1. mmatorin

    Summary of Finals Week

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    Hey guys!

    I completely messed up and thought finals were due today by midnight…in retrospect I don’t know why I believed that to be true.

    it looks like my final has been graded so I doubt this will make any kind of difference but below is the link to my …

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    Superhero Dog!

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    Hey guys!

    This is an in-depth tutorial for an assignment that I created for the DS106 assignment bank. I did want to put a disclaimer that I use photoshop for this assignment and I know that not everybody has it. As a possible photo editing tool, you could try PIXLR

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    Mysterious Super Dog

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    There was once a family of three…

    Chapter 1.

    Aaron, Maryna, and their dog Reagan were living happy and busy lives. This family of three spent sunny days going on runs, doing school work, going to work, and cooking. Basically, an average life for the average folks. However, one day, …

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    Summary of Weeks 13 & 14

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    Hello, Hello!

    Okay, barely made it through this one. The holidays are a busy time for everybody i’m sure and on top of that, we happened to get a new puppy. Our dog now is 2 years old and I kind of forgot just how much attention puppies need. It’s …

  5. mmatorin

    RE-RE-REMIX!

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    Hello Everybody!

    This week (or two weeks) is all about remix!!

    The Assignment

    These past two weeks we needed to explore the meaning of remixing and mashing up. The biggest and main point that I understood is that almost everything is a remix or mashup of some sort. Everything in …

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    Schindler’s Shawshank

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    Hello!

    Another mash-up assignment done!

    The Assignment

    This assignment is worth 4 stars and can be found here. It is called “This Doesn’t Belong Here” and the exact instructions are: “For this asignment you need to mash up two different iconic movie scenes. However, you should aim to be …

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    A Wedding Without Pride or Prejudice

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    Hello folks!

    The Assignment

    This week was all about mash-ups. We had to use a remix generator to get a set of instructions on how to remix some suggested assignments. My remix was worth 4 stars and can be found here. The exact instructions were: “We are currently in …

  8. mmatorin

    Frozen Awakens

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    Hey Everybody!

    Mash-up week has been pretty fun so far!

    The Assignment

    The assignment can be found here and it is worth 4 stars. It requires us to “Take your favorite movie trailer and mash it up with a different trailer to completely change the meaning of the original trailer. …

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    Summary of Week Eleven & Twelve

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    Videos Complete!

    Good evening! These past two weeks included so much movie making magic! Below are questions I considered for these weeks.

    How well do you feel you completed the requirements of the week’s assignments?
    What gave you trouble? What did you enjoy most? What did you learn?
    What would …

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    Hi 16 Year Old Maryna!

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    Hey guys!

    Video making magic for weeks 11&12

    The Assignment

    This assignment is called “Dear Sixteen Year-Old Me” and it is worth 4.5 stars. The exact instructions are: “This could really be a video or audio. But write a letter to your 16 year old self. Talk about …

  11. mmatorin

    Talking to Myself

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    Hey guys!

    Video magic time!

    The Assignment

    This was one of our required assignments. It is called “Have a Conversation with Yourself!” and it is worth 5 stars. Here are the exact instructions:”Have a conversation with yourself! Film yourself talking, then change clothes, hair styles, etc and then …

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    I Love Nature

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    Good Morning!

    Time for movie making magic.

    The Assignment

    This assignment is called “What Do You Love” and it is worth 4 stars. The exact instructions are: “Choose something that you love and make a video of it! You can take pictures or videos and combine them into one final …

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    Give Him an Oscar Already!

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    Hey guys!

    Time for some video making magic.

    The Assignment

    The assignment is called “Favorite Actor/Actress Reel” and it is worth 4.5 stars. The exact instructions are:”Create a 30 to 60 second highlight reel of your most enjoyable movie scenes from your favorite Actor/Actress.”

    The Story

    Okay, there …

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    Daily Creates-11&12

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    Good Evening!

    Please enjoy these daily creates.

    9/9/15– This Daily Create required us to post an image that would go well with the song title “Bridge Over Troubled Waters” and I took a picture from a bride/road over a small lake near my house. There is a sign that says …

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    Summary of Week Ten

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    Hello, Hello!

    ALMOST THERE GUYS! ALMOST THERE! WOO HOO! I think this week may have been a favorite for me. I think I said that about last week too but I really liked this week. Making movies is extremely fun for me and I get excited about learning how to …

  16. mmatorin

    It Could Live in Your Fridge

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    Hello, Hello!

    I feel like I have made some progress with movie making and editing this week! We were required to do at least two video assignments worth a total of 8 stars.

    The Assignment

    The assignment can be found here and it is worth 4 stars. The exact directions …

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    I Want to be Treated Like a Dog

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    Good Afternoon Everybody!

    This has to be one of the better weeks of Digital Storytelling! Movie making is extremely fun and for the most part, I enjoying playing around with the iMovie editor. For this week, we needed to do at least two assignments worth a total of 8 stars …

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    Le Creates Daily

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    Howdy-Doodle!

    I just can’t seem to get these DailyCreates in order!

    10.30.2015

    The point of todays DailyCreate was to retell a movie in a clip of 1 minute or less. The idea came very quickly to me. I chose to do Bridget Jones’s Diary because I absolutely love that movie …

  19. mmatorin

    Mr. Ebert

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    Hello There! (WORK IN PROGRESS)

    Week 10 is all about film! In order to better understand how films are made and the meaning behind them, we were instructed to read Roger Ebert’s helpful techniques.

    Roger Ebert

    One of the main things I understood from Mr.Ebert’s article is the fact that …

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    Does This Actually Mean Anything?

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    Good Afternoon Guys and Gals!

    Week 10 is all about movies: understanding them, reading them, making them. We are assigned a few tasks that will help us in becoming better movie critics. For this post, I am going to watch a YouTube clip of a movie and critique it based …

  21. mmatorin

    Summary of Week Nine

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    FREEDOM!

    Well, until all the work for week 10 starts…

    How well do you feel you completed the requirements of the week’s assignments?
    What gave you trouble? What did you enjoy most? What did you learn?
    What would you do differently? What questions to you have?
    What are some of …

  22. mmatorin

    Daily Dose of Fun

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    Hello Everybody!

    This week was not a good one for Daily Creates, but here is what we have.

    For this one, we had to draw what lyrics meant from the artist Drake. I actually really like most of his music and I knew what I wanted to choose. I picked …

  23. mmatorin

    Old Lady is More Fit Than You.

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    Hey guys and gals!

    This week we had to work with the web and all the cool tools that it offers. Our requirement included completing two web based assignments worth a total of 6 points.

    The Assignment

    This assignment is worth 2.5 stars and the requirement for it is: “Remix …

  24. mmatorin

    OBS.

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    Hello Everybody!

    This week is all about web assignments and reviewing radio shows! We were required to complete a number of assignments two of which had to equal a total of 6 stars and had to come from the Web Assignments bank.

    The Assignment

    This assignment is worth 3.5 stars …

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    Tiffany, You’re Kidding Me.

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    Hello Everybody!

    I write this with much enthusiasm and excitement as it seems I have been lead to discover something extremely fun and interesting this week. This is, of course, the X-RAY GOGGLES. Using these goggles we were required to use our own mood and judgement to play around …

  26. mmatorin

    Our Wacky Little Show

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    Howdy-doodle folks!

    Now that the shows are done and over with, it is required of us to critique our own show and that of another group. This post will be my critique of my group’s show which is called Wacky History. Below is some suggested criteria to look at.…

  27. mmatorin

    Digital Story Fellers

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    Hey guys and gals!

    This week we needed to review one of the radio shows produced! I was assigned the show done by the Digital Story Fellers. Some of the suggested criteria is below.

    Quality of audio sound -e.g. is the volume appropriate? are the levels even? Is the …

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    Summary of Weeks Seven & Eight

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    HEEEELLLLOO!

    My, my! Two weeks flew by! These two weeks were dedicated to finishing our radio show and completing a few audio assignments here and there. Let’s reflect on what has occurred and how it occurred.

    A reflection upon your contribution to the radio show and to your assessment of …

  29. mmatorin

    Ti Govorish Po Russki?

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    Hey everybody!

    This week we had to complete at least two audio assignments worth a total of 5 stars. This is my second one and when I saw it I knew I was pretty much obligated to do it!

    The Assignment

    The assignment can be found HERE, it is …

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