My superhero name is Lightning Man! My super power is the ability to control the weather! Here it is on my flickr. @ds106dc #ds106 #tdc1392 I am Lightning Man! My super power is the ability to control the weather pic.twitter.com/4eELY8jGer — Miles Davis (@miles_mdavis) October 31, 2015

The Work Itself  This is my second of two required video assignments for this week. This assignment is titled “DIY Product Commercial“. Its instructions were to “create a commercial for a product you have made your self. the video should be 45 seconds to 1 minute long and contain LIVE acting. no copy and past … Continue reading Reed & Cane Basket Commercial

The Work Itself  This video assignment is titled “Compilation Video!”. The instructions are to “pick a theme and download multiple videos from Youtube that fit the theme. Cut them up and create a compilation video by putting the clips to music.” The difficulty of this video is 3. 5 stars out of 5. I used … Continue reading 2015 Lacrosse Goals

#tdc1393: Your cartoon self. @ds106dc #tdc1393 cartoon me pic.twitter.com/6x7OvFDfyl — miranda ds106 (@mirandabloggin) November 2, 2015 —SALTY SKINN

“How To Read A Movie” by Roger Ebert is an article that describes Ebert’s analysis of a film. I found many connections with this article to my athletics experiences. First, Ebert states that before a proper analysis can be conducted, it is vital to be familiar with the director and context/background of the film. This relates to … Continue reading “How To Read A Movie” Roger Ebert

Happy Halloween!! #tdc1392: You decide! This daily create was a “you decide”! Someone tweeted a daily create for everyone to do and it ended up being one where you had to add something to a picture of yourself and describe what superpower you now have. Mine is the power of love!! I added stickers #tdc1392 … Continue reading Daily Create 10/31/15

How to read a movie response: “A person located somewhat to the right of center will seem ideally placed. A person to the right of that position will seem more positive; to the left, more negative. A centered person will seem objectified, like a mug shot.” In general terms, in a two-shot, the person on … Continue reading →

My second assignment for the week is called Special Person Montage and is worth five stars. This assignment required you to use pictures, videos, etc of you and someone special to you and create a video about why and how they are special to you.   Steps: Go to the website called Not Digital Truth Telling Click on the link that says

Hello, Hello! ALMOST THERE GUYS! ALMOST THERE! WOO HOO! I think this week may have been a favorite for me. I think I said that…

Overall, I really enjoyed this week! I wasn’t sure what to think of Video Storytelling, but I found it to be so interesting given that it’s a combination of a lot of the techniques we’ve learned throughout this semester. I was able to employ some of my new-found knowledge about both audio and visual storytelling. […]

For my second video assignment this week, I decided to complete Do The Hitch Cut for 4 stars. [Alfred Hitchcock, the legendary master of suspense, shares a brief 90-second lesson on how a simple change in a three-shot edit can result in evoking a completely different response from the viewing audience.Can you do the Hitch […]

Assignments: Reading Movies Pursuit of Happyness Video Assignments: Utada Mania Don’t Sweat It Another week of wonderful experiences. Wooo. I have no interest in film or movies so there wasn’t much for me to enjoy this week. I enjoyed discovering more about Utada Hikaru. Video can be powerful when used correctly. It can be used to … Continue reading Week 10

I read this article about how to ‘read a movie’. How does one ‘read a movie’? Basically, you introspect the hell out it. You can mute the audio to more closely examine the video-component, and you can also ignore the video to more closely analyze the audio’s impact on the work. Ebert points out that there are many aspects of … Continue reading Reading Movies

I watched a clip from Pursuit of Happiness. Without audio, the first half of the clip had many camera shots, as the man was in a race to get to a job interview. Having the clipped shots amplified the feeling that this man was late for his interview. Once the man had arrived, the scenes were … Continue reading Pursuit of Happiness

Here is the original assignment. Our lives are full of stress: deadlines are always approaching, and work still needs to be done.  We feel obligated to complete what we’ve committed too, or else we’d feel terrible having broken that commitment. We’ve all felt stress before. The rationale is usually of the form: if I am feeling stressed because … Continue reading Don’t Sweat It

Here is the original assignment. Utada Hikaru is an international pop artist who has greatly influenced my life. I was first exposed to her music when I had played the popular video game Kingdom Hearts. This game featured the song “Simple and Clean”, which was an English rendition of her Japanese hit “Hikari”. Since then, I’ve … Continue reading Utada Mania

@ds106dc #tdc1393 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/GUWjoVviAT — Andrew Boswell (@Boscoe1213) November 1, 2015 Today’s daily create required us to cartoon our self, so...

How well do you feel you completed the requirements of the week’s assignments? I feel that I have fulfilled each assignment to the best of my abilities. The sign language one was a little difficult because I wasn’t sure how to go about it but I eventually figured a way that worked for me. Windows […]

Being 16 is not always easy. For me it was the time when I wanted to grow up so fast and be done with high school but looking back there are definitely some things I wish I knew then that I’ve learned over the years. This assignment required me to write a letter to my 16 … Continue reading Dear 16 Year Old Chantel →

Hello, Hello! I feel like I have made some progress with movie making and editing this week! We were required to do at least two…

Roger Ebert certainly had a lot to say about how to read a film. When I read it through the first time, I was surprised to see that much of what he was writing sounded almost scientific. He broke down how position, lighting, and several other  components of a film shot affect the viewer’s perception of … Read More →

Special Person Montage- 5 Stars This assignment‘s prompt is: For this assignment you are to decide on who is special to you. It could be a relative, sibling, parent, friend, mentor, celebrity, or anyone. Then you are to make a video of images or video clips of them showing all the different things that they […]

American Psycho In order to review this scene I used the information I received from my post How to Read a Movie. LOOK Analyze the camera work. Before watching the first time, turn the volume on the clip (or on your computer) all the way down. Take notes on the visual aspects of the clip. Look for […]

I have done something like this before in an AP Literature and Composition course in high school. We would take movies and go through them looking for context clues and different signs that underlay the plot such as shadows, words, different view points, or lighting. The one I most vividly remember reflecting on was when there’s a […]