it and added my voice in using Audacity. Difficulty: 4 stars -
Stuck in the Twilight Zone
I incorporated the Twilight Zone into my fake 911 call. I found this fake call at Freesound.org and edited it in Audacity. What’s your emergency? assignment. Difficulty: 3 1/2 stars -
All me in the Twilight Zone
For this assignment I played the roles of the doctor and nurse from the “Eye of the Beholder” Twilight Zone episodes. They are having a conversation about the ugly hospital patient. I recorded and edited this in Audacity. Difficulty: 4 stars -
Howâs the weather Ollie
Hope you got the Family Guy reference in the title. I made this recording in Audacity by tapping my keyboard. Here is a link to the assignment. Difficulty: 2 stars
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