The “inflate your language” assignment (2.5 pts) was lots of fun! When I was in Middle School, my brother and I were watching TV and a special program on Victor Borge came on. We loved it, especially the inflationary language act, so when I saw this assignment I had to...

To be completely honest I can say that Audio Week has been my favorite week thus far. There is just endless things you can do with audio (music/sound effects/etc) and it’s incredible how you can piece them all together. The Radio bumper was by far my favorite assignment of the week and I experimented with … Continue reading Weekly Summary Week 4 →

This is the solo vocal trio assignment, worth 3 points. I do a good bit of guitar playing and singing in my spare time, and I’d been listening to this classic today so I thought it might work well. I forgot how long the gaps in vocals are. That’s the biggest problem here. It just … Continue reading Blackbirds →

Line Remix – (3 Stars) This assignment wanted us to remix a famous line and create a short story. I decided to use the famous line from the first Spider-Man (2002); “With great power comes great responsibility.” I decided to tell a story about my future self and how I finally accomplish my goal. I…

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The “Line remix” audio assignment caught my eye immediately. Do you know why? It is simply because of the “Elf” SoundCloud cover on the example! “Elf” is one of my favorite movies! Although that is what drew me to the assignment, I read the description and knew it would be challenging and creative, so here … Continue reading She’s the Man…NOT

The one required audio assignment this week was “Sound Effects Story”, and it had to be completed in relation to our characters. The prompt states: Tell a story using nothing but sound effects. There can be no verbal communication, only sound effects. Use at least five different sounds hat you find online. The story can … Continue reading Click, Clack, Crash… the Many Sounds of “Jewel”

Granted, I have probably heard thousands of radio bumpers in my lifetime from many different radio stations, I was oblivious to their official name, as well as, the process involved with making one. When tasked with creating a bumper for DS106 radio, the prompt states: Now that we have a #ds106 radio up and running … Continue reading This Bumper is Bumpin’!

When I first thought of audio as it relates to film, video, and noir, the types of sounds that came to mind were loud gun shots, screams, sirens, and voice-over narration. Although sound effects are crucial elements, there is so much more to audio in storytelling. I learned this through the resources that we watched, … Continue reading Did You Hear That?

This assignment to me is somewhat overwhelming but at the same time its so wide open that you can do anything. Rough Ideas: A corrupt female that is facing all sorts of problems A bad cop Something along the lines of a twilight episode plot With these ideas it will be interesting to see how … Continue reading Radio Show Ideas →

In watching the two versions of the opening of Touch of Evil and comparing and contrasting them, I was amazed to see just how much detail there is when it... Read more >

Ideas for a Radio Show: Themes: -detective theme -collaboration of different people’s original characters -conflict of original characters -modern detective or mid-1900s? -noir in a TV genre (soap-opera, game show, sci-fi) How to form the radio show: 1st: brainstorm with group members 2nd: script 3rd: create/find audio 4th: figure out if it would be easier … Continue reading What To Do For A Radio Show?

So live tweet-alongs are actually REALLY FUN! I live tweeted on Wednesday, along with what seemed like a good amount of people! I definitely learned a lot about radio shows, and how important sound is to a story. I was a little weary about listening, because when I watch TV, I tend to get easily […]

Well, I have used the term “DS106 Flow” in my Tweets before, and I can see why … Because it’s DEFINITELY an ebb-and-flow sort of relationship between DS106 and I.... Read more >