I watched both opening videos from Touch of Evil and the differences are clear. In the video that was not Orson Wells there was no sound, but I was still waiting for the BOOM. The video kept going even when the couple was near the car. I thought for suspense they would kill off the … Continue reading The difference between Evil and Good

Today’s Daily Create was to caption a PUPPY!!! (and it was a noir puppy)

Here are some ideas for the DS106 Radio Show project… In the theme of film noir: – use the Prairie Home Companion’s Guy Noir: Private Eye as inspiration and narrate the stories of your run of the mill guy taking...
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Radio Noir in the USA by Jesse Schlotterbeck, from Companion to Film Noir discusses how noir as a style was popular not only in film and stories, but in radio broadcasts as well. I had no idea that noir radio was so...
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In continuing our discussion of audio in film noir, let’s take a look at  Touch of Evil Opening Shot and Orson Welles – Touch of Evil (1958) – opening (NO-restored version). Let’s start with the first link: Touch of Evil Opening Shot . The...
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So, on Tuesday night at 9pm I tuned into the ds106 Radio channel to see what all the fuss was about. Tonight’s program was about a detective on a quest for a strange black bird that turns out to be...
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Audio is a huge part of films and videos. It is used to set the tone, mood, and setting. It shows the feelings of characters and the surrounding environment. Sound has been an essential component of the videos we have watched. It drives the stories because it goes along with the actions happening and foreshadows … Continue reading Audio Reflection

For this visual assignment (2 stars) I chose “glitch art” because it reminded me of some of the funny ones I’ve encountered such as the panda on Flickr. I made this picture on powerpoint and screenshotted it to put it here.

In this visual assignment (1 star) I created a word cloud with words about my character Eden. I chose this assignment because I wanted to see if I could make the cloud seem noir and relate to her life. In order to make it, i used this website, which is different than the one listed for the assignment. … Continue reading Edie’s Cloud →

No witty title or post this time around. I miss you more with each passing day, with each second that goes by. You are not the same person you use to be. I wish you would just wake up out … Continue reading →

In this visual assignment (2 stars) I’m using my noir character, Edie Waz, as the post-it writer. Because of this, I don’t have any references to help with the context besides my older posts. Edie’s Bag, A Canary, and Her Introduction I chose this post because I thought it would be another way to build my character as well … Continue reading Edie’s Post-its →

This week one of our required assignments was to do the Sound Effects Story Audio Assignment for 3.5 stars. I had a lot of fun with this one. It was the first thing I did when I downloaded audacity. I know the digital knowledge center is a great resource and if I really do get stuck […]

The first thing I did was listen to and read the different examples listed. Here’s my reflection on them: 1. “Touch of Evil” opening shot. These two examples compared the effects of street sound vs theme music for the beginning of the movie. Here are the links: (Street Sound) (Theme Music) For me, I personally … Continue reading Audio Reflection

The Daily Create assignments for Monday and Tuesday were too great to pass up, so therefore, I have checked those off of the list this week. As soon as I saw the prompt for “urban decay”, I knew exactly what to capture. On its last limb, I knew of a shed that is one rotten … Continue reading Urban Apologies