This week as been an interesting one to say the least. We had to form into groups to create our own noir radio talk show. We decided in creating a talk show called THE NOIR BUZZ. This where are characters gather together and discuss about their lives. I am really excited for this. All we…

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Radio Show Progress: Week 1 So far in our radio show progress, we are trying to bounce ideas into forming into consistent theme for our radio show. We have many great ideas, however, we still need some more direction. I am going suggest to our group that we discuss our characters and their adventurers. Then…

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Our Design Poster for Radio Show: This poster was designed by Sahar. We decided use this poster because it visually demonstrates all of the elements of noir. In the picture there is glamour, romance, surveillance, and drama. One of our ideas is talk about how certain movies and music showcases noir styles. From there, we…

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My Dreary Morning Ritual Whats The Story Morning Glory? (2 Stars) This audio clip includes my morning ritual. This ritual have been the same for a long time. Of course, the first sound you hear is my alarm clock. I have love-hate relationship with this device. Its the main reason I wake up so I…

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Your Theme Song (4 Stars) I chose the audio assignment “Your Theme Song”, well because I’ve always wanted to create one, and now I have a great excuse to do so. That being said, this assignment took a me almost an hour to create because I had to chose, which songs and sound effects I…

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Emotions Through Sound (3 Stars) For this assignment I chose four sounds that represented my character Marcus Jackson. The first sound you hear is anger and frustration. He lost one of his new friends he made while he was on his road trip. The second sound is the sadness of burying his friend and him…

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Movie Voice Machines – (2.5 Stars) Marcus just realized that his parent might call him to see how is doing. So, he quickly made a short voicemail. Although part of him feel this is a complete waste of time, he may receive an important message in the future….. I chose to do this audio assignment…

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This week I was introduced into design patterns. At first I was a little confused between design and visual creation, but The Vignelli Canon helped cleared that up for me. I didn’t realize that different types of patters like rhythm, form and symbols can drastically change the viewer’s perception of an object. Watching Blade Runner…

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Design Technique: Dominance I took a picture of outside while it was getting dark. In the picture it looks like the entire environment was blending together into one “hazy” view. I consider this to be the type Dominance. The reason because mine and probably your initial view of the center of the picture. To me…

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One/Story Four Pics – (3 Stars) I chose these four pictures to represent the main critical points in Marcus’s road to redemption. The first icon represents Marcus’s depression. Good portion of his struggle was getting over his self-esteem. The second picture represents his is trip to vegas. Gambling was his way to cope with his…

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A Wolf In Sheeps Clothing – (3 Stars) Everyone seems to rave about how great Chipotle is. And its much healthier than Taco Bell…right? But what if Chipotle was really run by Taco Bell, just so they can create that illusion. Mind Blowing isn’t? To create this logo, I had to get original copy of…

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Design Assignments – Truthful Movie Poster – (3 stars) The Hunger Games movie is one of my favorite movies. It has a great plot, fantastic characters and gripping action scenes. However, the first time I saw the movie in theaters, I got dizzy watching some of the actions scenes. The Hunger Games stories in the…

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The Daily Create – Play with your food. For this daily create, I decided to make a pasta necklace. This was actually more difficult to create something interesting with so I decided to put on my Spider-Man mask. “Why?” You may ask yourself…The world may never know.

The daily create for Street Fighter II. For the daily create, we had to play old arcade games on a website. Scrolling down, I found an old game I use to play as kid….STREET FIGHTER II. I was so excited to play the game, however there was one problem. The computer I am currently using…

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Originally, I didn’t give much thought copyright. Before I did any research, all I knew about copyright was the symbol; a c with a circle around it. Afterwards, I finally learned its a process when someone creates something and wants the government to protect their right to make a profit from it. Throughout history it…

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DS106 Wallpaper! – (4 Stars) I created a DS106 wallpaper with a Noir theme design. First, I chose the background color to be black and white. Given that one of the themes in many Noir movies is the use of black and grey, I decided to make the background black and white and the font…

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My superpower would to be able to create fire….. To be honest, I had several powers I wanted to have. However due software limitations, pyrokinesis was the easiest to produce visually. What I did was put on a glove, stood in front of a fireplace and took a picture. Then I used software similar to…

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The Design and Noir Elements in Blade Runner This movie contains many instances of Noir design throughout the movie. The setting for the movie is very dark. The lights are usually dim unless they on a ship. One huge example of this was when the main character, Rick Deckard, played by Harrison Ford, is in…

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This booklet discusses numerous types of designs that I’ve never considered when I create media. One topic discussed in the booklet was ‘Type Size Relationship’. I was interested in how to manipulate the reader with different types font. Certain sizes can capture a reader’s eye and interest. However, if the size is too big, it…

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This week was a fun week for me in noir106. First, I had to watch two film introductions and comment on how both audio tracks affected the mood of the movie. I was astounded at the difference. For one film, it was clunky and boring; while the other was fast pasted and menacing. I had…

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One idea I have is to have some to discuss the importance of a historical event in history. For example, have someone narrate the implications of pearl harbor and effects that resulted from that tragic day. Include jazz or slow music in the background with some other sound effects layered with the speech. It must…

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This is my DS106 Bumper for Noir 106. It is about 18 seconds long. I use my best raspy voice with jazz playing in the background. Short and Sweet. This was one of my favorite assignment for this class so far.

Line Remix – (3 Stars) This assignment wanted us to remix a famous line and create a short story. I decided to use the famous line from the first Spider-Man (2002); “With great power comes great responsibility.” I decided to tell a story about my future self and how I finally accomplish my goal. I…

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Soundboard Conversation – (4 Stars) I called my boy Samuel L. Jackson to help me out with this audio assignment. I had it all planned out in the beginning, but I lost my notes. So when calling Samuel, I couldn’t remember what we were going to talk about. Lets just say, Samuel wasn’t too pleased…

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This is for the Sound Effects Story Assignment! – 3.5 Points Marcus is still in Nevada trying find a vehicle. Unfortunately he has gotten lost and found himself running into the same mobsters that he dealt with earlier. One of the mobsters takes swing at Marcus, but he manages to dodge the attack. Marcus started…

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This is a daily create celebrating International Dot Day. I chose this picture because to the human eye, we see thousands of bright dots (stars..) in the sky. When they are all together, they make up the universe aka THE BIG DOT…..

Just when you think nobody is watching…

Touch of Evil Opening Shot In this video clip, there is a menacing sound of drums and clanking. This to me ,was very intense as if something bad was going to happen. As soon as the couple drove into the car, the music then change to a generic 50’s pop song. It was weird transition…

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Honest Game Trailer – 2 Points God of War is the ultimate revenge game. The premise is a spartan solider, Kratos, who got tricked by the god of war, Ares into killing his own family and is forced to live with the shame of his crime. Kratos spends his entire life to get revenge on…

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Illustrating Odd Autocompletes – 2.5 Points This definitely one the weirdest assignments I have chose. I got lots of gibberish, funny and disturbing. I’m not sure if this is a reflection of my personally, but I chose the weird one. The phrase was “I hate the way elf on a shelf”. I wasn’t what to…

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