Sound in films and media is vital in our understanding of what is happening. A movie soundtrack makes or breaks a film. Sound effects and audio quality have similar importance; if the sound effects are too excessive or abrasive, or if the voice levels and quality differs from one person or scene to the next, … Continue reading Understanding Audio: Before Now →

This assignment I decided Sally should talk about her saloon a little bit since not many know of this fine establishment! Sally has a great place just her rough housing brothers may put a damper on things! This assignment wasn’t hard, the hardest part was coming up with what to say. Other than that I … Continue reading Sally’s Saloon

We were assigned to do a radio bumper this week and here’s mine! It’s obviously nothing special and my laptop fan is loud as heck and I have no idea how to fix that but here it is! I tried to go for that western vibe but I think I just sound kind of funny. … Continue reading Don’t move a muscle!

I decided to split up my audio reflection. This post is about Moon Graffiti. I really enjoyed this radio episode. I love how the sound effects really gave me a sense of what was happening, whether it be the crash in the very beginning or sounds of them being on the moon. The music also … Continue reading To infinity and beyond… or not…

What happened to Dr.Oblivion?? @ds106dc #tdc1492 #ds106 Dr.Oblivion was tired of his daily life.He faked his death and rode off into the wild west! pic.twitter.com/x2iVNy20eH — Natalie Motley (@NatalieCPSC106) February 8, 2016

A movie would be nothing without sound, most of us don’t realize how big of a difference a movie would make without sound. Not only just the actual language but the intensive sounds it goes along with it. Ira Glass suggest the antidote which follows one another, so one way to incorporate sound is by … Continue reading "Audio Storytelling"

*For this bumper assignment we had to create our own radio station. I named mine cowgirl digital storyteller, and I incorporated old western guitar melody in the background. I think its important to incorporate music so listeners don’t get tired of your voice, and they have a nice melody to listen to when you’re talking. … Continue reading "Bumper"

This audio assignment was worth three and a half stars contributing to the total 8 stars worth of audio assignments we had to complete this week. I chose to complete this assignment because I thought it seemed like a pretty fun idea. When songs come on the radio I like to guess what their title could … Continue reading Name this song!

For one of this week’s tasks we were to choose one of four provided audio assignments. As such, I chose to complete the audio assignment titled “What a song might mean to you”. I decided to complete this assignment for this task rather than the other choices based on its details. I feel songs and … Continue reading What a song means to me audio assignment

An audio assignment we had to complete this week was titled “Sound effects story”.  For this audio assignment I had to create a story using only sound effects. But, to add to the difficulty of this assignment, the story had to be based on my western character, Talie. In order to create Talie’s story I … Continue reading Sound Effects story audio assignment

Last week was filled with great photos by everyone! The photography group was tasked with choosing our favorites from the whole week and boy, was it tough. We decided on these five to showcase: Congrats to these people, and good job to all the other brilliant ideas from the week! Good luck to you in … Continue reading Pictures to Remember: Week 4 Showcase →

Today we had to create an additional saying to the code of cowpoke. I thought about what type of advice I would want to hear if I was a cowgirl out west. So, here is my daily create: @ds106dc #tdc1491 #ds106 Don't follow in the path of others' horses or boots, trail blaze your own … Continue reading Feb. 7, 2016 Daily Create

I found this audio segment, titled “Moon Graffiti” very interesting. I have previously never thought about speeches that would have been given if certain national events did not go according to plan. As such, this audio segment opened my mind to more thoughts than just the aspects regarding audio. However, with the provided storyline I … Continue reading “Moon Graffiti” Audioreflection

Audio in storytelling is extremely important. The way in which the story is spoken greatly impacts the listeners’ opinion and perspective on the story that is being told. For example, the tone which the speaker uses can alter what the listener interprets. Also, the sequence of events within the audio story affects the listener. For … Continue reading Audio Storytelling Reflection

So for my radio show I was thinking of incorporating a bunch of different western girls and maybe each talking about their experiences in the rodeo. Girls are mostly seen as weak or “can’t handle the pressure.” So what I could do is get a bunch of ladies and talk about their experiences wether they … Continue reading "Radio Show Ideas"

This Soundcloud audio is about people going to space or the moon. When I first listened to the podcast, I didn’t now what to expect. It started out really dramatic, and scary, the people were trying to land and you the effects of them going on and off created the suspense effect. Then the two … Continue reading "Moon Graffiti"

*This assignment bank was created as if someone was walking through a graveyard. Here are the sounds I chose to make it sound super spooky! Enjoy! https://soundcloud.com/user-72233031/spooky-sounds

*For my story I had to incorporate my western belle. So what I did was an alarm clock to have her be waken up, then she went on her horse to her boyfriends house. Was happy to see him so she started kissing him, but then laughed because in the back of her mind she … Continue reading "Sound Effect Story"

*For this Assignment Bank we had to quickly talk about our interests for 30 seconds. It was really hard to think on the spot what I had to say. But overall it was a cool idea! I incorporated a picture of Liam Hemsworth..because he’s my favorite https://soundcloud.com/user-72233031/celebrity-speed-dating    

Power plugs are ubiquitous. Can you make a creative photo of such a common thing? Take a photo that represents of destruction. Make the subject is isolated against a very bright background. Gauges, meters, and turn signals are all indicators. Make a creative photo of paired opposites. A perfect line. Make a photo of interesting […]

Today’s daily create challenge was to greet another ds106 class member with a western name! See how I greeted another westerner below!

  So, for this assignment, I had to locate a photo of a couple and provide a back story. I looked in this case for an older couple because I feel like they have more noteworthy love stories. When I selected the image, it was odd to see where it originated because the story it […]

This assignment was to create a Brady Bunch image using family or friends. Picked people for this one was a breeze because my family is already sort of a Brady Bunch. I have one child from a previous marriage, in the bottom right, my wife has three, all on the left, and we have one […]

Merrell, the savvy gambler that he is, has a few necessities that he carries with him on the trail. For this assignment, I created an image of the overturned contents of Merrell’s saddle bag. The first step was, obviously, to give some thought to the sort of items he might carry, starting with a the […]

Most classes with the number of assignments that this one has are, to be blunt, overly repetitious. That the focus of the class is shifting from one media type to another each week, and that there is some amount of freedom in choosing which assignments I do is somewhat refreshing. So, this week, the focus […]