Happy Accidents

Happy Accidents

by @Egon2688

| Syndicated, videoessay
October 27, 2021

I had to do a lot of research and explore what worked best for me to complete this assignment. I read the tips repeatedly but I couldn’t download the scenes I needed through the site provided. I also looked through the assignment tutorials but only one seemed to work. I had to take several breaks because… Continue reading Happy Accidents
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Reading A Movie

by @haylie5800

| Syndicated, videoessay
October 26, 2021

When I think about reading movies I think about reading the subtitles, but after reading the article and watching the videos I am thinking differently. The article How to Read a Movie pointed to the fact that you do not have to be an editor in order to visualize these points or understand these movie …
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Golden Girls

by @grace_long88

| Syndicated, videoessay, Week Ten
October 26, 2021

My roommate and I are currently watching Golden Girls together and when I was learning about video editing I thought this would be a great show to use for my video essay. Also Bob Ross was from Florida and Golden Girls is set in Florida so it connected to the
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Reading Movies (Week 10 Summary)

by @gonedigital_LKDS106

| ds106, Syndicated, VideoAssignments, videoessay, WeeklySummary
May 3, 2021

It’s Video Week! Video Essay This assignment tasked us to take a scene from a movie and analyze it stylistically, not by the plot. Our readings this week posed questions about why movie/video makers choose to shoot scenes the way they do. What effects do these choices create? What elements of the shot help create […]
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Video Analysis Scene

by @ken28410163

| Assignments, Syndicated, videoessay
April 8, 2021

For my video analysis I chose to analyze a scene from the Black Panther. The scene doesn’t match the length of my analysis but you will be able to make sense of everything in the video. I chose the scene where the Black Panther, Okoye, and Shuri where at a club and where attacked by… Continue reading Video Analysis Scene
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Video Essay

by @TurnerM000

| Syndicated, videoessay
April 2, 2021

This assignment’s description was to: For this assignment you need to select several scenes from your favorite film (or one of your favorites), and edit them together and comment on some of the filmic elements of the scenes? Why do you like these...
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Game Of Thrones Video Essay *Season 1 Spoiler*

by @lucyschraff

| Syndicated, VideoAssignments439, videoessay
April 2, 2021

For my video essay, I chose to analyze a scene from Game of Thrones (not that this is very surprising). For my scene analysis, I chose to use Ned Stark’s […]
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Video Essay

by @imatutu_

| Syndicated, videoessay
April 2, 2021

This week’s emphasis on video is right up my alley. I think video editing and video in general is a fantastic way for telling a story, and only one scene in a movie popped into my mind when I read we had to create a video essay on editing and such: Baby Driver’s title sequence. […]
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Movie Analysis: The Royal Tenenbaums

by @ari_squared

| assignment-tags.jpg, ds106, Syndicated, tagged.jpg, videoessay, weekly assignments
April 2, 2021

Assignment This week in #ds106 we are focusing on reading movies. I was tasked with creating a video essay. The details can be found in Week Ten: Reading Movies. Summary: Identify some particularly effective scenes from a video related to our theme that you’ve watched. Pick one of them to analyze in a video essay. […]
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non-written essay….on video….of video….vid-eo

by @designdynamics

| ds106, Syndicated, videoessay
April 2, 2021

For this assignment I picked a movie that my friends and I watched a while back and I remember us all having a lot of interest in the movie to start but because of such a horrible ending we ended up hating the whole thing. That movie being “Annihilation (2018)”. This video essay was a …
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The Ring Voiceover

by @OliviaM44107328

| Blog, Syndicated, videoessay
April 2, 2021

For this assignment, I used this weeks readings and videos and analyzed the scene like a video essay. I picked a scene from the movie The Ring, where Samara comes […]
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Directors and Producers Should Be Given More Credit

by @AJSt0rm

| Syndicated, videoessay
April 2, 2021

How many times have you watched a movie and only cared about the actors? When it comes to the director and producer part of the credits, you start speeding ahead to see if there is an after scene. Well, you might want to think about that for a second. The director and the producer (and …
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Video Essay

by @MaddySlunt

| ds106, Syndicated, Thoughts, videoessay, Week Ten
April 2, 2021

I chose to do a trailer instead of one particular movie scene, however, I really loved the trailer and DC movies have improved so muhc over the years I am really excited to see this movie. The thought and editting that goes into these trailers are possibly even more important that those that go into… Continue reading Video Essay
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A Lion’s Sad Death

by @AndrewWaite17

| ds106, Syndicated, videoessay
April 2, 2021

I chose to do my video essay on a scene from The Lion King. I am going to be honest, this is difficult for me. It is hard for me to analyze something which I am not familiar with, which, is film-making techniques. That added to the enjoyment of this week though, as I learned… Continue reading A Lion’s Sad Death
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Video Essay

by @MoB4884

| Blog, Syndicated, videoessay
April 1, 2021

This was actually super challenging for me since I tend to use “um” a lot when talking, especially giving presentations or something along those lines. I found myself having to record this a few times to get it close to the way I wanted it to sound, and even then it still didn’t sound right. […]
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Video Essay: The Notebook

by @RMdigitally

| ds106, Syndicated, videoessay
April 1, 2021

As an English major, I’m used to looking at novels and poetry to find hidden or different meanings, but I don’t think I’ve ever approached film in that way. I was really interested in our readings/videos for this week because they introduced me to this process of treating film and video as another form of…
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Cailyn Tripp’s Day Off

by @trippthrumylife

| ds106, Syndicated, videoessay
March 31, 2021

Here is my video essay on Ferris Bueller’s Day Off! I used iMovie to pick apart all of the editing/camera decisions. I love editing videos in general and I’ve always been one to “read” movies. So when it came to this assignment, I was excited to get to pick apart one of my favorite movies–Ferris… Continue reading Cailyn Tripp’s Day Off
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Video Essay: Anne of Green Gables

by @Rachel91499872

| ds106, Syndicated, videoessay
March 31, 2021

This was a particular hard assignment for me to complete. I enjoyed reading the material to learn about video production,
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Video Essay: CRA Wedding Scene

by @actuallyjonathanpulido

| Syndicated, videoessay
March 31, 2021

If you have been keeping up with my blogs since the beginning of this class, you would know that my favorite movie of all time is Crazy Rich Asians. So, for that reason I am doing my video essay on the best scene in that movie, the wedding scene. For […]
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A Look at Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

by @jclark22umw

| blog posts, ds106, Syndicated, Thoughts, videoessay
March 30, 2021

For my film review, I chose to analyze a scene from Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. This movie follows Anakin Skywalkers turn to the dark side. The change in lighting and color palette throughout the course of the movie helps capture the twisted mood the film makers were trying to accomplish. Once I had […]

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“As you wish.” : Princess Bride Video Essay

by @madelinek106

| Syndicated, videoessay
March 30, 2021

For my video essay I thought alot about what movies would be good candidates to analysize. I decided to look at “The Princess Bride” because the editing is great and highlights the satirical nature of the film. Making the video essay was more work than I thought it was going to be. But, it was fun because I […]
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Inside Llewyn Davis Cafe Scene Analysis

by @Conner44769274

| Assignments, Syndicated, Thoughts, videoessay
March 29, 2021

For this assignment we are tasked with analyzing a scene from a movie and describing how the editing used was successful. I decided to use a scene from the Coen Brother’s movie Inside Llewyn Davis. The Coen Brother’s video I reference can be found here. Here is my final video: To create this video I […]
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Vincent and the Doctor Video Essay

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, Syndicated, videoessay
March 31, 2020

For this assignment I wanted to work with an iconic Doctor Who scene I knew I would be able to find online. This assignment started out simple. I downloaded the 4k Video Downloader and obtained the file for the video I wanted to use. I watched it and wrote a script for the video essay […]
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Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark Boulder scene

by @VhudschNor2

| Syndicated, videoessay
March 28, 2020

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/600438785813118979/693399347450216509/PhotoStory2.wmv The Boulder Scene’s shaking camera creates a sense of urgency, and the lighting effect with the sunlight rapidly shining through the holes of the rui...
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Video Essay

by @sincerelysterls

| ds106, Syndicated, videoessay
March 27, 2020

It’ll upload one day…
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Every Frames a Painting Star Wars!

by @Maeve_ds106

| # weeklyassignments, Syndicated, videoessay
March 27, 2020

I knew film editing was not joke, but man! I have no clue how much work goes into each frame and the amount of attention to detail. For my analysis I chose the “I am Your Father” scene from Star Wars. I chose it because 1. it’s the 80’s 2. it is one of the […]
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Video Essay

by @radicalaurenn

| ds106, Syndicated, videoessay
March 27, 2020

Unfortantely I had some technical difficulties, my computer spazzed out and my assignment got deleted and then my microphone would not work… So this is the best I could do sadly. I chose to use the baptism scene from the movie the Godfather and I have the scene without sound and my audio typed out … Continue reading "Video Essay"
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Pretty In Pink Critique

by @HidalgoUmwd

| Syndicated, videoessay
March 27, 2020

Just Kidding, Pretty In Pink Is Too Perfect to Critique! I do an analysis instead: For this assignment, I had decided to rewatch Pretty in […]
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Week 10 – Video Essay

by @cpsc106

| Syndicated, videoessay
March 27, 2020

I did a scene from the Breakfast Club. I have four sections of commentary. I created a Vimeo account and uploaded it there.
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Come Play With Us Video Essay

by @ConnorM35842492

| Syndicated, videoessay
March 27, 2020

This week in DS106, we were asked to create a video essay from a 1980s movie or TV scene. In order to do this, we were also tasked with reading Roger Ebert’s How to Read a Movie. It... Read More
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