For this audio assignment I had to find 5 different sound effects online and put them together to make a story. I called my story “Revenge of the Dogs” because I based it off of the song “Who Let the Dogs Out?”. Before I give anything else away, here is my sound effect story: I … Continue reading Sound Effect Story

For this audio assignment I had to make an audio track that was Halloween themed or scared the listener. It also had to be a minute or longer in order to give the listener enough time to be scared. Before I give anything away, here is my spooky sound: I found the main song on … Continue reading Spooky Sound

This combines a lot of things that I ABSOLUTELY LOVE! I’m a huge fan of Audio and horror, so I’m going big this week with the 4 star assignment.  I want to use this track for my character Spooksy that I made as my host.  Going in, I wanted an ambient track of the sounds … Continue reading Spookys’s Haunted Mansion (AudioAssignments1418 4 Stars)

For this I went to the website with the free samples, and the first sample I clicked on was the ambient background with birds and traffic.  I started to think of what I could do with this, and decided that the cars you can hear faintly in the background would have an accident.  I also … Continue reading Car Crash On A Rainy Day (AudioAssignments70 3.5 Stars)

For today’s Daily Create, we had to create a story using only 5 flickr photos. Check out my story, Getting Caught!   From the small image sizes that I had to choose from, the third photo looked like a card scanner,... Continue Reading →

This seemed a bit easy, so I wrote a whole parody for the first verse of smells like Teen Spirit.  I called the song “Welcome to Wades”, it’s from the point of view of the manager of Wade’s burgers on opening day.  I basically sing goofy things over the regular words to most songs, so … Continue reading Welcome to Wades (AudioAssignments1820 2.5 Stars)

I listened to DS106 radio for a bit, and heard some of the intros on there, and most seemed to have just regular songs playing in the background.  I thought that worked, but I would rather play the song myself, so that it didn’t have words (I know you can get masters, separated by tracks, … Continue reading Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeds

An Eventful day

Audio is an integral part of video and film, without which the mediums wouldn’t work. You need the audio paired with the video to give you the engrossing experience that elicits the emotions, creates the escapism, and lets you experience a good movie or video. Think back to silent pictures, they had to interrupt the … Continue reading Kuuu Cheee Kuuu Cheee Kuuu Cheee (Audio Reflection)

Juicy and Sweet; Delicious to Eat… concrete poem

Skateboard's family came to visit this weekend. They arrived as I was puffing and wheezing home from my run. As I sat on my couch, guzzling water, sweating and congratulating myself for exercising for the first time in weeks, I heard the approach. . ."...

This week was really fun! I really love photography and exploring new was of creating stories with my photos. I found the tips in the different readings we had to do this week really to the point and helpful and I think I learned a lot this week! Reflecting on cinematography: I did things a little … Continue reading Week 4 Summary

This week was images!!! My favorite! However, besides this course, I had a lot going on – 2 quizzes, 2 exams, 3 practices, and too many tutorials and meetings to count! I completed most of my star assignments on Monday –... Continue Reading →

This photo of my purse shows all the most important items I carry around with me each day. The biggest item is my wallet which carries almost all the most important stuff like my license, my school ID, my debit card and any cash I’m carrying around. The next biggest thing is my little bag … Continue reading My Daily Essentials

Another assignment for this week was to review the cinemagraphic effects of horror movie.  For this review, I chose the Movie, Near Dark.  As I was watching the movie, I took notes as to which effect I could pick out.  They... Continue Reading →

This week was very interesting for me personally. I tried to read through the list of our assignments that we needed to do for week 4 but my eye kept jumping to the Photoblitz. I was confused and curious as to what a Photoblitz was and decided to read through the description of it. I … Continue reading Weekly Summary 9/18/2015

My all time favorite place to go is Half Moon Bay, California. It is one of the cutest towns and most beautiful chilly beaches you will ever go to. To create this collage I just grabbed a few images off of google and used the pic stitch app to put them together. It’s so beautiful!!

I enjoyed doing this week’s work. While having very limited experience with photography in practice, I’ve studied it before and forgotten most everything that I’ve learned. However, I did find it interesting that this week focused more on it. To that end, I also enjoyed doing this week’s assignments. The first one that I tackled … Continue reading My Weekly Summary (#4) →

This movie is an excellent example of horror for many reasons. As such, I want to take my time and explore some reasons that explain why. The first of these is depth. One great example of depth in this movie is one of the hallway scenes following the child on the tricycle. I say that … Continue reading The Shining, an analysis by James Rives →

I took this picture today with my girlfriend at the river by our school and I thought it would be really fun to mess with the colors. I used an app called afterlight and messed with the color hues until I liked how it looked.

For this assignment, I had to watch a horror movie and find elements of emotion in stills from the movie. I decided to watch The Ring because it was the first horror movie I ever saw and thought it would be easier to dissect it since I have seen it many times. I also wanted … Continue reading Cinematography is More Than Entertainment

For this assignment I decided to make a collage of my favorite animal: the Fennec Fox. I just took four pictures off of google images and used the app called pic stitch to put all the images together in a collage. Hope you enjoy these adorable little a...

This week was very fast and furious for me.  I was dealing with the loss of a family member who is near and dear to my heart.  However, I did manage to get all the work done.  Not sure I can articulate what I did very well but here’s what happened, as I remember it. … Continue reading Summary Week 4

This week was rough. I didn’t look ahead of time and put it all off until the last minute so I couldn’t do a lot of things. I feel like the week just flies by and next thing I know it’s Friday and this is due. I think I just need to get better about […]

Looking at the world through the lens was the task of this week! So I decided to do something different and instead of writing out my process and evaluation I thought why not have a video! I hope that you enjoy my crazy thought process and comment! Photography Reflection Bride of Frankenstein Paranormal Photo Storytelling […]

  I took my original picture (which I notice is a different version but it’s only off by one head) and added a couple of different filters to create new effects and different lighting. I actually think the edited version looks super cool!  

  Doc and Brady are my new adopted kitties. The boys are brothers and were both found on the side of the road in the town where I am from. They have a sister but she was not up for adoption at the time I adopted the two boys. Brady is mine and is named […]

That’s the last time I ever take a selfie with this old phone, I swear. I knew this thing was a piece of junk when I bought it, but I suppose there’s no accounting for taste… I just wanted something that would work when and if I needed to make calls, text someone, or listen … Continue reading A paranormal happening… →