Man, this week sure went by fast. I wonder why that is. Is it because I was having so much fun? Is it because I learned so much interesting stuff? Or is it because we only had four weeks instead of the usual seven? Yeah, it’s probably that last one. …
Video
For the video, first I found a UMW video online. After cutting out the parts I didn’t want and muting all the audio, I used the handy “Record narration” button to add my voice.
Audio
In both audio segments, I incorporated sound effects I found on Freesound. For the …
I have been tasked with a super secret mission: to investigate the life of the average college student. I was assigned to the University of Mary Washington by, like, the FBI or something. The basis for my cover is some some random online class I signed up for. Since the …
Oh Firefly, what more can be said about this show? Should we continue to berate Fox for daring to cancel this masterpiece? However many times its been done before, it’s never enough.
Look, there’s the assignment with all the Firefly! So, Weekly Summary over, right? We …
For this assignment, I chose the prison breaking scene from The Shawshank Redemption.
When viewing the scene without sound, first we see Andy looking defeated. He is cast in shadow, to emphasize this. Then, we see the poster. The shot zooms in on this, and Andy gets up, out …
Ebert’s post offers some good insight into reading movies. He often noted that breaking some of the “rules” of film making can, at times, prove fruitful. It is more important to know what effect these rules have on the audience rather than to simply follow them. A lot of the …
The first thing to do is to record the speech itself. If you have a microphone, the easiest way is to record directly into Audacity. You could also use another program to record the speech, or record it on your phone and move it onto your computer. Either way , …
For this assignment, we were to make a trailer for a TV show that’s run its course. I chose the tragically short lived sci fi/western Firefly. Apparently you can watch the entire series on YouTube, plus it’s on Netflix. For anyone who hasn’t watched it yet, you’ve …
For this assignment, we were tasked with taking a movie clip and ruining it via censorship. So I thought to myself, “what good movies have lots of swearing?” Well, anything Quentin Tarantino would work, so I went with Pulp Fiction.
Why exactly would someone want to censor Pulp …
This week was all about the sound. We had to listen to a bunch of stuff and then talk about that stuff. Yipee! Of course, we still had the Daily Creates and stuff.
We also had some of those user submitted assignments. This we only had …
For the Create a Warning Poster assignment, I’d recommend using PowerPoint. I find it to be easy to work with, and use it frequently for this type of work. First, change the format so the slide is aligned vertically. If you can’t figure that part out, don’t sweat it. It’ll …
For these of you who read the title and though “is this guy serious?”, yes, this is a poem about heavy metal in space. For this assignment, we were supposed to recite a poem about our blog. My blog has space pictures, and references a heavy metal album, …
So, first I read a bunch of stuff about techniques used in audio story telling. Then I listened to this story. After all that, what did I notice? The biggest thing for me was probably the use of music. I can think of three main benefits this brings.
First, …
So I watched these two videos about these two radio guys and their experiences. Here I noticed some similarities. Both performers seemed to have different goals for each specific video, but there seems to be some similar themes. The fact that two different performers produced similar themes tells me something …
Feel the cold breeze
rushing down my spine
Now I close my eyes
All these years I was told a haiku is 5-7-5. Apparently I’ve been lied to. After being schooled on the ways of the haiku, I decided to take a crack at one. I looked through a …
For this assignment, I was to play 30 seconds of my favorite song, sans lyrics. Is this my favorite song? Hard to say, but it does contain one of my favorite guitar solos.
What can I say about the song itself? Well, it, along with its album, is a …
Everyone’s making a big deal out of people writing less by hand, but the world does move on. People don’t carve stone tablets anymore, some things just become obsolete. Although, seeing a bunch of stone tablets on Twitter could be kind of cool. You know, maybe that should be a …
So it’s time to do… something. What was that again? Oh yeah, I need to “step my game up”. So I’ve been told. Multiple times. Yay. Anywho, it’s time for some links:
Isn’t great how we add “Blitz” to the end of everything? After all, what good would this …
Let’s talk about visual design, using some stuff I found around the house. Yeah, I know we were supposed to out into the world and whatnot, but the outside world is overrated. So, let’s start with the first one.
I think we all know what this is. A good …
Here, we were to create a sports GIF worthy of a highlight reel. I’m a pretty big Ravens fan, so I knew which moment to choose: the leg interception.
Here’s how it went: the Ravens are playing the Steelers in the playoffs. Roethlisberger’s pass is tipped, and looks like …
Wayne’s World! Wayne’s World! Party Time! For this assignment, I had to create an animated GIF for my favorite movie scene. I’m not sure if it’s my favorite (I always have trouble choosing favorites), but I lawys enjoyed this scene from the hit Saturday Night Live sketch turned movie …
For this assignment, I was tasked with creating a license plate. I chose to create a Maryland license plate the reads “BRDSNBR”, or “Birds and Beer”.
So, why did I choose Maryland? Beacause I like Maryland. Why do I like Maryland? Because of the birds and beer. The birds …
This assignment tasked me with creating a more “honest” cover to a video game. The first game that came to mind was Brütal Legend, for its infamous genre switch. For anyone who hasn’t played it, Brütal Legend is a heavy metal inspired action game that kind of evolves into …
So what are we supposed to do for today’s Daily Create? We let’s see, apparently we’re supposed to draw on a napkin and give it to a loved one. Seriously? I mean, that’s actually what we’re supposed to do? Huh. So I drew this picture of a smiley face, took …
For this assignment, I was tasked with creating a trading card for my favorite movie. Naturally, I had to choose Pulp Fiction, the single greatest movie of all time. In a movie filled with iconic moments, I always felt like this one stood out. Who doesn’t love five …
Here’s the weekly assignment everyone was forced to do: the suspect board. In mine you can see the victim in the center: a poor, innocent glass of beer. Surrounding it are my suspects, all of which have suspiciously similar motives. Hmm.
Here’s the story. I was minding my own …
For this Daily Create, I was supposed to document something that I did even though I didn’t think I could. Naturally, I chose one of the proudest moments of my life. You might want to brace yourself for this one, because it is incredible.…
Here, I came up with four icons to summarize my movie of choice. So, what type of movie is it? Well, it’s a little bit obscure, so I wouldn’t be surprised if nobody guessed it. Be warned!
What’s my history with the movie? Well, one day I was browsing Netflix…
For this daily create we were supposed to draw a picture of the best thing or place to do with our best friends. So at this point, you may be wondering, “why did this weirdo draw a couple of crudely-drawn trees?” Well, I can’t draw to save my life, and …
So Week 1 is now over. What to say? Let’s start from the beginning, since that’s the first thing mentioned on the instructions in the class page. First we were supposed to create the domain and WordPress account, but I already did that! I made a blog for The Internet …
