Truth be told, audio is an extremely crucial part of storytelling in my opinion. Why do I say that? Ambience. When I imagine someone telling a story, some concepts are better perceived when heard. For example, someone’s voice can sometimes give insight into their character through intonation, inflection and pauses while speaking. In addition to … Continue reading Audio in Storytelling →

Blair is my host character for this semester.  As you all may know Blair is currently unemployed due to past trauma that she has encountered.  Blair has a morning routine which she faithfully follows on an everyday basis.  I have recorded sounds from Blair’s morning routine to share with you all.  Try to guess what […]

Well… this was an interesting challenge or shall I say opportunity. After downloading Audacity and watching a YouTube video, I searched for some jazzy music and chose Miles Davis’ Pharaoh’s Dance. After a few trial and errors… I was able … Continue reading →

(Appears out of the mist) (Whispers) My name is Five, those who know me well call me Five.  I want to now intro my favorite five posts that I really enjoyed viewing since the start of this course… Ms. Clara Hope’s Dream Vacation : I really liked this post, mainly because the pictures looked absolutely serene … Continue reading My 5 Favorite Posts

This week, I did 3 daily creates. Five Card Flickr Story: @ds106dc My Flickr Five Card Story: Road trip for Two http://t.co/mWe5f2L5Nv #tdc1351 — Scott Clower (@scottc1094) September 21, 2015 Crossing Abbey Road: @ds106dc #tdc1353 Mickey Mouse crossing Abbey Road #ds106 pic.twitter.com/3kOKx5DXNn — Scott Clower (@scottc1094) September 22, 2015 and Latte Art: @ds106dc #tdc1354 Why… Read More

A couple of ideas that I had for my radio show include: Myself, playing myself, as a host that introduces scary stories or people who’d like to tell them. Simple, but effective. I could spend a part of the week looking up stories to read and practicing before shows with groupmates. Another option might be … Continue reading Radio Show Ideas →

Horror movie theme songs playing in the background throughout the show. Such as the theme song for Friday 13th, Nightmare on Elm St., Halloween, Child’s Play, etc… Three 7 min. segments discussing: -Highlights of horror movies scenes and suggestions of what would’ve made it better -How the different elements of movies enhance the experience -Discuss … Continue reading Radio Show

After reading the “Last Laugh” I knew I wanted to do the first page of the comic. I loved the idea of setting the scene and mood of the work. Here is some context for my sound effects ideas. I would start with the Tales of the Crypt Cryptkeeper’s laugh and then a deep male voice introducing the comic. … Continue reading The “Last Laugh” You Will Ever Hear

For this assignment I had to make a 15-30 second bumper for the ds106 radio station. At first I didn’t know what a bumper was but thought if I listened to ds106 radio on Monday I could get a hang of it. I heard some on ds106 radio on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday and knew … Continue reading DS106 Radio Bumper

We were asked to basically plan ahead and start brainstorming of ideas for our radioshow. Which seems easy enough right? Only catch you have to tailor it towards the theme and then tailor it to your blog. Seeing the main central theme is horror, its safe to say it needs to be something scary. My […]

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I’m really not sure where to start with this, I’ll probably be updating this page multiple times over the course of the next few weeks! My radio show ideas so far: Interviewing a comeback celebrity Comparing the original and latest...

I got super excited as I was scrolling through the assignment bank and found this! Basically, the assignment is to take a famous line from a movie, tweak it only a little bit so that it’s still recognizable, and rerecord...

Audio, Audio, Audio This week is all about audio, and how it plays a large part in storytelling. Audio is used in films and other forms of media for added effect. Remember those dramatic scenes in your favorite movie, and the... Continue Reading →

Assignment For this assignment, we had to find different audio clips or sounds effects and combine them to symbolize a certain emotion.I chose sounds that I thought represented sadness.  To complete this assignment, I found four different audio clips on freesound.org, and imported them into Audacity. I then trimmed them down and positioned them  to make the… Read More

Assignment For this assignment, we had to find different sound effects and combine them together to make something spooky, and have it last for at least one minute. To do this, I first found four different sound effects on freesounds.org and added them all into audacity. I then edited them to have them fit into… Read More

Today’s Daily Create: Segawa thirty-seven has mixed old an new in a selection of amazing animated gifs like the one above. you can find many Japanese and Chinese prints in the public domain to edit. Pick one and juxtapose old... Continue Reading →

Audio storytelling has definitely been new to me this week. I never really thought about the importance, process, or all of the details that actually went into audio storytelling. The importance of audio in digital storytelling impacts the emotions and feelings that the listener feels. Previous to this week, I never really thought about creating […]

For this audio assignment I had to create or display an emotion through sound effects. I ended up finding a beautiful acoustic version of the songs “Here Comes the Bride” and “Falling in Love With You” mashed together. I knew as soon as I heard it that I wanted to convey the emotion love by … Continue reading Wedding Emotion

I picked six clips of some of my favorite songs that end up making a pretty interesting song themselves. I molded these together to form a phrase in garageband. Can you guess these six songs that have molded together? This is a audio assignment for Ds...

Listening to “Moon Graffiti” it immediately captured my attention with the crackling and beeping sounds. It’s what you would have expected to hear over a radio or microphone 50 years ago. The beeping became louder as the tension rose and … Continue reading →

Dennis, the intellect host character of my blog, lives in a house on the east side of Saint Croix. Every morning he wakes up and then goes out on his sailboat to do some scuba diving. Today his scuba is cut short due to a storm rolling in. He gets home and watches the rain … Continue reading A Day in Dennis’ Life →

Well, after ruining a few cups of Latte I came up with the Latte Inkblot. Consider it like looking at the clouds… What do you see? I see a pair of hearts!

 

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This week we have been solely focused on audio storytelling, and in the process, I have learned a lot more about how audio can aid a story. There are many different ways audio impacts the storytelling process, all depending on what kind of story it is and how the audio is used. For example, a story… Read More