Final Project – T-minus 2 days

Final Project – T-minus 2 days

by Scott Plunkett

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May 3, 2012

The end of the season is finally here, so I thought I’d do a mock meet based on everyone’s fastest times this season. The website http://www.tfrrs.org/ acts as a database that collects all results from NCAA track meets. The Capital … Continue reading →
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Final Refection Video

by Scott Plunkett

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May 3, 2012

Here is my final reflection video, I’ll spare the wall of text here because I say most everything in the video. Enjoy!
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Tutorial – Splash the Color – Visual Assignment

by Scott Plunkett

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April 29, 2012

This is a fairly simple tutorial on how to use the online photo editor FotoFlexer to complete the “Splash the Color” visual assignment. Tutorial for: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/splash-the-color/ For this tutorial I used the FotoFlexer online photo editor, which can be found … Continue reading →
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Tutorial – Create a New You – Visual Assignment

by Scott Plunkett

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April 29, 2012

This is a fairly simple tutorial on how to use the online photo editor FotoFlexer to complete the “Create a new you” visual assignment. Tutorial for: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/create-a-new-you/ For this tutorial I used the FotoFlexer online photo editor, which can be … Continue reading →
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Assignment Created – Explain a Funny Picture

by Scott Plunkett

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April 29, 2012

Browsing the web today, I came across a pretty funny picture (shown below). In it, there is simple white text explaining why the original picture is unique/funny. I submitted this idea to the ds106 visual assignment bank, and hopefully there … Continue reading →
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Time of Day – Tutorial

by Scott Plunkett

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April 28, 2012

About a month ago I submitted the “Time of Day” visual assignment. I got the idea for the assignment (which is to take several picture throughout the day in the same spot, then merge them together) after seeing a cool … Continue reading →
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Assignment Submission – Rage Faces IRL

by Scott Plunkett

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April 25, 2012

So as I was doing my daily browsing of the internet I came across a pretty cool series of pictures. A guy had taken pictures of himself trying to replicate all of the popular “rage faces” in real life (link … Continue reading →
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Final Project – Gettysburg Meet, Two Weeks Left

by Scott Plunkett

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April 23, 2012

This week the team traveled up to Gettysburg College for the annual Mason Dixon Championships. The Mason Dixon conference disbanded years ago (I think 10-20), but the meet is still held annually with any former teams that want to show … Continue reading →
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Daily Create – Horrific Realization

by Scott Plunkett

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April 23, 2012

So earlier today, after reading the “Finish Strong” ds106 email from Jim Groom, I came onto my blog to start organizing all of my posts. Clicking on the “Daily Creates” link on the homepage it seemed like I was missing … Continue reading →
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Final Project – “Sun Setting on the Season”

by Scott Plunkett

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April 19, 2012

As our season nears the end with about 3 weeks remaining before the Conference Meet, I thought I’d give my final project a bit more diversity by mixing in a visual assignment that I submitted earlier in the semester. I … Continue reading →
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Final Project – Johns Hopkins Invitational

by Scott Plunkett

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April 19, 2012

This past weekend most of the team went up to Johns Hopkins for a meet, which had a very unique setting in the middle of Baltimore. The track was immediately surrounded by city, unlike most college tracks which have many … Continue reading →
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Cooltext.com – Text Creator Tutorial

by Scott Plunkett

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April 16, 2012

Yesterday I used Cooltext.com to render some text graphics for my Infomercialize it remix. It’s a cool free online tool that has many fonts, including some that are actually gifs. This tutorial will focus on how to create the images … Continue reading →
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Remix Assignment – Cooking Show : Go Emo

by Scott Plunkett

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April 15, 2012

This was another challenging assignment for me, mainly because it’s hard to make something that usually has a happy tone, such as a cooking show, emo. I watched all of the cooking show assignments and chose Thomas Ella’s (sp? correct … Continue reading →
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Remix Assignment – Splash The Color : Infomercialize It

by Scott Plunkett

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April 15, 2012

This assignment was a bit tough to plan out. The “Infomercialize It” remix seemed like it would only work for video assignments, but I got the “Splash the Color” visual assignment. At first I was going to try and find … Continue reading →
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Remix Assignment – Recording A Memory : Countrify It

by Scott Plunkett

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April 15, 2012

For my first remix assignment I got “Countrify It” as my remix and “Recording A Memory” as the assignment. This was a very simple assignment but I actually liked how it came out. I started out with the idea of … Continue reading →
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Video Assignment – Serenity Now!

by Scott Plunkett

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April 9, 2012

Saw this assignment awhile ago and new I wanted to do it. I’m a big fan of Seinfeld and love the episode where Kramer uses the “Serenity now!” saying to calm down, only to boil over later and ruin George’s … Continue reading →
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Video Assignment – 30 Second Documentary

by Scott Plunkett

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April 8, 2012

So when I originally planned out this assignment, I feel like I was a little off on what it was asking to do, so I changed around what I used as my topic. I ended up making a documentary (it’s … Continue reading →
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Video Assignment – Speed Up Your Workday

by Scott Plunkett

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April 8, 2012

This assignment was to record about 30 minutes of your work day and speed it up several times. I decided to be very truthful to the assignment and recorded what I do often when I tell myself I’m going to … Continue reading →
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Video Assignment – Swede A Scene

by Scott Plunkett

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April 8, 2012

I had a lot of fun with this video assignment. The idea for it came from the movie “Be Kind, Rewind”, where two clerks in a video store accidently erase all of their movies so they have to reshoot them … Continue reading →
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Final Project – Commonwealth Duals

by Scott Plunkett

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April 3, 2012

Our meet this past weekend was the Commonwealth Duals at Christopher Newport University. The concept of the meet was to gather some of the top DIII schools in Virginia and have them compete to see which school is “king” of … Continue reading →
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Final Project – Battleground Relays

by Scott Plunkett

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March 27, 2012

The Outdoor Track season is officially underway after this weekend, where we hosted the Battleground relays. The meet wasn’t too big this year, with about 7-10 teams in attendance. Overall it was a pretty positive meet for the team, with … Continue reading →
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Video Assignment – A Day In Your Life

by Scott Plunkett

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March 26, 2012

For this assignment you had to basically get video or pictures of the events in your day, and try to fit them together to make an under 10 minute video. I had a lot of fun with this video, and … Continue reading →
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Video Assignment – Video Essay

by Scott Plunkett

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March 26, 2012

This assignment was to basically analyze several of your favorite scenes from a movie of your choosing. We were supposed to use the movie that we wrote about last week, where I used Seabiscuit, so I chose some of my … Continue reading →
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Video Assignment – Redub the Audio

by Scott Plunkett

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March 25, 2012

This assignment was to take the audio from a very memorable scene from a film, and dub over the dialogue to change the meaning of the scene. I had chosen this assignment for my pre-production from last week, but decided … Continue reading →
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Video Assignment – Screen Capture Story

by Scott Plunkett

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March 25, 2012

Thought I’d start off my video assignments with something simple, so I decided to try the Screen Capture Story. I already had Xsplit on my computer, which (was) a really good free screen capturing/broadcasting software. Recently they started a new … Continue reading →
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Final Project Plans

by Scott Plunkett

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March 20, 2012

After some brainstorming, I’ve decided to make a video or picture slideshow/collage about the UMW track and field outdoor track season for my final project. Our goal, although unlikely, is to win the Capital Athletic Conference meet on May 5th … Continue reading →
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This Week’s Daily Creates (3/12-3/18)

by Scott Plunkett

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March 18, 2012

Had some good daily creates this week. This week we started our video portion of the class, and I’m still not super comfortable making videos yet but I’m getting there. Enjoy! 3/12 This daily create was to take a picture … Continue reading →
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30 Second Documentary – Pre-Production

by Scott Plunkett

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March 18, 2012

I checked out the 30 Second Documentary Assignment and decided I’d try to complete the famed “6 saltines in 60 seconds” challenge and document my attempt. For my pre-production I went to Giant earlier today and picked up some official … Continue reading →
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Redub the Audio – Pre-Production

by Scott Plunkett

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March 18, 2012

I saw this assignment and it actually took me awhile to find a good movie scene to dub over, but I think I found a good one (even though the dub is very short). I chose to dub over what … Continue reading →
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Seabiscuit – A Great Underdog Story

by Scott Plunkett

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March 18, 2012

Ever since I saw it, one of my favorite movies has been Seabiscuit. I realize this isn’t a movie that’s at the top of everyone’s list, but the several times that I’ve watched it I’ve found little to dislike. It’s … Continue reading →
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