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  1. @tiffmooree

    Assignment Bank #2

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    Star Rating: 5 stars This assignment I ran into some trouble. The sad part is, it wasn’t even over this assignment. I originally intended to do another assignment, which requires you to make a barcode out of up to 9999 images. I downloaded the required software and was immediately confused. I had no idea how to get all of the images to make the barcode. I did some research and looked at other blog posts where people had done this same assignment, and STILL ran into trouble. One blog post said to download a plug-in onto Google Chrome. This meant I also had to download Chrome, as I only use safari. I downloaded Chrome and the plug in, and destroyed my computers memory by trying to download hundreds of images. Once I finally figured out how to download these images, I tried putting them into the software to build the barcode, and it didn’t work. I then tried the process over again, and once again it did not work. I ultimately decided to delete all the downloads and plug-ins, and chose a new assignment. I knew I wanted to chose another five star rated assignment, because I have yet to do one, but there weren’t many to chose from. I eventually found this one and got to work. This one was a sigh of relief. It was something I could actually do on my own. I had to think of a movie that I could recall enough in detail to portray into the GIFs. I chose The Greatest Showman because I have recently watched it and enjoyed it. Finding the GIFs was very easy. All I had to do was type in a few key words, and exactly what GIF I was looking for appeared. I just kept searching for GIFs to complete my story and wrote a short synopsis to bring everything together. I think GIFs are such an innovative way to show a story. You get a short little taste of what you’ll be seeing, and if you like it, you’re free to watch it as well and leave me a comment telling me what you thought of the movie and if my post did it justice!
  2. @madeleine_ds106

    Visual Assignment: Places of Peace

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    This assignment required me to make a collage of pictures that represent peaceful moments to me. However, I decided to make a collage based on peaceful moments for my secret agent character, Margo Humphrey, or Sidney. Since she is from England, London would be a peaceful place for her to visit. I decided to include a picture of Big Ben I took a few years ago when I was visiting there. I also included a picture of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Since Margo is a double agent for Britain and Russia, Paris is a relaxing place for her to find moments of peace during her stressful life. I also included a picture of a cappuccino because who doesn’t love coffee?! And lastly, a picture of Ozzy, who in this case could just be a cat that Margo owns. However, it was an adorable picture I couldn’t not include. If my cat brings me peace then so does Margo’s I made this collage from a collage app I downloaded to my phone. Just selected some pictures already on my camera roll and then uploaded it to this post! This is my last assignment for the Visual Assignment component of the week and it was another easy one!
  3. @madeleine_ds106

    Visual Assignment: Create a Silly Movie Poster

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    This assignment required me to take a movie poster and make it look silly. I used the graphic-design website Canva to upload a picture of the movie poster I downloaded from Google Images and then insert all the illustrations! I chose the Grand Budapest Hotel because I recently saw it for the first time over winter break and really enjoyed it! Plus I think the movie poster is really pretty. Another easy 4 star assignment!

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