Baby, baby, baby

Baby, baby, baby

by @Sam_ara106

| Syndicated, Video, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments608, Week Eleven
April 4, 2018

I chose Children of Men as my second movie. This was about a world in which everyone is infertile, and no babies have been born in eighteen years. Britain is the only country that has a high standard of living, and immigration is greatly looked down upon. However, a woman who is not a British citizen becomes […]
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1 Second Video

by @liveyourmovie1

| Assignments, Syndicated, Video
April 3, 2018

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Chipmunk Ben Wyatt and Ron Swanson

by @KatieHartraft

| Assignments, Syndicated, Video, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments1246
April 3, 2018

I chose to do the Chipmunk Style assignment and it was the best stress reliever I could have had this week. I didn’t know what show or movie I should have done for this assignment, so I asked my roommate. The first thing she thought of was “anything Ron Swanson and/or […]
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Video Group Planning Reflection #1

by @dannpannn

| photography, Syndicated, Video, writing
April 3, 2018

I am working with Eric Shaw to bring you guys a informative yet incredibly cinematic vlog production. We title it “Content Creator Central” In this specific edition we will be overviewing the creative process behind planning/ shooting/ and editing a video. This video fits perfectly with both of our character archetypes because my character (Faniel […]
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Count to Ten and do it All Over Again!!!!!!

by @jetjenk43

| design, ds106, Media Assignments, photography, Reflections, Syndicated, the end, Video, VideoAssignments, WeeklySummary
April 2, 2018

This week was probably one of the hardest weeks yet for me. I won’t say it’s hard due to the work load, but last Thursday a good family friend had passed away. Due to this family friend being so close to our family it was only right for me to get in my car and …
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3…2…1… Action! – Week 10 Recap

by @eafinto

| apocalypse, apocalyptic, college, ds106, movies, one republic, snapshot, Syndicated, Video, week 10, Weekly Updates
April 2, 2018

Ugghhhhh… This week, you guys. I’m barely crawling out of week 10 alive. This week was filled with so much to do, not just in this class, but in all of my classes! In college, the grind never ends. It’s 10:00 PM on Monday night, and I am exhausted. But! Enough complaining! Week 10 was […]
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10 Questions for the Apocalypse Answered

by @shayfinnz

| Syndicated, Video, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments2220
April 2, 2018

I was having a hard time figuring out what to do that tied into the radio shows until I found 10 Apocalyptic Questions!! This fit perfectly and I was able to still play the character I created for my radio show!! Erin made a comeback and she is here ta...
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Mufasa’s Transformation from a Pup to an Adult

by @jetjenk43

| ds106, Media Assignments, Syndicated, the end, Video, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments1470
April 2, 2018

I chose this 3 star assignment to show the transformation of the character Mufasa from the radio show Apocalyptic Airwave. We didn’t really know much about Mufasa other than Carson had saved him from certain death and nursed him back to health. Here is a little clip of Mufasa as a small pup to becoming …
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Video Essay

by @shayfinnz

| blog posts, Syndicated, Video
April 2, 2018

First, let me start off by saying how excited I was that one of the movies we got to watch for class this week was 10 Cloverfield Lane. I recently have gotten really into the Cloverfield series and have been meaning to watch this one for a while. I pic...
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Week 10 Reflection

by @umwequestrianista

| Reflections, Syndicated, Video, Weekly Posts
April 2, 2018

I LOVE VIDEOS! Seriously… who knew I might actually be good at creating something in this class?! Almost as badass as Will Smith taking on some weird zombie dudes. Making videos takes a lot of time, but I really love how many options I have and how creative I could get with these assignments. I …
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Washing Dishes a 2 min+ Silent Documentary

by @jetjenk43

| #VideoAssignments2032, ds106, Media Assignments, Syndicated, the end, Video, VideoAssignments
April 2, 2018

I did this 4 star “How to” Documentary. I did this assignment because I figured it would be neat to record something but not use any sound. I was going to do a documentary over how to cook food, but I had already started beef and noodles in the crock pot earlier in the day. …
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Can You Feel the TENsion?

by @Anne Armour

| ds106, Syndicated, Video, Weekly Blogs, weeklyblog
April 2, 2018

So we have finally reached the end of Week Ten! This week proved to be very interesting since we have started video this week. Video…
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Reading Movies I Am Legend Video Essay

by @umwequestrianista

| Media Assignments, Reflections, Syndicated, Video
April 2, 2018

Kubrick // One-Point Perspective The Shining – Zooms Examples of Editing Techniques (*Jump Cut) Top 20 Amazing Cinematic Techniques Part 1 (*Long take, steady cam) I watched the above short videos about filmmaking and I never realized until after how filmmaking techniques really make a huge difference in how we view a movie. While watching …
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Reading Movies and Such

by @Anne Armour

| Assignments, ds106, Syndicated, Video, VideoAssignments
April 2, 2018

This week I read Roger Ebert’s article How to Read a Movie and I also watched all 8 of the videos about filmmaking which gave…
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My College Photo Collage

by @jetjenk43

| ds106 theend106, Media Assignments, photography, Syndicated, the end, Video, VideoAssignments, videoassignments2031
April 2, 2018

So I decided to do this two star assignment to share my journey through college. Over the past 2 years at UMW we have had our son, served in the Army, have gotten out of the Army and have become civilians. And now that I am finally out of the Army I can finally devoted …
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Stop Motion Turtle!

by @shayfinnz

| Assignment Bank, Syndicated, Video, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments845
April 2, 2018

I was really excited for video week to come around because I knew I wanted to make a stop-motion video! I thought about it for a couple of days and was having a hard time coming up with an easy way to get our theme into a stop motion video, and then I ...
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How to better Watch movies by knowing the Details.

by @jetjenk43

| ds106, how to read a movie, movies, Reflections, Syndicated, the end, Video
April 2, 2018

How to Read A movie well what I learned from reding this article: I read the article by Robert Ebert: How to Read a Movie. I never knew the details of how a movie is put together or how it was shot. After reading this article my eyes are opened to some of the techniques that are used. …
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Videos!!!

by @umwequestrianista

| Media Assignments, Reflections, Syndicated, Video, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments1981, videoassignments2031, VideoAssignments2058
April 2, 2018

Video Assignment 2058 I really enjoyed doing this video assignment, it gave me time to reflect on some of my most favorite pictures and memories and tell you guys a little bit about my life! Video Assignment 2031 This is a video collage of all my favorite pictures from my last year at UMW! I …
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Everyone’s Favorite Food

by @Sam_ara106

| #VideoAssignments2032, Syndicated, Video, VideoAssignments, Week Ten
April 2, 2018

I decided to complete the two minute silent documentary assignment (VideoAssignments2032). There were so many things I could choose from and I would love to show what I do at work, but 1) the school district I work for is on spring break and 2) I cannot take videos or photos of the students I work with […]
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ITS VIDEO WEEK

by @dannpannn

| Syndicated, Video
April 1, 2018

So this wasn’t an assignment, but i made a personal video during video week and thought it would be fitting to share it. lemme know what you think! all footage was taken by myself and a friend. editing done exclusively by myself
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Trailer for “The Second Chance”

by @Anne Armour

| Assignments, ds106, Syndicated, The Second Chance, Video, VideoAssignments
April 1, 2018

Here it is! The trailer I made for Geoff and I’s documentary we’ll be making this coming week. We worked on both of ours at…
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Planning for “The Second Chance”

by @Anne Armour

| Assignments, ds106, Syndicated, The Second Chance, Video, VideoAssignments
April 1, 2018

So this week I started on Path Two of our film assignments! Geoff had messaged me this week to see if I would like to…
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Apocalyptic Airwave Streaming on Video!

by @Sam_ara106

| Syndicated, Video, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments1225, Week Ten
April 1, 2018

Plotagon is amazingly fun! This (free) program lets you pick characters, scenes, dialogue, and emotion to create stories. It took me a while to figure out how to add four characters because only two can be shown at a single time. Once I figured that out, it was simple to create this video! Exporting it, however, […]
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How My Shoes Saw the Dawn of the Apocalypse

by @KatieHartraft

| Assignments, Syndicated, Video
March 31, 2018

I was making one of those trendy videos of your shoes as you’re walking when something crazy started happening on campus. I had just gotten lunch at Blackstone when the screams broke out, then there were flashes of strange light all around me. I had to find a safe space […]
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Reading Movies Blog Post

by @dannpannn

| Syndicated, Video, writing
March 31, 2018

I watched: The Shining/ Zooms Example of a Match Cut Camera Angles and Techniques Tarantino/ from Below for my film choice I watched 10 Cloverfield Lane, Dan Trachtenberg, 2016 I found a clip from the movie on youtube that I analyzed:
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Never Before Seen Footage of Patricia Wellington Before She Became a HGTV Star

by @KatieHartraft

| Assignments, Syndicated, Video, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments478
March 30, 2018

This just in: new, raw footage of the famous HGTV star Patricia Wellington has recently surfaced in the media. We see here the roots of her budding career, and the only glimpse of the fabled “Susan” anyone has ever captured. This video is from her audition to the show that […]
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Learning to Read Movies

by @eafinto

| apocalypse, apocalyptic, ds106, filmmakers, filmmaking, how to read a movie, movies, Reflections, Syndicated, Video, video essay, Writing Assignments
March 29, 2018

The first task of Week 10 has been to learn how to read movies. We all know how to watch movies, but can we all read them? I’m a Communications and Digital Studies major. For one of the elective requirements, I took Intro to Cinema Studies here at UMW last semester. Here I thought that […]
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Analyzing What Cameras Do

by @Sam_ara106

| Syndicated, Video, Week Ten
March 27, 2018

As I read How to Read a Movie, I thought some of the things Ebert listed, such as the left side being seen as negative and the downward or upward angle of the camera, would not be evident in any movies. However, I was proven wrong, especially in the scene I chose to analyze later on. […]
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Re-worked gif

by @shayfinnz

| Assignments, design, Syndicated, Video, Web/Mash-up
March 26, 2018

Now, what I am about to say really isn’t that exciting. And I don’t know why it was so difficult for me to figure out how to do it, but I FINALLY made my own gif and got it to embed properly in this post!! Look at it!! Look at it move! Back...
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Films, Reflections, and GIFs

by @shayfinnz

| Syndicated, Video, Web/Mash-up, writing
February 12, 2018

This week I decided to watch Mad Max for my movie to go along with our theme. When the newer Mad Max movie came out I watched that and really enjoyed it so I figured I was going to try this. I thought the original movie was really good and I would defi...
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