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Weekly Summary – Week 2

by erinradar

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January 25, 2015

When I read the assignments for this week on Tuesday, I was already overwhelmed. I got rejected from film school for screenwriting before going to UMW and really haven’t done any creative writing since, so this week was pretty daunting. I… Continue Reading →
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Shawshank Redemption

by pboyle

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January 25, 2015

This movie has to be one of the greatest movies of all time. I will give you reasons why. First the characters were lovable, all most any character in that movie, you could relate to them. The guy that cannot read, at some point in your life, you could not read. Brooks, he did not … Continue reading Shawshank Redemption
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A Reflection on Noir: Where are we going?

by mayds106

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January 25, 2015

Noir is confusing. Noir is fast. Noir is dark. Noir is suspect. These are simple sentences,…
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Insert “Wut.” gif here

by ebostaph

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January 25, 2015

After reading The Shadow, The Postman Always Rings Twice, and The Killers there are some common themes that I have noticed. Everything and I mean EVERYTHING is over dramatized to a point where it almost seems unrealistic (even for being … Continue reading →
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Twitter Poetry Challenge

by skinzer

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January 25, 2015

This assignment required me to create a poem from the trending topics on Twitter. This poem is about my character, Folami Turay, and it helps to describe her powerful attitude and general aesthetic. Ami The #RoyalRumble sounds as she walks down the street. It’s not Valentine’s Day but she adorns her finger #WithThisRing the size of […]
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The Killers by Ernest Hemingway

by dalinafoo

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January 25, 2015

This reading shows two characters plotting to kill a boxer. Nick, the protagonist tells the boxer about his planned death but is shock to find that the boxer doesn’t care. I feel like there’s hardly any emotion to this story. It’s just dark, weary, and the characters are very content except Nick. It really blows […]
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Two for the Show

by bburns

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January 25, 2015

Today I concluded my work for week two of ds106. It was another crazy week! Here’s what happened: 1. I read some noir. There were four readings that I did, and I responded to all of them in the post I’m linking to below. Be sure to read the comments as well! http://www.brianburnsofficial.com/uncategorized/noir-readings/ 2. I… Read More
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Week Two – Writing Noir

by jnemeth

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January 25, 2015

There was a whole lot of writing for this week, intercut with the daily creates. The ones I ended up…
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Rex (Bloody Knuckles)

by pboyle

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January 25, 2015

He walks the streets and only talks if he thinks your having a problem. He works for nobody, he controls the streets by killing people that do not understand his point of view.
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Noir Readings and Reflections

by bgoulet

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January 25, 2015

After going through the three readings that will be mentioned later on in this blog post, I now can confidently say that I have an understanding of the style of Noir. Among the pieces, I have read The Postman Always Rings Twice, Chinatown and then my personal favorite, The Shadow, a script for the Death Triangle episode. I will … Continue reading Noir Readings and Reflections →
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Week Two: Creative Explosion

by kkroehl

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January 25, 2015

This week pushed me beyond my usual creative limit. I had already explored blog themes last week, but the plugins were new and exciting! The readings seemed more like a continuation from last week, and were a good ease-in to the rest of the week, but not my favorite assignments....
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Alternate Ending – The Killers

by bbrady

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January 25, 2015

Outside the arc-light shone through the bare branches of a tree. Nick walked up the street beside the car-tracks and turned at the next arc-light down a side street. Three houses up the street was Hirsch’s rooming-house. Nick walked up the two steps and pushed the bell. A woman came … Continue reading →
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2nd Week in Review

by cmattes2

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January 25, 2015

My review to some noir readings http://cmattes2.com/uncategorized/reviews-on-these-dark-readings/ My Character Dossier introduction http://cmattes2.com/uncategorized/my-character-dossier-micheal-bretton/ Alternate ending to The Shadow writing assignment http://cmattes2.com/uncategorized/alternate-ending-to-the-shadow/ Renegade teacher writing assignment http://cmattes2.com/uncategorized/renegade-teacher-3-points/ The unusual superhero writing assignment http://cmattes2.com/uncategorized/the-unusual-superhero-2-points/ My three daily creates this week http://cmattes2.com/uncategorized/three-daily-creates-for-the-week/ Look I participated! http://ds106blog.missmoonstarsun.com/uncategorized/writing-assignment/ http://briannecomden34.com/uncategorized/the-killers-alternative-ending/#comment-13 Not gonna lie. Opening up The Wild Party PDF after watching the […]
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The Killers who didn’t kill anything

by pboyle

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January 25, 2015

The story was good, but the title should have been something else. I thought going into this that someone would be dying. The kid went over to ole Anderson’s house and he just sat in the bed. I thought he would get up and do something with his life, but no he sat there. I … Continue reading The Killers who didn’t kill anything
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Noir Characters and Murder Readings WS2

by kbarbeelibrary

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January 25, 2015

This is my weekly summary for my second week in the ds106 ‘noir 106′ class and so far I am enjoying every story I’ve read and found the Writing Assignments this week very enjoyable to create and write about. Daily Creates: Cat playing a Synthesizer in Space Eye Selfie Collage of My Day Readings/Writing Assignments: … Continue reading Noir Characters and Murder Readings WS2
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Week Two: A Summary

by srechter

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January 25, 2015

An absolutely crazy week for me, I didn’t have nearly enough time to do the work I wanted, but I’m all geared up to be right there starting next week. I had fun reading through more examples of noir. In particular, I was thrilled to read through Robert Towne’s Chinatown screenplay. I’ve heard for some … Continue reading Week Two: A Summary →
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Still ringing– Spoiler Alert

by ahowlan2

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January 25, 2015

I’m not even 100% sure how to respond to “the post man always rings twice.” I honestly did not like the story very much. There are many points where I would expect it to end, but it just kept going. Not only that, but I’m kind of confused by the relationships that were going on. … Continue reading Still ringing– Spoiler Alert →
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Week 2

by amaratel

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January 25, 2015

Character Dossier- My Character’s name is Claudia Rose. She was born in the the early 1930’s in the Upper East Side of New York. She was raised by her mother only. Her father left soon after she was born. Claudia moved around New York her entire childhood. Her mother worked as a temp at law … Continue reading Week 2
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Wild Party Alternate Ending

by skinzer

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January 25, 2015

While I was reading about noir, one of the works I studied was TheWild Party by Joseph Moncure March. I really enjoyed this piece, but was a bit unsatisfied with the ending. The two romantic interests of the main character get into a fight, with one dying and the other ending up in prison. This seemed quite abrupt […]
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Writing Assignment – The Onion’ed Article

by erinradar

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January 25, 2015

Original article: “Sunday night-Monday snow likely to cause problems; exact accumulations elusive” “It’s probably not going to snow tomorrow… but you can freak out anyways.” A recent look at this colorful radar display which means absolutely nothing and changes almost every… Continue Reading →
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The Daily Create (1/25/15)

by cloehr

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January 25, 2015

Today’s “The Daily Create” was to create a Word Painting. So, I created a word drawing with just a simple dandelion idea.
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His name is Marcus Jackson.

by phoenix

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January 25, 2015

A tall, intelligent, and arrogant college student. Marcus was in a bar watching his college football team. He had been invited to go, but decided to not go to live event. It doesn’t matter anyway. In a couple of week he will be kicked out of school. Into the unknown. Marcus looks around at his…
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Tilly Warnock: Words of Wisdom

by srechter

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January 25, 2015

I took the excellent Writing Process class with Dr. Rigsby a number of semesters ago and have carried this quote from Tilly Warnock with me since leaving: “I learned to respect the potentialities and probabilities of revision, as I learned to respect the fallacy of hindsight, the truths we create with hindsight, the patterns we … Continue reading Tilly Warnock: Words of Wisdom →
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The Freddy Affair, Episode 1

by Andrew Forgrave

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January 25, 2015

Paul Bond (@phb256, on Twitter) posted a request earlier today for some #noir106 bumpers for ds106radio. After a bit of messing around, I decided that this particular project needed a new voice, and so the narration was re-recorded (and slightly modified). We always tend to be hyper-critical of our own recorded voices when we hear […]
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Week Two

by cheyannenicole291992

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January 25, 2015

This week was a lot easier than last week. I was able to get the entire detailed list accomplished pretty quickly this week because I had my WordPress site up and running now. I first read some of the noir stories from the list but my personal favorite was “The Shadow”. I then answered the […]
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Learning to Write in the Dark!

by kparker3

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January 25, 2015

“Writing & Noir” is the perfect, simple title for this week because there was plenty of both. When considering noir-style writing, we read it, read some more of it, analyzed it, and certainly wrote our fair share of it, as well. The noir readings,”The Postman Always Rings Twice”, “The Killers”, “The Shadow”, and “Debris”, certainly … Continue reading Learning to Write in the Dark!
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Time Flies (Week 2 Down)

by cloehr

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January 25, 2015

How is the second week of school coming to an end? This semester is already starting to go by so quick! This week in digital storytelling, we focused on noir literature and writing. After beginning the week by reading three different pieces of noir literature, I was in the mind set for all of the … Continue reading Time Flies (Week 2 Down)
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A Bloody Aftermath: An Alternative Ending

by srechter

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January 25, 2015

“We’re gonna ask you some questions now, H.W, ok?” says an older, hefty police officer, breathing heavily with overwrought concern. H.W Plainview was pulled away from his family by two officers at the train station for reasons he couldn’t hear. Still furious at his father, he couldn’t imagine any other force in the world that … Continue reading A Bloody Aftermath: An Alternative Ending →
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Reflections on prime examples of noir.

by jnemeth

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January 25, 2015

Chinatown and The Postman Always Rings Twice both carry several core features of noir. Though they exist in different formats, they embody the…
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Welp, Week Two is Finally Over

by stephen

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January 25, 2015

This week for me was a lot different than last week. I do not mind reading and writing but the hard part for me is just getting started. I found myself just perusing the ds106 website trying to find something else that did not have to do with reading but in the end I knew […]
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