That Postman is Back at it Again
So yesterday I watched The Postman Always Rings Twice from 1946, because I was interested in seeing how the story we read the second week of classes would be depicted in a…
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Reading My Own Poetry
Though this daily create was simple, I appreciated it very much. Hesitation regarding reading my own poetry aloud is yet another self-imposed barrier that DS106 has now helped me break down. Here I am reading my rainy day poem, “You...
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Silent “Pixels”
After spending a ridiculous amount of time on my LEGO stop motion short film, I peeked into the assignment bank hoping for something quick and easy. I’m terrible with video editing on the whole and was rather pressed for time,...
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How to: Read a Movie
This week we were assigned to read Roger Ebert’s “How to Read a Movie” as well as watch three videos of our choosing (from a list). I chose to watch The Shining-Zooms, Camera Angle and Techniques, and Examples of Editing Techniques. I do not really know much about reading into films or movies, so all […] -
Reading Movies
I read Rodger Ebert’s “How to read a Movie” and it was interesting how he would stop the scene and look at where the characters were as far as their possession relative to where another person was in that scene. The way that a film critic looks at a movie is much different than I … Continue reading Reading Movies -
Finial Radio
WOW! there are so many things I loved about this radio show. First the people that I worked with were amazing. The radio show itself was challenging but something happened and I cannot really explain it, that changed me. The Audio assignments the week before helped out, but nothing could prepare me for what was … Continue reading Finial Radio -
Radio Listen
On Tuesday night I had the pleasure of listening to “Get a Clue” and it had a lot of great lines in it which meant the writing for the show was amazing. The idea to have 5 different stories about the same event was great. Each view point was different and it made the story … Continue reading Radio Listen -
A Walk Down Memory Lane!
Although I graduated from high school just last year, it seems like a long time ago! My years at Stafford High School were pretty great, despite the many, many hours that I spent on homework and studying for AP and Honors classes. Four years of varsity basketball, combined with awesome friends, provided an outlet for the … Continue reading A Walk Down Memory Lane! -
The End of Radio Sleuths
It felt weird to hear my voice being broadcast on ds106 radio, but also pretty exciting! I’m really happy with how the Steadfast Sleuths ended up sounding on the radio and thought it was funny when our night of radio shows became known as the ‘noir cat night’ because of cats being present in all three … Continue reading The End of Radio Sleuths -
Sara’s Dance Journey
This is a 4 stars assignment and it should include clips from artists live performances and make them into a music video! I have spent at least 5 hours making this video. I chose this video assignment because it is the best way to describe my character and get her out there more. It gives a short … Continue reading Sara’s Dance Journey → -
Clue Party
This week I listened in and tweeted about the “Dinner Party at 6″ radio show broadcast on Thursday. I was really excited when I found out it was based on the movie Clue, which is one of my favorite films. The sound effects used in the dining room sequence, including the silverware and the thunderstorm … Continue reading Clue Party -
Comedy Star
This star made out of newspaper comic strips was made for the Daily Create ‘Junk Mail art‘ to make art out of junk mail. My grandparents send me the comics from our local newspaper every weekend because I would always read them when I’m home. I lucked out because one of the comics had someone laughing, … Continue reading Comedy Star -
The Blurry Hero
For the Daily Create ‘Arty Blur photo‘ you have to take a photograph with an ‘artistic blur’ made with a slow shutter speed or by just wiggling the camera. I took this picture when I attended the convention Katsucon. I saw this person dressed as a cross between Iron Man and Umbreon and snapped a … Continue reading The Blurry Hero -
Scott’s Visit to El Jota’s Night Club
http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/this-is-my-story/ (Three Stars) For this assignment I had to tell a story using flashcards. I decided to have Scott tell the story of when he and his co-owner Liam visited El Jota’s night club. To make this video I wrote the flashcards and then recorded myself holding them up. Once I finished recording I realized … Continue reading Scott’s Visit to El Jota’s Night Club -
Out of the Cocoon….Sound to Video
As I have struggled with taking on a larger video project than intended I thought I would take a break and try a shorter creation. I decided to take one of my commercials from audio week and visualize it. I … Continue reading → -
Notorious: Video Essay
For the video essay assignment, I decided to watch the movie Notorious by Alfred Hitchcock. For my video essay, I focused on the scene when Grant tells Bergman about the about his plan to have her seduce one of her past acquaintances. I read through Roger Ebert’s How to read a movie. I concentrated my... -
The Steadfast Sleuths Triumphant Return
I am excited and proud to announce my creation of the Steadfast Sleuths Video Trailer! In this trailer I wanted to make sure I alluded to the plot without giving too much away. I found that it was tricky to create a video during the time we were creating our... -
“The Last Bit Lost” — A Stop Motion LEGO Short Film
This week, I spent a long time planning. I saw the “30 Second Documentary“, and decided to plan for a stop motion LEGO assignment. “The Last Bit Lost” is about the most tragic time in Donnie Rawlen’s life–when his family...
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Daily Create- Rainy Day 2: A poem reading
Yesterday, we were asked to create a poem about the rain and today we were asked to read out the poem. My poem is called Remember to Look for the Umbrellas. The poem is about my tendency to forget to look outside to see people carrying umbrellas. The window in my room is at an... -
Team Noirpaca Signing Off.
Radio Week was a whirlwind of all sorts of experiences, both new and familiar. The most familiar aspect of our Radio Show project was doing group work, which I tend... Read more > -
Heard it On the Radio: Get A Clue!
This week I decided to tune into to the radio show “Get A Clue” since Team Noirpaca and the Clue-sters originally had similar inspiration for their radio shows! The premise was... Read more > -
The Postman Always Rings Twice Again
For this assignment, I analyzed a scene from The Postman Always Rings Twice. It was the one in the beginning that involved Nick, Cora and Frank in the kitchen discussing the Twin Oaks sign. It was a little weird for me to speak to people I couldn’t see and hold a conversation practically with myself but I quickly got the hang of… Read more →
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The Fifth Wall
I put a slight twist on the ‘Special Person Montage’ assignment for the week of 3/16 to 3/21. It is worth 5 points. I wanted to use this assignment as an opportunity to show my significant other how important they are to me. I dug through old footage we filmed together last year and attempted to […] -
Slow or Motion in the Ocean?
Trying to figure out the meld of video week between #Noir106, open course – #ds106 and personalized learning plan. I think I overshot on this week. Blended using my Dad as my character and video. I got caught up in … Continue reading → -
Silk Road: The Listening
On Wednesday, March 18th, 2015, my and Sarah Kinzer’s radio show entitled ‘Silk Road’ aired on the ds106 radio site. It was delightful to participate in the ‘live tweet’ and learn what others thought of our work. I was surprised by how well it was received, and the experience made me realize how much fun […] -
My Special Person Montage: Shirley Mayfield
5 Stars Take a journey through the friendship of Shirley Mayfield and Veronica Smith. Shopping pals, with a flare for fashion and fun this video from Veronica to Shirley is a symbol of their friendship. Friendship is very near and … Continue reading → -
NOIR at Night: The Listening
On Wednesday, March 18th, the radio show I worked on- entitled ‘Silk Road’- aired directly after a radio show called NOIR at Night. The people behind NOIR at Night definitely interpreted this project in a way that I never would have imagined. Instead of creating a fictional narrative involving their character dossiers like Sarah and […] -
Beause We Need To Know How Thirsty Blair Got After NNTF
Gues who’s baaaaack?! WE ARE. Noir Not the Father is meeting again to create a video project. We are super excited and it should hopefully live up to our radio show. Our plan is to have NNTF Reunion show, where we bring everyone back and talk about what has happened in their lives since the […] -
radio days are over
I really loved the collaboration aspect of doing the radio shows. It was so great to get to bounce ideas off of others. I think I might have worked harder and thought harder than I would have if I were working on my own because I wanted to keep up with the rest of my […] -
Your Plan just got Foiled
So clearly from the trailer I posted yesterday, I chose to complete choice 2 for the video assignments this week. I am working with Kim and Kayleigh to create a…
