This has been a really crazy week for me, but I enjoyed dipping into Ziggy’s head a bit, even if it produced what I thought to be Holden Caulfield a la The Catcher in the Rye like posts and thoughts. I’ve also been feeling a bit creatively burnt out as …
Ziggy made a collage about himself and shared it on Tumblr, Twitter, Google+, and Facebook. He summarized his identity and story in 12 pictures: Italian leather jacket with fur, orange prison uniform, red car representing Princess, cigarettes, beer, family, Baltimore, the docks, duck, beanies, tattoos, technology.…
Ziggy attended a resume workshop in prison and made a resume even though he’s got a life sentence and will most likely not put it to good use. He shared his resume as well as his thoughts on while it is utterly useless on Tumblr, Google+, Facebook, and Twitter.…
Ziggy completed the Renegade Teacher assignment through a Tumblr post that he shared on other social media (Google+, Twitter, Facebook). Ziggy’s most likely minuscule time on the internet (because he’s in prison and won’t get away with this for long) is turning into a time for self-reflection and he wants …
I did today’s Daily Create, which was to look back at your favorite creation from #DS106 and discuss why you love it and how you made it. I posted here about sweding an episode of The Wire: I think I am most proud of the swede of The Wire that …
I love how this shot is set up with the people in a diagonal line across the screen. The color palette is also very soft and dulled here, lots of gray and blue. This is a great shot of Daniels amidst all these bodies. Reminds me of season 2 and …
This was a doozy of an episode that ultimately led to Michael, Dookie, Namond, and Randy all being displaced from their homes in one way or another.
This was some really well done staging.
Red, yellow, and blue.
I love the appearance of all the Christmas decorations.
They seem to …
The lighting and the staging in this scene is well done. It’s interesting that Michael is sitting so much farther away from the others.
Randy sitting alone at a lunch table because everyone’s been told that he’s a snitch. He’s really been playing an important role in this season’s plot …
It’s been nice being home for Thanksgiving break, but I must admit the internet out here in rural Virginia is crawling and has definitely slowed me down when it comes to getting assignments done. Yesterday, I ended up taking a three hour nap while I waited for everything to upload …
Ziggy ruminated on the inevitability of being unable to escape his past through the creation of his theme song which merges the shooting that got him incarcerated with Gnarls Barkley’s “I Might Be Crazy.”
http://www.maggiestough.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Ziggy-Sobotka-Might-Be-Crazy.mp3
For the Parallel Plot assignment, I decided to assemble clips of the kids from The Wire season 4 to Childish Gambino’s “Outside.” I think a lot of struggles Childish Gambino references in the song as well as the EP it appears on are seen on The Wire. Whether or not …
For the Dramatic Reading Remix [Remixed]: Media Bender assignment, I decided to do a dramatic reading of William Beckett’s “Pick Up the Phone.” Originally, the assignment called for the dramatic reading to be underscored by some other music, but since this is a media bender, I decided to …
I decided to do the Techno Viking Music Video mashup assignment.
I figured the Techno Viking clip would fit well in a music video that included people dancing. I immediately thought of Cobra Starship’s “Send My Love to the Dancefloor, I’ll See You in Hell.” I’ve been a …
Today’s Daily Create was to take a picture of something that you want to touch, but can’t.
I took a picture of one of the bookshelves at home. It always seems like we decorate bookshelves with all the cool things that we want to touch but shouldn’t.…
The cop breaking Donut’s fingers might be one of the worst things I’ve seen on this show.
Everyone in this shot is wearing the same shade of tan. also, the way Poot’s hat is worn and folded, it looks a bit like Peter Pan, which sort of suggests that these …
I like this shot with both of the doors open and Omar and Bunk getting in the car at almost the same time. The overhead shot gives it a surveillance feel to it as well.
This is a really well staged shot. You can see everyone in the scene and …
Carcetti looks so tiny and silly next to these three big, bulky guys. He seemed so out of his element and everything he had to say seemed very pointless and obvious.
I love the juxtaposition of these shots.
Maybe I’m just a sucker for these graveyard shots, but I love …
I like the contrast of light and dark here.
This makeshift bullet-proof vest type thing was really a cool invention of sorts, I guess you’d say. I also like how there’s a mirror in the background that shows the faces of the other people.
Omar’s situation really brings up a …
Today’s Daily Create was to write about the one that got away.
Here is my response:
We’ve been orbiting each other for years, eclipses here and there. We’ll always have sophomore year and the time I taped a box of Milk Duds to your door as part of a …
It was really interesting to see these shots of the mayoral candidates going to church and how that was such a big deal. The cameras outside seemed really crazy to me, and made going to church seem like just another thing a candidate has to do to look favorable and …
I like how their white shirts really stand out and that we’re seeing them through the chainlink. Their hang out spots are always really well staged.
The shadows and the iron fences make for a very creepy shot. I like how we get some of the boys’ interpretation of what …
Ziggy gets a Digital Identity
You can find the post with all the links to his social media presence here.
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Ziggy was always the one on the docks who knew his way around technology. Maybe he didn’t use it for the best purposes when we saw him on The Wire, but now he’s ready to explore more of the internet and the people in it.
Here’s how you can interact …
For the Swede assignment, Jessica Reingold and I decided to do The Wire Season 3, Episode 11. In a Google Doc, we planned out the scenes we wanted to cover, what props we’d need, a simplified script, and when & where we’d film it. This past week, we met up …
For today’s Daily Create, we were asked to submit a mouse meme. Everyone seemed to be submitting weird pictures of mice, so Google led me to another lovely gem.
For the Video Essay assignment, I decided to discuss scenes from The Wire season 3, episode 12 and how they show the characters dealing with Stringer’s death and comprehending how they understood him and where they go from here.
I downloaded the episode and rewatched the scenes I wanted to …
One of the more memorable scenes from early on in The Wire is of Bunk and McNulty at the cold crime scene in the apartment where they only say “fuck.” I love it, and think it’s a great, humorous scene. When I saw the That Bleeping Censor assignment, I thought …
