It has been an exciting yet, at times an exhausting five weeks in this course. Digital Storytelling has proven to be one of my favorite courses and this final project was certainly the cream of the crop and the most exciting part. I have included my tutorials as well for... Read more"Final Summary"

For my various audio assignments, these were the quick and easy steps I took. I recorded my video’s on audacity and then went to upload on SoundCloud, where I did just that before saving them and submitting them to my blog. For my design assignment, I combined the use of... Read more"Tutorials for Final Project"

There is a story to be told here…a story about a courageous person. Whom on one day, was just your average soul and before they knew it, had risen to stardom. To go from your every day individual to fame, can be a whirlwind of emotion, both exciting and exhausting.... Read more"Final Project: The Fidget Spinner"

For this assignment, I had to talk to a 16 year old fidget spinner. The fidget spinner was created in 1993, so 16 year old fidget spinner would put it in 2009. So, here in the year 2017, the fidget spinner would be 24. In the video I did, I... Read more"Talking to 16-year old Fidget Spinner"

For this assignment, I had to show off my favorite thing to do. As a fidget spinner, my favorite pastime is in fact spinning. In this video, I just demonstrate myself spinning in one place, but I often love to travel to different locations and spin there. This is a... Read more"My Favorite Thing to do: Spin"

Fidget Spinner and I went for a walk, we took our 10-steps outside of the house towards the corner of the block. I took photos of the fidget spinner in all different directions, facing all different places. I then took the photos and placed them in my photo collage app... Read more"10-Step Photo Challenge"

“Wait, Where’d this guy come from?” is the name of this assignment, where I was to crop a person or an object into a scenario. Being the big sports fanatic that I am, I thought it’d be awesome to crop fidget into the championship ceremony as you can see in... Read more"Fidget Spinner Crashed the 2016 NBA Championship Ceremony"

For this assignment, I had to create a t-shirt design. In doing that, I created a shirt with the Spinner picture on it and create a little slogan around it, “When in doubt, spin in out.” I created this on the photoshop app and then added the words on my... Read more"When in doubt, Spin it out"

For this assignment, I sat down with Fidget Spinner and interviewed them on their life and asked them some questions about it. I asked them: What is it like to have this new found fame?  What are you dreams and aspirations?  What do you do in your free time?  are... Read more"Interview with Fidget Spinner"

A day in the life of Fidget. In this audio recording, which I did on audacity and then sent over to to sound cloud, where I uploaded it, I talk about what a do on my average day. I discuss my constant spinning that I do. I mention how I... Read more"Day in the life of Fidget"

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For anyone who knows me, knows that I am a freak when it comes to my haircut and hairstyles. In watching this video, you will be able to tell that I have had numerous over the years, though none too strange. I am an avid visitor of the barber shop... Read more"I am me: The evolution of my hair"

For this video assignment, I did the Sixteen Year Old Me assignment. I had to address a 16 year old Mikey on his life and what to be prepared for in the future. I started off by addressing his core values at the time, what was the most prevalent things... Read more"Talking to a 16 year old Mikey"

The video I chose was the scene from the Hulk movie, in 2003. The scene is titled born again. The open visual for the scene is the two main characters, Betty and Bruce at a restaurant eating dinner. In the shot, you can see him as he’s chewing his food... Read more"Look, Listen and Analyze"

As the author states early, often certain things in film may go unnoticed to the average naked eye, but often familiarized people with certain skill sets notice certain things. He lets it be known that it is common for your emotional side to be in-touch and in a sense, triggered... Read more"How to read a movie"

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https://soundcloud.com/jonathan-mitchell-1/the-truth-moon-graffiti In this soundcloud video, it is very erie and somewhat disturbing in the sense that this was very much something that could have taken place. There is a lot of background noise and transitioning done. They have a lot of sound effects added to make this scene even more... Read more"Moon Graffiti"

In the Ted Hour talk, they talk about success in radio. In the example provided on the page, it is written notice when the music just stops. It surely makes a big difference, it takes away from the moment, but forces you to put a greater amount of attention on... Read more"Ted Radio Hour and Scott Lo Series Summaries"

In the Ira Glass series, he talked about storytelling and his take on it and how to be succesful. In the first episode of the story, he told of, making sure your story has a sequence, what happened and then what followed. You want to make sure the viewer and... Read more"Ira Glass series and Radiolab summary"

https://soundcloud.com/mikey-barnes-180369384/bumper For this assignment, I was to create a bumper for the DGST Radio station. I made a 15 second video, letting the viewer know we were taking a quick break from the action. I made this through audacity and then posted it to my sound cloud. This bumper assignment... Read more"Create a DS106 Radio Bumper"

The product I am selling is the game of Kan Jam. It is a game that has recently become the addiction of all my friends and I, so why not promote something I love. I made a script for it and rather than trying to do too much to the video,... Read more"Make your own radio commercial: Kan Jam"

https://soundcloud.com/mikey-barnes-180369384/snoop-dog-convo For this assignment, I was supposed to make a conversation with my favorite movie character. This assignment is the Soundboard Conversation audio assignment, which was 4 1/2 stars Snoop Dog, though prominent for his rap career, does have his share of movie personas. He has been my favorite character... Read more"Soundboard Conversation: Hanging out with Snoop Dog"

https://soundcloud.com/mikey-barnes-180369384/sounds-of-a-baseball-game For this assignment, it is the sound effects story, which was 3 1/2 stars. I used audacity to do the recording and recorded the individual sounds. I made this recording to tell a short story of being at a baseball game. You walk into the ballpark and you’re sitting... Read more"Sound effects story: A day at the ballpark"

Reflection on Vignelli Canon: http://mbarnes1503.umwblogs.org/2017/06/02/reflect-on-the-vignelli-canon/ For this assignment, I reflected on how I felt concerning Vignelli’s view on what went into design and what was necessary for it to be succesful and effective. . http://mbarnes1503.umwblogs.org/2017/06/03/my-week-in-a-design-blitz/ For this design blitz, I had to take a number of pictures of different things I... Read more"Week 2 Summary"

For this assignment, I was to create another GIF, one focused on an athlete celebrating too early. I looked up the top 10 biggest blunders where they celebrated too early and I remembered this play by Eagles wide receiver Desean Jackson. In this play, he was just inches from the... Read more"Celebrating Too Early: Desean Jackson touchdown uh oh"

For this assignment, I was to create a GIF of what I considered the greatest sports play of the year. I am a big baseball fan, serving as the captain of my high school team and an overall, all around avid baseball viewer, so quickly I knew to go to... Read more"Best Sports Play GIF – Ozuno of the Miami Marlins"

This picture is at the Nationals baseball game. As you can tell the crowd is very excited over something happening, but thought I’d change it up a bit and make the text saying otherwise. I’m a big Washington Nationals fan and found this picture of mascot Teddy jumping up and... Read more"Cheers mean their upset: Contradiction Creation"

In a case of photoshop, I took pictures of four different individuals and put them somewhere else. In this photoshop case, I placed myself, from a picture with my brother, Antonio in the sweater from a picture with a group of friends at the beach, Nancy in white tank top... Read more"Group trip to Tysons Corner: Change of Scenery"

This is Slater from my favorite movie Dazed and Confused. This quote just makes me laugh every time. In this scene, they are outside of their favorite hangout spot and he’s telling a story that makes no sense, as he usually does. I did this on an app on my... Read more"A quote from Slater from Dazed and Confused"

This is my post card, its a picture of me at Great Falls in Northern Virginia. It is more of a sentimental card, maybe sent to a girlfriend or significant other, encouraging them to come join you. I did this on a photo collage app on my phone with a... Read more"Destination Post Card, join me here"