The last assignment that I did this week was the Character Call. It said to make an audio that would be an attractant to a  character. I chose to do one for my character Conway who is a police officer. I used to soundbible and audacity to mash up there audio files. I used a … Continue reading Character Call →

Radio Show Progress: Week 1 So far in our radio show progress, we are trying to bounce ideas into forming into consistent theme for our radio show. We have many great ideas, however, we still need some more direction. I am going suggest to our group that we discuss our characters and their adventurers. Then…

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It was a pretty stressful week, starting with picking groups. I had no idea how it was going to work out but it seems to be going alright so far! The big things for next week are going to be getting everything into script form and then finally recording and editing. Which seems like a […]

Another Audio Assignment i chose to do this week was Make it 800% slower (3 stars). I chose this because I wanted to see if a song that I slowed down would sound as good as the one that music producer Nick Pittsinger slowed down, U smile. When I first started this assignment I was trying to … Continue reading Slow-Mo →

Our Design Poster for Radio Show: This poster was designed by Sahar. We decided use this poster because it visually demonstrates all of the elements of noir. In the picture there is glamour, romance, surveillance, and drama. One of our ideas is talk about how certain movies and music showcases noir styles. From there, we…

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The assignment I did last was Your Theme Song worth 4 stars about my character. What I chose was dramatic type sounds that I felt fit the image that I could see as being Caleb. I hope you like it.

Character’s Bird Calls (2pts): This call is to specifically call my character, Shadow, from hiding when needed be. It was created entirely from FreeSounds.org and Audacity. It is short because Shadow doesn’t need a long call, he is always listening. This call is a mix of a whistle and sounds from playing water glass. I … Continue reading Shadow’s Calling

This is my promo poster for “Noir Buzz,” a radio station that focuses on the latest shady doings in the headlines. From celebrities to our characters, to fictional interactions between the two, the station will be a hybrid of actual current event gossip and sensationalized retellings of those events with our characters along for the … Continue reading The Noir Buzz Promo →

I did an assignment the week where I created my own theme song. I did it based on my character, Conway’s life. I chose to use the instrumental “centuries” by fall out boys. This is a good song for him because he will be remembered forever. I added a countdown to the beginning of the … Continue reading Conway Theme Song →

After experimenting with the FreeSound website during audio week, I could not wait to get back at it! I found so many cool sounds when completing the assignments that just did not fit with what I was doing. I took advantage of them this week, however, with the “Emotions Through Sound” assignment. The prompt states: Try … Continue reading Can You Feel It!?

Me again. This is the stuff I did. Isn’t it beautiful?! Team Noirpaca Delves into the Radio Realm NOIRtorious Daddy Daughter Duets: The Loveless Edition I Bid You A Fond Farewell... Read more >

Your Theme Song (4pts): I downloaded The Pink Panther’s opening song from Youtube. I added some found effects from FreeSound.org. Throughout the song I added some symbol crashes and drumming, while also editing the sound of the original song.

One hand falling asleep and one painfully cramping from the Remix Speech & Song Assignment .. I #ds106 hard, y'all. #JustKeepSwimming Never have I ever stared at my computer for... Read more >

I only had one star left to do for my audio assignment so I chose an easy assignment- the “Based on 1-Quote-A-Day Project” audio assignment for 1.5 stars. I really liked this assignment just because I already had a great quote picked out! I usually find a quote to serve as motivation to get me […]

Weekly Summary 2/16-2/22 To start I’ll go through the assignments I created this week. Radio Show Design – http://bchristiansen.com/blog/assignments/radio-show-design/ This is the “Tune Squads” bumper sticker! It features a night sky background bringing out the Noir feel and then our name of the group, the members, and DS106 radio as well as Noir106. It simple … Continue reading Weekly Summary 2/16-2-22 →