For this mashup, we were tasked to combine a place we go to, with what we buy from them. My thought went straight to Domino’s Pizza (I was sitting in front of a box). I realized it had holes in... Continue Reading →

Hey Everybody! Mash-up week has been pretty fun so far! The Assignment The assignment can be found here and it is worth 4 stars. It…

This poem is my favorite because it is a very romantic poem and makes me think of my relationship. Even though sometimes my boyfriend drives me nuts I wouldn’t want it any other way.

Another two weeks, and only a couple weeks left to go, woohoo! This week we got to learn about remixes, and I’ve come to the realization that pretty much everything I’ve been asked to create in this class has been a remix. I mean, pretty much my entire description as a human being is a […]

I guess I never realized before that everything is a remix, and even who we are as people is just a mashup of everything we’ve been exposed to. I mean, I’m personally aware that I start picking up speaking habits that my friends have, and I suppose now that I think about it, that’s just…a […]

Daily Creates: Missing Turkey (Day after Thanksgiving) Remix Assignment: Emo Bucket List Mashup Assignments: The Dinosaur Before Time (4.5 stars) Shining Gump (4 stars) Mashups: These assignments were certainly stimulating. They had me bridge the gap between seemingly unrelated scenarios. The concept of ‘mashing’ together differences into a cohesive whole was certainly a challenge. The … Continue reading Weeks 13 & 14

Here is the original assignment. If I were emo, I would do emo things. If I were anyone, I would have a bucket list. Combining the fact that I am emo, and am anyone, I will have a bucket list to complete emo tasks. Convince the President to get an Emover hairstyle. This task is a … Continue reading Emo Bucket List

This week, we learned all about Remixing and Mash-ups. I had no idea this was an aspect that we would dive into for this class!! I was happy, because remixes of songs and videos are so innovative and funky cool to see and hear. I enjoy remixes that people create, and mash-ups of songs from … Continue reading Weekly Summary 13 & 14

The third assignment I chose to accomplish this week is called Video Game and is worth three and a half stars. This assignment required me to create a video game logo using two different games or in other words making it look like the two games are one game. I had a lot of fun creating this assignment and looking through all

The first video was a documentary by Brett Gaylor of a remixer called Girl Talk. This band, like many artists and bands, plays music in crowds for many to hear and enjoy. The only difference is that his music is a compilation of many different artists. I learned in the video what exactly copyright is! It … Continue reading What is a Remix?

Instead of writing up an explanation of what you learned, instead formulate your own understanding about remix and mashup, and record a video or audio of you explaining it to someone who is not familiar; this could be a family member, friend, neighbor, random stranger. The point is to capture a recording of your explanation … Continue reading Mashup vs Remix

For TDC 1410, we had to take a picture of the best time of the day The best time of day is whenever I have free time! @ds106dc#tdc1410pic.twitter.com/oLwSKclZlG — Tori Lear (@Tori_Lear4) November 18, 2015 For TDC 1419, we had to take a picture of our neighbor’s holiday decorations (although none of mine have any […]

The second assignment I did was called Mashup and is worth three and a half stars. This assignment required me to put together either clips or photos of my favorite TV show character and show the characters personality. I picked a character from the show The 100, a show about children from the future who are sent back to earth to see

These past 2 weeks in DS106, we have been working on Remix/Mashup assignments. Many of the things created combined and manipulated already generated content and material, asking us to further transform these things in order to tell a new story. I really enjoyed many of these assignments. They allowed us to utilized other techniques we’ve […]

For my final Mashup Assignment this week, I decided to create and complete my own assignment called Holiday Mashup worth 3 stars! I wasn’t feeling super enthusiastic about any of the other assignments. With the holiday season coming up, I am feeling very enthusiastic about Thanksgiving and Christmas though! I decided it would be great […]

First off, what is a remix? A remix is any mashup that’s not an original. It is a combination of multiple unoriginal things to make something new. This leads to a series of ethical dilemmas. If its not the original,... Continue Reading →

For my second Mashup Assignment, I completed Twittr for 2.5 stars. The goal of this assignment is to combine two or more of your favorite websites using a Photoshop software. You want to try and be creative, giving the site a new name while also maintaining some of the elements of each site. I decided to […]

Did anyone else have the same revelation that I did when you learned about remixes? I never really thought about...

Once again, great job from everyone these last two weeks. I saw some great assignments. Here are the links to my individual comments. Overall, I commented on five posts. Links: Chantel Actor Transformation, Tori book cover, Chantel Emoji, Adam SpaceFac...

The Work Itself  This is a remix assignment, I have never done this before. It is titled Fantastic Imaginary Buildings [Remixed]: Mood Swap, its instructions are as follows “using an image editor like Photoshop or GIMP, edit together found images of buildings and structures to create what Kazanjian calls a “hyper-collage.”  Look for and select … Continue reading Einstein Lab

The Work Itself  This assignment is titled “Your Favorite Teams Mashup“, its instructions are to “combine the logos of two or more of your favorite sports teams. Don’t just create an image with the two logos next to each other! Make the final logo look natural and cohesive.” It is currently rated 3.5 stars for … Continue reading Sports Teams Mashup

The Work Itself  This mashup assignment is titled “Video Game Cover Mashup“, its instructions are as follows “this assignment will be completed through the use of photoshop. Take two existing video game covers and mash them up so that both can be identified but in a different style. Try to be creative in the title and … Continue reading Call of Duty Heroes

Here is the original assignment. Movies have created lasting impressions of us. Some scenes are iconic, while others are forgettable. Movies sometimes cross paths, such as when the topic is of a war or humanitarian effort; otherwise, each movie is in a world of its own. Forrest Gump is an adventurous journey of a man with … Continue reading Shining Gump

Here is the original assignment. Have you ever gone out to see a new movie, but were surprised to find out that it was similar to one you had seen before? Many movies are created in the image of previous ones, as it is supremely difficult to generate novel ideas. Released this past week was The … Continue reading The Dinosaur Before Time

The Work Itself  This mashup assignment is titled “Mashing Friends And Emojis“, its instructions are to “take a picture of one of your friends or just a person that is in the moment doing something exactly like an emoji and then mash them together for comparison.” It is currently rated 3.5/5 stars for difficulty.       … Continue reading Friends and emoji

Before getting started on my own remix assignments, I had to make sure I understood what a remix is. Everyone has heard of remixes to songs but there are more types of remixes than just music. For me, I learn best through example and the remix examples I viewed for more understanding were this video dub, this lip dub, … Continue reading Explaining Remixing →

I had seen a turkey the other day in my neighbor’s yard. He was so large that he could only sit, and not move. Here is a picture of him below. I checked the next morning to see if the Turkey was still there, but he had mysteriously disappeared. If anyone knows where I can find this … Continue reading Missing Turkey (Day after Thanksgiving)

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Daily Create 11/19/2015: Find the nearest item to you that is red. Take a picture. This daily create was very simple for me since I was eating strawberries at the moment so I just grabbed them and took a picture of them for the day. Daily Create 11/21/2015: “Everyone’s always telling you to think outside the box. … Continue reading →

For the remix assignment, the generator had me add country music to an already existing video of a product review which was the original assignment. The original I used was done on the history of movie production cameras. The country music I used was found on YouTube. For this easy assignment all I did was download the original video and open … Continue reading Remix →