15 Stars Worth!
Complete at least 15 stars of Design assignments from the Design category of the Assignment Bank. Below are the posts I chose to participate in this week my favorite being the movie poster concept!
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Daily Creates Week 6
 3 TDCs again this week. Day 1. Day 2. Day 3. -
Design Blitz
For this project I chose; color, metaphors/symbols, minimalism, and dominant. Color: For this part of the blitz, I wanted to find palette and try to create a small variation in colors. This was a project I did last fall semester in one of my art classes, so creating a color palette online was so much […] -
Design Thoughts
The Vignelli Canon By: Massimo Vignelli: Below are some quotes I enjoyed while reading this text. “Creativity needs the support of knowledge to be able to perform at its best” “It is up to the brain to use the proper formula to achieve the desired result” “It is my hope that this book may provide […] -
Intro to Design
To start this week we had to read 2 different books/articles on design and what it is. The first was Wayback Machine. In this book he talks about the important aspects of design and what makes them stand out. He mentioned semantics first which is meaning of what we design. As a designer we all … -
Weekly Summary 5
The week has been the hardest yet for me. I had a learning curve to go over with editing the audio and mixing music up enough to sound different than the original. I did have fun once I started to edit and play around with the sound effects audacity had to offer. I have gotten … -
Sound Effects Story Week 5
Tell a story using nothing but sound effects. There can be no verbal communication, only sound effects. Use at least five different sounds that you find online. The story can be no longer than 90 seconds. Another example (by a UMW student): http://ds... -
Radio Show?
With the radio show coming up its time to come up with ideas for what I want to do for it using the 80’s theme. I am still not very sure where I want the show to go but I want to be able to have fun with it.I have a few ideas that will … -
Daily Creates
This week we were told to blog our daily creates. While I am not to sure what that means I am going to embed them into this post. Each day I just used the first thing that came to mind for completing the daily creates. I was just trying to be creative and feel like … -
80’s Sounds
This assignment was a lot of fun I had to pick my favorite sounds and mash them up together to see what they made. I decided to pull in the 80’s theme here with my sounds. I included some engines that were from the 80’s and thought about what cities in different countries would sound … -
DS 106 Radio
It was a different experience listening to the live radio talk show basically. I am personally not a huge fan of talk radio but the stories were interesting and really cool with the different sounds that made me feel like I was there with the characters. The live tweeting was annoying in my opinion because … -
Disney… Why not?
Who doesn’t love Disney to begin with? I grew up watching Disney and still love most of their movies. This assignment I created was Disney lyric mash up worth 4 stars. This was to take different Disney songs and sayings and mush them together to create something new. I really enjoyed this assignment and getting … -
Radio Bumper
Like many of my classmates before this assignment I was not sure what a radio bumper was. After doing some research I found out that they are things I have heard all my life and just never realized it. This assignment was to create my very own radio bumper for DS 106 radio. I had … -
Ted Talk Pronunciation Practice
For 3 Stars: You have learned about the importance of pasuing, emphasising key words, linking, and inotnation in presentations. As aprt of your Sepaking Project #3, you will be presenting a TED Talk. This assignment will help you work on your presentation skills so that you can deliver your content professionally just like the TED […] -
Speech And Story Audio Distortion
For 3 Stars: The idea of this assignment is to take a speech, it can be political or not, and distort the audio making the speech giver say horrible, strange or funny things. A great software to use for this assignment would be Logic Pro which enables you to cut, chop and distort audio. A […] -
Make Noise from A Normal Sample
For 3 stars: Make Noise!! The title is pretty self explanitory. Take a recognizable song or sound, and then turn it into a completely unrecognizable sound. For example, take a dog barking and make it sound like tv static. This can be accomplished using any DAW (digital audio workspace, for those unaware) or some online […] -
Sounds around me
Sounds around me for 3 stars. For This Assignment, You Are To Record The Different Sounds Or Noises That You Hear Throughout Your Day. This Could Be Sounds You Hear In Your Home, Your Job, While You’re Out For A Walk, Etc. You Should Record At Least 10 Different Sounds. Once Sounds Are Recorded, Choose […] -
“What happens in a Small Town” ~BG
This is a song that hits close to home for me being from a small town. I thought it would be fun to come up with different lyrics around the same kinda meaning about what a small town can be about. This is a song I have sung in my car at the top of … -
Weekly Summary Week 5
Classmates and Comments Week 5 Brainstorming For the Radio Show Daily Creates Week 5 12 Stars Worth Week 5 Tweet-along Week 5 RadioBumper Set-up AudioReflection -
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Brainstorming For the Radio Show
Brainstorm Radio Show Ideas: In a couple of weeks, you will be forming groups and creating a radio show as pre-recorded audio. In preparation, each of you needs to brainstorm ideas for a 20-30 minute radio show—somehow related to or inspired by the theme of the course —on your blog. By radio show, I mean some […] -
Daily Creates Week 5
Complete 3 Daily Creates: You must complete at least three daily creates this week. Make sure you also blog your TDCs. -
12 Stars Worth Week 5
Complete 12 Stars of Audio Assignments:This week you must complete at least 12 stars of assignments from the Audio category in the Assignment Bank. Also, involve the course theme in at least two of the assignments in some way. One assignment everyone must do is the sound effects story (3 ½ stars): This is a challenge to tell […] -
Tweet-along Week 5
Listen: Participate in a live “tweet-along” with ds106 radio this week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 8:30-9:30 PM. We will be listening to audio drama and tweeting our thoughts on what we hear. You might even hear your bumpers. Use&... -
RadioBumper Set-up
Create a Radio Bumper: Once you’ve familiarized yourself with ds106 radio, try your hand at making your first radio “bumper” – a 10-30 second short audio that announces the radio station that is played between songs to remind listeners what they are tuned in to. This should be saved as an MP3 file, and then upload […] -
AudioReflection
Watch: These two short videos from RadioLab’s Jad Abumrad. He speaks of radio as a way of making meaning and connection, and as a modern incarnation of an ancient art. Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad: How Radio Creates Empathy Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad: Digital Shamanism and Old-Fashioned, Newfangled Storytelling Magic Listen: to “Moon Graffiti” This is an excellent example of audio […] -
90 seconds max, How long?
I made a sound clip that tells a story through noise and different sounds only. This assignment was to create a story in only 90 seconds that was interesting for 4 stars. I had to use at least 5 different sounds I found online, and mash them up to one clip. I used free sound … -
“Moon Graffiti”
This podcast is a first I have heard of this kind. I had to watch it a few times to pick up on the different sound effects and figure out that it was supposed to be there. The sounds are helping to create the picture and the heaving breathing, the static, and noises make it … -
Week 4 Summary
I have been getting into the swing of things for this class I feel like by now. This was a pretty fun week and getting to play around with effects never hurts. I am still kind of in shock how time consuming these assignments are, while they are not hard it just takes time to … -
Who’s there?
Beyond a shadow of a doubt, I found someone in my room when I came back from class. I walked in my door and there was this figure on the wall near my desk that just stood there. I had no idea what could have caused it so I quickly took out my phone and …
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