Happy Halloween!! #tdc1392: You decide! This daily create was a “you decide”! Someone tweeted a daily create for everyone to do and it ended up being one where you had to add something to a picture of yourself and describe what superpower you now have. Mine is the power of love!! I added stickers #tdc1392 … Continue reading Daily Create 10/31/15

For this week, we were to analyze video and movies. This is so interesting to me because I really do like watching clips and videos online. We also have done pictures and images, and then audio. Now, we are putting it together with film! First, I read and reflected on Roger Ebert’s journal about reading movies. … Continue reading Weekly Summary #10

Character Description: Create a short about a minute thirty to two minute video describing a character. Use about 3-5 short clips that describe the characters personality, that portrays what they will be like in the story. Basically you are just taking a closer look at a character before you begin the story so the audience can … Continue reading Character Description: Gru

I viewed the Anchorman clip. Camera: The first shot is of the main character with a close up view on his face. The next scene is of the anchorman battle. The camera cuts to about 15 different shots, same lighting throughout, the acts are in the foreground. The camera cuts to a view of different people … Continue reading Look, Listen, Analyze: Anchorman

I read the journal, “How to read a movie” by Roger Ebert and his methods on how he watches movies and then reads them. He explains in his journal that he was suggested to pause his movies at certain places to review them and study them. I thought that was such a cool aspect that … Continue reading Reflection on Reading Movies

tdc1388: Happy Place Challenge My bed!!! @ds106dc #tdc1388 my bed is my happy place pic.twitter.com/NMVaAkW2BW — miranda ds106 (@mirandabloggin) October 27, 2015 —SALTY SKINN

Life As An Animal: Create a day in the life as an animal. Pick from begining to end pictures or videos of a perfect day in the life of an animal and create a video out of them. Be creative! Include music to go with the feel of the pictures or videos used. (4 stars). … Continue reading Life As An Animal: Edna Rose

#tdc1387: Bigfoot is missing. I used Word to create this image poster! @ds106dc #tdc1387 bigfoot is missing!! pic.twitter.com/nH2ePBWu1h — miranda ds106 (@mirandabloggin) October 26, 2015 —SALTY SKINN

Radio Show Reviews: This week, we had to review our own Radio Show and another show as well. This was interesting because I compared and also contrasted what our groups did differently. I tried my best to be fair and hopefully I offered some good tips. I was happy to do this because I felt … Continue reading Weekly Summary #9

For this assignment, we needed to remix a website using its codes. I used Mozilla X-ray Goggles in order to see behind the scenes of a website. (5 stars). I wanted to use a website that I use often! I online shop a lot, and I visit this online boutique on a daily basis to … Continue reading Telling Stories Within The Web

#tdc1386: Write a tongue twister. @ds106dc #tdc1386 "the water well washes white wildflowers" — miranda ds106 (@mirandabloggin) October 25, 2015 —SALTY SKINN

Next, I am going to be reviewing my own show, “The Verge”. We discussed many different topics in science. Audio Quality/Editing: I think the audio was at a good level! For the concussions in the NFL show, the audio was a little bit low. Other than that, it was constantly good and there was no … Continue reading The Verge Show Review

For this daily create, we needed to remove something important from a photo. I took out the girl from a classic romance movie. #tdc1384: Removed. @ds106dc #tdc1384 removed the girl from the love story. pic.twitter.com/MjblmPlRGb — miranda ds106 (@mirandabloggin) October 23, 2015 —SALTY SKINN

I am reviewing the radio show “Wacky History“. Their radio show discussed the wacky history of different things! In regards to audio quality and editing, there were long pauses in between some of the individual’s shows. At first, I thought it was about to change to another person’s show, but it wasn’t. This made the … Continue reading Wacky History Show Review

#tdc1383: Is a happy place always happy? This daily create asked us a question that most people probably wonder about their favorite place. My favorite place has to be the beach. All is calm and happy, and I love spending time at the beach and near the ocean. And being so interested in the ocean … Continue reading Daily Create 10/22/15

For the day’s daily create, we were to have a photo that represents nature stick people. I thought this image was really cool because of all the branches. The branches can mean anything, like trees give off so much for life, or our hands are open to all. #tdc1382: Make Nature Stick People Open your … Continue reading Daily Create 10/21/15

Create Your Dream Vacation on Pinterest!  (3 stars). This web assignment required me to create a Pinterest board. (I already have a Pinterest, its a few of my favorite pastimes). We were to add “pins” to a board that represent our dream vacation! I chose my vacation to be to Greece. I have always wanted to … Continue reading Dream Vacation on Pinterest: Dancing Greeks

Buzzfeed Personality Quiz: Have you taken one of those fun personality quizzes on Buzzfeed? Now make your own! Sign in with Buzzfeed to create a community account (you can use gmail). Then start making a quiz for people to find out which character they are. Use any characters you like. There must be at least … Continue reading Buzzfeed Personality Quiz: Walking Dead Version

DS 106 Radio Show: The VERGE. This was a fun couple of weeks creating a commercial, bumper and a show! Bumper Commercial  Audio Assignments: Row Row Polyphony: The Mouse Ran Up The Clock! (2.5 stars) Imitate Some Weather: Sunday Morning.. (2.5 stars) Daily Creates: 10/5- Pareidolia 10/7- What would I do if I had not lost… 10/8- Lasts.  … Continue reading Weekly Summary: 7 & 8

Now, for the commercial, we needed to make a longer segment that contained an attention-drawing audio for our listeners. I wanted to relate it to the show’s science theme, so I decided to have present science experiments for the audience to come try. I used Freesound.org for some sound effects in the background. First, you … Continue reading Radio Show: Experimentation

For these 2 weeks, we are making a radio show within our groups. In my group, we created a Radio Show on all things about science. We needed to make our own bumper and commercial for these shows. So, a bumper is a small blurb that reminds the listeners what they are listening to! I … Continue reading Radio Show Bumper: Science is Cool

For today we had to create an 8th day. I decided to go with something I think most people would enjoy before the dreaded Mondays. #tdc1378: The Eighth Day @ds106dc #tdc1378 #dailycreate pic.twitter.com/Zwy6dGauyU — miranda ds106 (@mirandabloggin) October 17, 2015 —SALTY SKINN

For today’s daily create, we had to describe our luckiest days!! I am very very lucky where I am, but I do wish I was on the beach with not a care in the world. #tdc1376: Lucky, Lucky, Lucky @ds106dc #tdc1376 On my luckiest day, I would be living on the beach, soaking up the sun … Continue reading Daily Create 10/15/15

For today’s daily create, we needed to make a video that portrays our bad habit in a good light! My bad habit is biting my nails. So, in order to make this into something positive, I quickly reached for my clippers, which I rarely use! Biting your nails = not having to use your clippers. … Continue reading Daily Create 10/14/15

Row Row Polyphony: “An imitative polyphony can best be described as when you were younger in music class and the teacher would have one side of the class start singing “row row row your boat” and then part way through the song have the other half of the class start singing from the beginning. It is … Continue reading Row Row Polyphony: The Mouse Ran Up the Clock!

Imitate Some Weather: Using only your voice and things within arm’s reach of your computer, imitate some kind of weather. It doesn’t have to be long, but make it sound as real as possible. (2.5 stars). For my audio assignment, I had to use something near and my own voice to imitate the sound of … Continue reading Imitate Some Weather: Sunday Morning..

For today’s daily create, we unfortunately had to think of our “lasts” as in last moments of the summer that we are going to miss. I always miss the beach. #tdc1369: Lasts @ds106dc #tdc1369 Going to really miss those warm beach days in the sand and water. #hatteras pic.twitter.com/rxvzgWm919 — miranda ds106 (@mirandabloggin) October 8, … Continue reading Daily Create 10/8/2015

For the daily create, we had to create a short story from a question: What would have happened if she had not lost the necklace? Who knows? I thought of Gossip Girl and the story that is behind that. I went from there! #tdc1368: What I would have done if I had not lost…. @ds106dc … Continue reading Daily Create 10/7/2015

For today’s daily, we had to make something that contained pareidolia, which is basically an illusion of something. #tdc1366: Go on a hunt for pareidolia. #tdc1366 @ds106dc pareidolia #seatbeltsmiles pic.twitter.com/C4MysjZLCY — miranda ds106 (@mirandabloggin) October 5, 2015 —SALTY SKINN

This week was all about DESIGN! I had a great time with my design assignments, and also I learned so much more about each element. Daily Creates: Combining 2 logos: Which Mexican restaurant will you choose? Upside Down Day: I chose something that looked cool upside down. Daylight Savings Time is soon approaching, and for … Continue reading Weekly Summary 6