(to view image better, click on the photo or go to the following link https://www.flickr.com/photos/janellegelino/16309162718/. Once there, you can zoom in to have the text be more legible). This was a very frustrating assignment because I had trouble finding a newspaper generator … Continue reading →

In my first meeting with Niffer to discuss my senior project she asked me what I wanted to take away from this project and what I want to do after graduation in May. Both of these questions have been heavily weighing on me for the last few weeks. I knew when I picked this project…

My first task on my journey in my senior project was to research wallpaper for one of the wall panels along with finding the best gold paint for our money. I began this task by contacting Rosco Paints about getting possible paint chips and samples of their gold paints. I am looking into getting samples…

I had the spiel in high school that everyone else had. “Don’t plagiarize”, “Plagiarism is illegal”, “This is the definition of plagiarism…”. Buy I’ve come to realize that copy right issues run so much deeper than plagiarism. It’s not a black and white subject, cause you now have terms like “fair use” and “transformative quality” … Continue reading Copyrights and Creative Commons

After reading The Vignelli Canon I could compare almost everything Vignelli says to computer science. Computer science is using a programming language that uses a computer to solve a certain problem. Being a designer of a program is how Vignelli describes how he designs, and the computer is the audience that is viewing the design. … Continue reading Vignelli Canon review →

Tangled is one of my top favorite Disney movies of all time and I feel it sends a great message about the idea of dreaming and how it should be continuous. Flynn Ryder tells Rapunzel to find a new dream when … Continue reading →

This week we were asked to do a “designblitz” where we take pictures of ads, signs, etc. that illustrate principals/elements of visual design. So, in the spirit of noir, I took to the streets one cold, rainy night (Monday) to see how businesses use signs and lights to reach through the darkness and capture the eyes of passers-by. These signs… Read more →

Staroid: Give us a call when you need a cup of strength- boosting coffee. This was a very fun assignment to do! I looked up famous logos online and first saw Starbucks as something I could potentially use. Figuring out … Continue reading →

“The Vignelli Canon” listed many important aspects of design. Before reading this, I figured design would be complex, but there are really a lot of factors that go behind design. I paid more attention to the intangible factors. With semantics, … Continue reading →

If we had to make an introductory song to the Sitcom of our Life, if our life was a show, what would your song be? Above is my response. I tried to make it as cheesy as I possibly could and I even improvised the lyrics along with the rap. (excuse my t...

This weeks assignments were all largely audio based. This was exciting for me because I have to previous experience with audio editing software as well as digital audio workspaces. In the past I have used Audacity,Virtual dj, Traktor, Reason, and FL studio. I am most familiar with FL studio and prefer it over most other … Continue reading Weekly Summary

This concludes another week in ds106! Let’s take a look back at what I did this week. 1. Thought about audio storytelling The first thing I did this week was explore audio storytelling. I compared the original and the restored versions of “Touch of Evil” opening shot, and I explained why I thought the original… Read More

Creating audio pieces is a lot of fun, and I have to say that this been the best week yet. Long, but great. I started with my audio assignments which you can find at the following links: http://sayheyjanaye.com/assignments/melody-bay-at-the-beach/ http://sayheyjanaye.com/assignments/coming-out-and-how-it-ends/ http://sayheyjanaye.com/assignments/taylor-swifts-greatest-hits/ http://sayheyjanaye.com/assignments/radio-bumper/ The bumper assignment was a little intimidating because all the bumpers sounded so good! […]

Wow where to begin? Audio week has been pretty crazy as it was a form of media that I have not been too involved in. It placed many challenges for me while I was in the process of completing each assignment but even then they were all very entertaining. My favorite part of this week had … Continue reading Weekly Summary – Week Four →

This week our focus was everything audio. When I first watched the introduction video I realized what a difficult week this was going to be for me. Mostly because audio is something I have never really worked with, but I guess there is always a time to learn. The first thing I did this was […]

Well, I didn’t get it all done this week,  but I had a lot of fun! We learned all about audio storytelling this week, in general and as it is used in noir film and radio. I really enjoyed the fact that our explorations involved Ira Glass, from This American Life, Jad Abumrad of Radiolab, and Prairie Home Companion, all… Read more →

Here are a few ideas for a noir106 20-30 minute long radio show: 1) Noir Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy- There actually is a radio version of Hitchhiker’s Guide somewhere, that Douglas Adams worked on when he was still alive. Perhaps we could take one of the episodes and give it a noir feel? This […]

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For my final assignment this week I created a fake 911 call. The reason? Netflix had run out of episodes of The Office! Take a listen.

So I decided to do the make a song assignment. Here is a little 80’s themed track I put together using FL studio. All custom Synths

So this assignment was to create emotion through sound. The emotions I chose to create were stress and anxiety. When looking into “soundscapes” I noticed that most people attempted to create a scene that would evoke powerful emotion. I wanted to create a scene of loneliness in a way that felt inescapable such as being … Continue reading Emotion through sound

This is my “bumper” for ds106 radio, posted on soundcloud. Read more →

Here are some ideas I have for a 20-30 minute radio show: Fictional News Emergency - I always thought it would be entertaining (not just for the audience, but for myself) to reenact an emergency news situation and to say the famous lines “This Just in!…” and then rant about something completely random while pretending … Continue reading Radio Show Ideas →

For the listening part of understanding audio storytelling I tuned into the ds106 radio on Thursday night. We listened to two pieces, in which one was an older story and one was a newer story. When I tuned in I was a little anxious because I wanted to make sure I didn’t miss anything and […]

We have been tasked with “discussing audio in storytelling”, a vague, possibly momentous undertaking which leaves me unsure where to begin. So rather than an ambitious explanation, I’ll just sort of keep to what I looked at/listened to, and what I think/thought. Now first off, I watched all for sections of an interview with Ira Glass, host of This American… Read more →

Here is my daily create for 2/8/15. All of the work I have done in my life has led to this one fateful Daily Create. It is my crowning achievement.

We had a great week in DS106/Noir106 this week! We took on the challenge of interpreting the use of audio in all sorts of noir settings. I digging into our assignments: […]

One concept I have used for my character dossier is the Jerk with the heart of Gold concept that is conceptualized in Noir film. For a radio idea I was thinking maybe having a real Jerk with a heart gold on the show and people could call in and share experiences they have had with […]

This is a required audio assignment for the week of 2/1 to 2/8, but it does not count for any points this week. For my ds106 radio bumper, I put in the a bit of the score from the opening shot of Touch of Evil, and referenced a quote from the film 99 River Street- […]

This week I began thinking and brainstorming potential ideas for my upcoming radio show assignment. Nothing I am thinking about right now is final, but I do have some loosely developed ideas. I think it could be cool to do a noir-themed talk show. On this talk show we would have discussions and analysis of… Read More