I was first introduced to The Jota’s work when his wanted poster was featured in one of the weekly videos. I remeber thinking it was so well done I thought he had collaborated with the insturctors (maybe he did?), either way it  doesn’t matter much because the work was extremely impressive. All of his work … Continue reading Inspiring and Motivating Work: The Jota →

Since the first week of class I’ve been inspired by the work Spencer continues to put out like a machine. I follow him on twitter and every week I am always eager to see what new work he published.  The challenging part was picking one individual work that I enjoyed the most. After extensive searching … Continue reading Inspiring and Motivating Work: Spencer →

Once again I commited on fellow students work.  The work coming out never stops improving. Can’t wait to see how this improves the closer we get to the end: Theme Song Blue Jack Dun-noir-geons and Dragons Different Sides Ransom Note Dotty Donnie Business Card A Little More on Jota Missing-Jim Groom Invitation

This week was full of recognition and appreciation.  We kicked the week off with tweet-alongs featuring the first set of radio shows from the groups that were published in the previous week before spring break. Naturally I was excited (I love tweet-alongs), it was the perfect mix of reviewing, critiquing and participation. In addition with … Continue reading Week 8 Summary: Critiques, Inspirations and Comments…Oh My! →

For the DC on Teal, Blue and Orange I had no idea what to do. I decided to think it over throughout the day and hoped something would come to me.  Unfortunately it came towards the end of the day in the form of honoring the late Leonard Nimoy. I grew up watching re-runs of … Continue reading Daily Creates (Week 7) →

Week 7, the second half of the two week long development of the Noir radio show is finally upon us.  After the bumpy start we crossed our fingers and hoped for the best.  However, when it rains it pours.  We quickly realized that the varying schedules and times we were available would be a difficult … Continue reading Radio Show Debut →

Welcome to our radio show Dinner at 6:00 Please be seated and enjoy the show!

Wow. From beginning to end this project proved to embody the very  element of Noir. In the previous week a majority of the group decided upon the theme “America’s Most Wanted”.  However the dialogue proved to be too difficult to work with or work around many of the group members schedules.  On Wed we decided … Continue reading Radio Show Progress: Completed →

This week was the first part of a two week process focusing on creating a radio show.  Because of that all of the activities and assignments centered around audio creating and editing.  I started the week by participating in the radio listen-along.  I was most looking forward to this because it was so much fun … Continue reading Week 6: Part 1 of Radio Show →

This assignment was done with my character in mind.  I had never played Magic the Gathering, but I have played Pokemon and a little bit of Yu-gi-Oh. I thought, how difficult could it be? The answer… Very.  Magic the Gathering is a hard, complicated and confusing game.  It’s as if someone took Dungeons and Dragons … Continue reading Macks Magic Cards →

This week we focused on different concepts associated with design in noir.  As an intro into the different types of design I read The Vignelli Canon and used that as a guide on what can make up the designs and how they’re used.  This was extremely useful while taking pictures for designblitz and analyzing Blade … Continue reading Week 5 Summary: Design Elements →

This assignment was a little more involved than I initially thought but that did not take away from the fun or new things I learned from Gimp and making it work with paint. I wanted to apply it to Mack so I borrowed an image of a gun (not very familiar with them or their … Continue reading Mack’s Barcode →

I had so many ideas for this assignment my head started spinning.  I used GIMP because I don’t have photoshop on this laptop anymore, but since I am more familiar with that I might go back to it. Gimp seems a little temperamental and so simple it’s complicated.  But I digress, I wanted to make … Continue reading DS 106 Wallpaper: Simple and Clean →

This weeks assignment was one of personal favorites (so far). On occasion I’ve been know to Photoshop a few professors images here and there but I’ve never been encouraged to do it for a grade.  That being said I put a lot of effort into it and was pleased with the result.  I don’t have … Continue reading The Legend of Prof. Groom →

Color: For the color portion of the DesignBlitz, I wanted to compare the benefits of using vibrant color and essentially the absence of color (black and white). For the color picture I used a sign from a local store.  In this they used color to show how fresh and delicious the fruit was  to appeal to … Continue reading DesignBlitz →

I had previously seen Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner a while ago so this was particularly exciting for me.  Rather than watching and paying attention to both the movie and the noir design elements I was able to strictly focus on the cinematography and made this assignment much more enjoyable.  I have to say I am … Continue reading Blade Runner: 2019 or 1920? →

My first impression of “The Vignelli Canon” was it must have been the inspiration for Vogue magazines in the 80’s.  I have to admit I only glanced at it while scrolling it not thinking it would be very significant (but still important since it was required reading).  Then I tried to do the design blitz … Continue reading The Vignelli Canon: Firing off Design Elements →

For this daily create we were asked what would be our super power of choice. Mine would be the power to stop time! I can only do it on a small scale for now, but it’s a work in progress.

Probably the most difficult, I’ve never really given my theme song a lot of thought before. When something more appropriate comes to mind I’m sure I’ll change it.  

I have more than one favorite song. There are probably too many to count, but the one I selected for this assignment is one of my top 100 and is very special to me. Can you guess the song?

This particular assignment was challenging because it is hard enough to explain an emotion with words. Expressing it through sound should be “easy” but actually conveying that was challenging. My inspiration for this came from what made me happy as a child and still effects me today.

The audio story I made is a small sample of what a day in the life of Mack is like.  I don’t want to give too much away (no spoilers here!), I would rather have the audio speak for itself but it’s intense.

My first radio bumper I was a little apprehensive about doing this at first.  I have never really recorded my voice, I don’t even like leaving voice mail because I don’t like the sound of my voice.  After my first recording I asked my roommate to listen to it and I made adjustments according to … Continue reading DS106 Radio Bumper →

One of the primary components of Noir in radio is its ability to make every aspect of it explicit.  Because the radio lacks the visual effects of film noir, it as to be able to incorporate all of the other senses to create a visual stimulation in the imagination.  This is usually done by creating … Continue reading Aesthetics and Sensations in Noir Radio →

I listened to the first version of “Touch of Evil” with the street sounds first and noticed a more clearer audio (personally).  My first impression was a more interactive environment that blended everything together making me feel as if I was a part of it instead of simply observing it from the outside looking in.  … Continue reading Noir Audio: A Touch of Evil Sound Effects →

 

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As a roamer, Mack spends a lot of time wandering around the streets which means he carries a messenger bag with what he precieves are essenctial to his every day life.  Among those, the five that will always be there no matter the situation are: Pocket Watch Mack’s most prized possession is a pocket watch … Continue reading What’s in the Bag? →

Chinatown (1974) One of the first things I noticed about Chinatown was that Jack Nicholson was a main characters.  I was moderatly interested when I saw it on the list, but once I saw him on the cover art I was significantly more excited.  He is a very expressive actor and I knew that once … Continue reading Noir Reflected in Visual Storytelling →