Even though this was a light week in terms of ds106 work, I was swamped with other work, and sadly I did not get as much done over Fall Break as I would have liked to. I did not sleep Wednesday night, because I was working on 2 post labs, …
It is done! We finished recording and we put the finishing touches on our radio show! We met Tuesday and Thursday, and over those two days, we recorded everything for the show, excluding the commercials and bumpers we had created last week and during audio week. Tuesday we had about …
This week it’s crunch time! Radio Shows are due on Friday and Fall Break kind put a kink in people’s schedules because we all went home for different days. We were all able to find time on Tuesday afternoon to work on recording our radio show. We worked on our …
And so ends week 7. This was a REALLY busy week for me, so I’m glad that the workload for ds106 this week was a little bit lighter. Even though Fall Break is upon us, there will be no break for me. I am swamped with assignments, papers, lab reports, …
For 4.5 stars this week, I completed the Please! Someone Call the Police! assignment. This was a fun assignment, because I was able to create a scenario with any topic I wanted and was able to make it my own. First I created a short script of what I was …
For 3.5 stars this week, I completed the ds106 Radio Commercial assignment. This counts towards my star count for the week, and we can also use it for our radio show! Look Ma, I’m multi tasking!
In order to create this commercial, I wrote a short script, then …
In continuation from When Rick Met Walter, this is the conversation that immediately follows the death of our dear friend Walter. I can’t imagine what Sally is going through right now. I wish her the best of luck in the coming days.
For 4 stars this week, …
To create this promo poster, I started from scratch in Photoshop, and experimented with the …
Design week wasn’t so bad! When I first started to read the assignment post for the week, I wasn’t sure what all “design” would entail..
AssignmentsI really enjoyed the Assignment Bank this week. A lot of the choices were really fun to complete! I was an over-achiever and completed …
This week we had to watch a film of our choice from the list provided, and analyze it based on its film design and how it fits Vignelli’s idea of design fundamentals. I chose chose to watch Alien, because I was able to record it at home, and then watch …
These two macaws have fought long and hard to be together. Neither one’s family approved of the relationship, but the two were so in love! They would go to any length to be together! – It was true love!
For years, the two families quarreled, but not these two. The …
For 4.5 stars this week, I completed the Professor Groom Poster assignment, buuuut I didn’t follow it exactly… The instructions said to paste Jim’s head into a TV show, or movie, but instead I just made him into a movie star!
I also used Jim’s last words to DTLT, before …
Today’s Daily Create:
It is that time of the year (except for Arizona, we know Alan) where many of us will be changing our clocks. A time of transition. Take a photo that shows it is that time of the year.
A perfect day for such a Daily …
Vignelli had some great advice about design that was really easy for everyone to understand. I sort of just journaled and wrote down ideas that I had as a read the canon, so some of these sentences may simply be ideas related to certain sections of the writings, whereas other …
I have solved the problem! The Black Keys wanted to get their gold on the ceiling, and I have done it, thanks to Upside down day, of course!
Today’s Daily Create:
Take a photo of a subject, landscape, or anything you can find that would cool upside down.
Well now …
You may not realize it, but I am a huge Fall Out Boy fan! I already used one of their songs in the mashup assignment during audio week, and I saw them in concert this summer as well! Fun fact: I used the same song for the mashup AND …
For 2 stars this week, I completed the ds106 Post Secret assignment.
It’s time to get real! Design your own ds106 themed Post Secret postcard. Use photo editing software to experiment with different fonts and layering images.
My life thus far has consisted of Friday nights spent on my …
Everyone loves a bargain, right? Well I do too, and that’s exactly what I got with this assignment! Not only does it complete a Daily Create, but it is also an assignment, worth 3 stars! Lucky me, yippee!
Today’s Daily Create:
Combine two of your most favorite store logos and …
Audio, by far is my second least favorite thing to work on/with. This mostly comes from the fact that I hate recording myself, or listening to recordings of myself.
This week, I felt more on top of things than I have in previous weeks. I didn’t put as many …
ds106, of course! That’s what you’re listening to!
This week, we had to create a radio bumper, and even though it is in the Assignment Bank, it was not worth any stars this week…
I first recorded the audio, and then added some background tunes to it, so …
Radio Show Ideas:
It would be really cool if a story was told using only sound effects, and no dialogue. This would be really cool, but also difficult, because the show has to be 20-30 minutes long. It would be interesting if a story was told in first person,…
For 3 stars this week, I completed the 800% Slower Assignment.
I have come to learn that Audacity hates me. In order to keep the smoothness of the track, I slowed down the track using the Paulstretch effect under the effects menu. After I made some rough calculations, …
Ahoy, me mateys!
Here’s a riddle for ye young lads.
What is a pirate’s favorite amino acid?
ARRRRRRginine!
(Arginine)
Alright ya’ chums, now put down the grog and back to work!…
This week is all about audio, and how it plays a large part in storytelling. Audio is used in films and other forms of media for added effect. Remember those dramatic scenes in your favorite movie, and the emotion that they provoked? Would those same scenes evoke …
Today’s Daily Create:
Segawa thirty-seven has mixed old an new in a selection of amazing animated gifs like the one above. you can find many Japanese and Chinese prints in the public domain to edit. Pick one and juxtapose old and new. It does not have to be an animated …
**A note to the readers: If you watch The Walking Dead, and have followed the stories of Walter the Walker and Sally Slaughterhouse, you will know that they live in New Mexico, after the world went to shit, just like Rick and company in the TV series. Last season on …
For 3.5 stars this week, I completed the Music Mashup Assignment. The purpose of this assignment was to take two distinct songs and mash them together. I chose The Phoenix by Fall Out Boy, and Alles Neu by Peter Fox. These two songs have similar intros, and I have …
For today’s Daily Create, we had to create a story using only 5 flickr photos. Check out my story, Getting Caught!
From the small image sizes that I had to choose from, the third photo looked like a card scanner, and video surveillance camera. If it is thought about …
This week was images!!! My favorite! However, besides this course, I had a lot going on – 2 quizzes, 2 exams, 3 practices, and too many tutorials and meetings to count!
I completed most of my star assignments on Monday – that’s usually the easiest day for ds106 work for …
