To start, this week was an awful one. I had a terribly busy week along with some things going on in my personal life and Professor Groom was so kind to give me an extension so that I could complete the work. Groom you are the best! My two daily creates for the week: https://www.flickr.com/photos/128915231@N02/16246094033/ … Continue reading Weekly Summary March 16-22 →

I’m so excited to write my first blog post after taking over Kim’s blog! This week, I did three daily creates. They were all pictures, and were: a breakfast selfie, a 15 second batman, and an inspirational poster. For the first one, I was very excited to make a face...

It’s not to late … It’s NEVER to late to start anew.

For this assignment, everything started with Roger Eberts, “How to Read a Movie” and this piece was awesome. Some of his points were things that i have never thought of before and some things were so simple that are just overlooked by all. After reading Eberts piece watching Notorious by Alfred Hitchcock was a totally … Continue reading How to Read a Movie →

For the first assignment i completed, I chose to do a highlight reel for one of my favorite athletes. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/highlight-reels/ Channel your inner ESPN and clip together highlights of your favorite athete, set it to some music, and add an intro 5 Stars! For this assignment I picked Alex Ovechkin a right wing for the … Continue reading Video Assignements →

For today’s daily create we were to create a motivational poster of our own design. Personally, I have always wanted to look at someone, deadpan, and say… “You’re burning my biscuits here, bro.” Unfortunately, whenever the opportunity arises, I either...
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This past week has been quite heck-tic. There’s a lot of work coming now towards the end of the semester. There’s a bunch to keep up with. More and more each week I see my character coming alive and becoming her own person. I enjoyed the rainy poem because it allowed me the just free … Continue reading Weekly Summary #9 →

In the film Notorious, I chose to analyze the wine cellar scene.  I thought it was interesting as to why, in Brazil, they would have Champagne. Champagne is a product of France..I also saw that the bottle of Burgundy weren’t lying on their sides like the other bottles. It was also intriguing that Cary did … Continue reading Video Essay →

Overall, I think in our radio we covered what we initially  wanted in terms of theme. It was hard trying to make sense of noir with our theme but I think we were able to express the noir style very clearly. I would ave liked to have had a longer discussion with our characters but … Continue reading Final Radio Reflection →

On Thursday the 19th I listened to Dinner Party at 6. I chose to listen to them because I saw that they were a big group. I wasn’t entirely sure what their theme was going to be just by the name of the group so I wanted to be surprised. I sure was surprised listening … Continue reading Radio Listen #2 →

3 stars My favorite character is Simba. He grows up to take over. Similar to Rose King, she wants to become the next big country singer and take it to a new level. She has a new style of counry twang. Through music she wants to educate and lift the world with her words. She … Continue reading Favorite Actor/Actress Highlight Reel →

5 stars Her name is called Ronda Rousey. Rose King, my character, resembles her a lot. She has overcome many battles just like Rousey. My character used to have a run in with drugs  a long time ago before she found what she was meant to do. That was to become a country singer. She … Continue reading Highlight Reels →

Today’s Daily Create was to create a drawing of Batman in 15 seconds…this was really hard. I’m a terrible drawer. This took me longer than 15 seconds (sorry I cheated).

For this assignment, the guidelines were really simple. forward shot, look at something, forward shot. Then do the same thing with a different object, and see how by changing the object the clip completely changes meaning and connotation. I used...
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Victoire missed her dead brother. Did she ever tell you she had a brother? Probably not. Some things are best to keep close and not let other people see. Lest they use it as a weapon against you. He died...
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My cousin, her friend, and I have been accepted into the agency! Can’t wait to be a part of the BWA in WIDOW!! Grandma would be so proud that we are following in her footsteps. Here is their announcement:   From the desk of Britta Hensley CEO and chairwoman of the BWA&WIDOW Public Service Announcement:  … Continue reading return of the maNOIRpulators →

For today’s daily create I made a 15 second drawing of something batman related. So, here you go! For 15 seconds, I don’t think this is half bad. But that’s just me. But for real though do you think Batman...
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For the final unit of this course, I have decided to reunite with Sylvia Stone, Edie Waz, and Margaret Pinault; my best friend, cousin, and grandmother, respectively.  Together, we are the “MaNOIRpulators”. After meeting up at Edie’s bar a few weeks ago, we just knew we had to reconnect. The world would be lost without us. Let’s … Continue reading The Decision Heard Around the (DS106) World

I was inspired by this awful tutorial from some year that doesn’t even exist yet to make my own makeup tutorial for 5 bananas. (No black eyeliner? Come on.) I took a video of myself getting into hair and makeup, as if I were going onstage. I then had to cut and clip it left and … Continue reading How To Be Sexy

I did the silent movie assignment for 4.5 bananas.  I had an old video of myself and Sarah Mustard that I thought would be very important for the deaf people of the wold to see, since they can’t hear. Nobody should be a victim of theft. This was created using iMovie. I first took the … Continue reading The Most Compelling Story Ever Told.

For today’s daily create I had to draw Batman in 15 seconds. This is what I came up with. I got his mask and his cape and attempted the bat symbol on his chest. This shows me that I have kind of internalized the basic shape of Batman. Which is weird because I never knew … Continue reading 15 Second Batman