I’ve heard a great deal of Don LaFontaine’s work in older movie trailers, so I was curious as to how using that voice and style could make anything seem dramatic.  Looking around for inspiration, one of the first items I saw was a highlighter, which thus became my subject.  I decided to emphasize the contrast […]

I was initially attracted to this assignment due to the sheer amount of spam my UMW email account has become inundated with.  I liked the idea of reclaiming these annoying adds/tricks, so I found a poorly phrased piece of spam relegated to the junk section of my email.  In recording my reading of the email on […]

I made a radio ad for one of this weeks audio assignments. I wanted to make an ad that could go in our radio show, The Internet gene. One of the topics in our show would be about the health risks of the internet gene. I decided to make a cliche radio ad about a … Continue reading Internet gene commercial 4 star →

I know, I know… Xena again.  But I’m loving these ideas that integrate television characters with new creativity and media, and thus I tried my hand at this assignment.  I began by brainstorming the sort of messages that might be left for Xena (who is a rather stoic character).  I decided that the most likely […]

Week 1 of production of our Memes radio show went well! We created a Google doc because we were not able to meet in person this week, but hopefully we can meet up over the weekend or early next week to create a more solid game plan. There are 4 of us in the group, … Continue reading Radio Show Update

@ds106dc Me trying to accomplish my goals without coffee. #tdc1731 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/Lk9v5HNiyx — Matthew Froelich (@FroelichMatthew) October 4, 2016 On the 4th the daily create was to create a gif about coffee. For me, if I don’t have coffee I don’t feel like I can accomplish anything. When I try to do something I mess … Continue reading TDC 10/4 →

A concrete poem about silence @ds106dc #tdc1733 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/1IMlasWSuN — Matthew Froelich (@FroelichMatthew) October 7, 2016 For yesterday’s daily create we had to create a concrete poem. Poetry has never been my strong suit, but I gave it a shot. I wrote something simple about silence since that was part of the assignment. The hard … Continue reading TDC 10/6 →

For my last assignment, I chose to do a 2 star audio assignment called Onomotopoeias. First, I decided to tell my favorite joke. Then I found sound effects (“What?” elephant noise, laughter) on http://freesound.org. I wanted everything but the joke to be not in my voice, which was kind of difficult. I especially had a hard … Continue reading You got jokes?

Just me and my twin…plus Zack @ds106dc #tdc1734 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/Avluw9L2k6 — Matthew Froelich (@FroelichMatthew) October 7, 2016 For today’s daily create we had to take a panoramic photo and appear in it multiple times. This is something I have done before so I knew exactly what to do. I got my friend Aaron to take … Continue reading tdc 10/7 →

I made a poster for our radio show, The Internet Gene. I used an image of a DNA strand to symbolize the gene. I found this image on the internet and added the text with paint.net. I used green text because I thought it fit in with our show and complimented the blue. Also, I … Continue reading radio show poster →

This week in DS106…. We began our planning for our radio show on outlandish news stories. So far we have come up with some several good ideas that have some meat that we can really get into. Of course, we are dealing with the most terrifying thing around, clowns. We will do a in depth … Continue reading "Radio Show Progress"

I’m sure you’re starting to read this blog post and thinking “great. Someone else did this incredibly easy assignment because it was rated 4.5 stars and they’re getting away with it.” For me, this was anything but easy and I still didn’t get it the way I really wanted it. So I will explain my ...

  To create this flyer I used a website called befunky.com. This website had a variety of templates to use, but I decided not to use one. Our topic for the radio show is memes, which I think is already interesting enough to grab peoples attentions. However, I decided to take it a step further … Continue reading Meme Flyer

For this assignment (worth 3 stars) I had to record sounds of what I’ve heard throughout my day. There were some that I wish I would have recorded in time (boom of the quarry near my house was atrocious today). For the process of this, I started with my iPhone 7. This is what I ...

My next assignment was a radio show bumper for our radio show, which was worth 4 stars. To do this assignment, I first went to http://freesound.org and searched for fun background music. I chose “Loading…” by Sirkoto 51. I then faded the music in for the first few seconds and out towards the end of the bumper. Then I recorded … Continue reading Memes Bumper

For my first audio assignment, I created a fictional radio ad worth 4.5 stars that could be played during our broadcast. I chose to do an ad about this because of the creepy a$$ clowns that have been terrorizing the country, and there was one on my street yesterday. I am not happy with it. Because there has … Continue reading Clown PSA from Chief of Police

To create this flyer, I used Canva. However, to make it a little more unique and creative, I made the flyer from scratch rather than using a pre-made template. Although we have a funny topic, I wanted to ironically make a serious and informative flyer, hence the gray and black color scheme and the serious … Continue reading Meme Radio Show Flyer

Another week of junior year under my belt! AND my sister gets married next week. :,) (photos to follow check out my flickr) In part, I’m very glad that this assignment forces us to come together outside of the box of our computers. HOWEVER… It has been very difficult finding a meeting time for all … Continue reading "radioshowweek1"

  My three daily creates this week. 🙂 I like to think I’m funny sometimes….. Enjoy! @ds106dc #tdc1732 March 4th, 1972… Orange(s) was introduced to Hawaii… and they've been best friends ever since… pic.twitter.com/N5WmKiKiF2 — abby hunt (@abbissss) October 5, 2016 @ds106dc #tdc1732 on Apr 24th "La Marseillaise" was composed by mega gloater Claude-Joseph Rouget … Continue reading "Daily create week 6"

October 3rd, 2016: @ds106dc Well this is interesting. I wonder if it can be repurposed to make some mashed up radio bumpers… https://t.co/n34Nd6GOBd #tdc1730 —…

This week was rough for me. I really enjoyed the design assignments though. Here’s links to all the posts I did this week. Daily Create 9/28/16 Daily Create 9/29/16 Four Icons, One Movie Logo Mashup “Just Kidding” Decorate a Dog

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And that’s a wrap. I can’t believe another week is done! Time flies! I’m still really enjoying this class and everything I am learning. I have to say the Audio week is still my favorite week, but design has been interesting! I’m a little nervous about this upcoming weeks and it’s assignments but I will […]

I set out to do stuff earlier this week, then I got sick for several days and couldn’t do things like the Design Blitz as easily. Of course. At least I managed to get everything done again. 1) Daily Creates @ds106dc not exactly "digital safety" but whatever#tdc1723 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/OypfokYBQN —...

★★☆☆☆ For my last assignment, I decided to change the events of a whole movie with one little change of dialogue. I watched the first of the Star Trek reboots earlier this week, so I decided to mess with that movie. Specifically, the scene where Captain Pike dares Jim Kirk to...

Topography! I love this style of writing. Because of the font, the ‘setting’ is obvious. It’s old and it’s European. My family is very Irish so this type of elegant is found everywhere in my home. Also, I’d like to draw attention to the detail in the uppercased letter. It gives the piece so much […]

This week was entertaining and eventful! I enjoyed a lot learning about movie titles and the creativeness that comes with graphic designs. First, starting off with the daily creates. I did three of them. Here are the links: (http://embracethegift.com/uncategorized/commuting-sounds/)(http://embracethegift.com/uncategorized/digital-safety-is-important/)(http://embracethegift.com/uncategorized/circles-within-circles/) Next, I thought it was very insightful on the information I learned about Bengiuat’s and Vigenill’s career. I feel they … Continue reading Week 5….Off to Sail.