I learned so much about audacity, gimp, iMovie, and Movie Maker in the short 5 weeks of this class. I think I enjoyed audacity the most overall because it can be used the most for other classes. The Look, Listen, Analyze assignment was the most exciting because I really got to look into one of …

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For this final project, I had to come up with a character and story that uses the media pieces I’ve learned about from ds106. With no money to spend and no crew to help, I definitely faced more challenges. In my head, it all flowed nicely like a movie, but when there’s no one available …

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Part 1: Assignments Daily Creates with a short explanation I made this week can be found here. Robo Boogie Symmetry in Numbers Talky Tina and Waldo Artistic Daily Create The comments made towards me this week were good. I think I’ve learned how to explain what my posts are about in a better way based …

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  The first video I watched was Camera Angles and Techniques. The zolly adds a disorienting visual effect by using a camera to zoom out and a zolly to zoom in causing the viewer to focus in on the subject. Camera placement is always important but especially in action scenes to make them dynamic and dramatic. …

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#ds106 #tdc2020 pic.twitter.com/dDnUPCGINz — Nicole Lamb (@littlelamb0216) July 21, 2017 Today’s Daily Create used a site called simplify.thatsh.it to take a picture and turn it into abstract art. My result and original photo can be seen above.

Process: I took a slightly different approach when putting this video together and there were some big pros and cons which I will go into later. I wasn’t a huge fan of iMovie so I decided to take advantage of the awesome features my new Samsung Galaxy s8 has. I recorded a bunch of clips …

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#ds106 #tdc2019 pic.twitter.com/imxXWv9LYs — Nicole Lamb (@littlelamb0216) July 20, 2017 For this Daily Create, I used Gimp to place Talky Tina in a Where’s Waldo? photo. Here are the two originals.

Process: I used iMovie to make this short clip for the College Snapshot Assignment. I went to My Media and clicked through my photo albums. For the pictures I wanted to include in the clip, I clicked and dragged to the bottom of the screen. I clicked on the end of the photo to adjust …

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For the Look, Listen, Analyze assignment, I chose the opening of the TV show Dexter from the 3rd youtube playlist. I chose this because Dexter is one of my favorite TV shows and although this isn’t a scene from a classic movie, I think it’s a masterpiece and worthy of this assignment. If the video …

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#ds106 #tdc2017 Checking the time on my phone. pic.twitter.com/55BUXjsY4J — Nicole Lamb (@littlelamb0216) July 18, 2017 For this Daily Create, I just took a screenshot of my phone since the time was 07:07.

This was a fun daily create. Of course I picked the robot that resembles a cat since I love cats. I got a kick out of changing its arms, head, and hips movement. The movements I chose were completely random. Below is a screenshot of my dancing robot.

Part 1: Assignments Daily Creates with a short explanation I made this week can be found here. Twitter Poster Daily Create Tour Gimp Daily Create Improvise Comments I made this week can be found here. Shane  Taylor  Kayla  Sarah Shane  Leni  Audio Assignments I made this week can be found here. Sound Effects Story – …

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Moon Graffiti is an audio drama made by The Truth Podcast and it is about when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon in 1969.  The question this clip is based on is, what if they crashed? A speech had been prepared by Nixon in the event they did not make it. They use …

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There’s a narrator for the story of an MIT professor named Sherri and her voice is used to tell parts of what she saw in a nursing home where a robot was being used to interact with the elderly. Uplifting music played while recordings of real interaction played because that’s what the robot was doing; …

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For this assignment, I made my own ringtone in Audacity. I imported two separate clips from freesound.org of a piano and violin then cropped and joined them as seen in the photo below. I chose these sounds because I like more quiet, subtle tones rather than loud, startling tones. I don’t want sounds coming from …

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Last month I took a 3D printing class just for fun. I found out there’s a lot of useful things you can make such as this back panel clip. The only downside is 3D printing feels like it takes forever. Just for this little clip, about one inch in length, took about 35 minutes. I’ve …

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Cleaning and organizing can be difficult in silence. That’s why I must have a cleaning playlist. I like for most of the songs to be upbeat to keep me moving. If classical music was playing, I’d probably end up laying in bed while looking at old photo albums or something. Then I wouldn’t get anything …

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I honestly don’t keep up with anyone in the political world because I don’t like how people argue about those touchy topics. So I really don’t know much about this guy, but I figured I’d put him in a desert since that’s basically the opposite of a nice, pretty beach with salt water as far …

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There are a ton of songs that bring back memories but one of my favorites is “When You’re Smiling and Astride Me” by Father John Misty. Daniel and I met online and enjoyed talking to each other so much we decided to meet. On the day we met, he gave me a tour of downtown …

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Today’s daily create was “you, on tour” and since I’ve had my upcoming trip to the Dominican Republic on my mind lately, I decided to use that. My picture can be found here. I found a picture online of Punta Cana and used aviary.com to add text to it. The only hard part was choosing …

This week’s required assignment involved making a story using only sound effects. You can listen to mine on Soundcloud. My story is about a guy going for a walk then he sees a car crash. He runs to the scene and uses his phone to call for help. He checks the heartbeat of one driver then …

One of the key points he talks about in part one is the importance of telling a story as a series of events and keeping the listener engaged by making them ask a question. A question which the storyteller will answer by the time he’s/she’s finished and there will be a moment of reflection. The …

My first daily create for week 3 was to make an off-beat inspirational poster. I found a picture of a businessman and used aviary.com to sharpen the image and insert the text, “You get what you work for. Not what you wish for.” I didn’t want an identity in the picture and that’s why his …

The biggest thing I learned this week was how to embed sites. For a long time, I thought attaching links meant embedding but I see now I was wrong. I tried to include all important aspects for each assignment and I think I’ve improved since last week. 1. The daily creates were pretty straightforward. I …

Everyone debates on the best phone and most are between the iPhone and Samsung Galaxy. I myself am trying to figure out if I should leave my beloved iPhone behind and switch to Samsung. It’s been on my mind for awhile and that’s why I decided to make this. Here’s some fake data I made about …

While doing this assignment, I realized there’s a lot more to things than what meets the eye. Companies do a good job of incorporating these design concepts into their work to make them visually appealing and rememberable with a hidden message. Symbolism Below is a picture of a t-shirt I have. Pratt & Whitney is an …

For my second gif, I made a dancing ballerina. I took a ballet class last year and enjoyed it. So that was the first thing I thought of when I saw this assignment. I found a photo online of different ballet positions then cropped them individually. I wanted the same girl for each picture. This …

While taking a break from my chemistry homework, I decided to check out today’s daily create: Take a picture of something familiar from a new perspective. My calculator that I use everyday was right in front of me. So instead of taking a traditional approach and shooting from above the calculator, I chose to give …

This is my Time Magazine design. The full picture can be seen on Twitter.

For this assignment, Animals Doing Funny Things, we had to make a gif of an animal doing something funny. I chose pictures of a calm pug, a pug eating ice cream, and a pug with a crazy, excited look on his face. So in the gif, it’s what a pug looks like before he eats …