Photo of Someone, a photo by courtneejay0128 on Flickr.

Something New/Shiny, a photo by courtneejay0128 on Flickr.

Something I Made, a photo by courtneejay0128 on Flickr.

“Have a good weekend.” Even though it’s Sunday. Sheesh.  

Coolest thing I learned

IMG_1931, a photo by arianaln on Flickr.

IMG_2054, a photo by arianaln on Flickr.

"Take a picture of something, cut it up and piece it back together in a different way."

Video Project #2: A re-creation of the museum scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. 

This is one of my favorite scenes of all time, from any movie. John Hughes offers a great perspective on the greater meaning of the scene in the context of the movie’s plot, especially the last few seconds with Cameron.

I decided that this would be a fun scene to do in U of M’s art museum, which I had never visited before, and I was lucky enough to have three friends willing to play these three characters. I used my iPhone to film it and iMovie to edit, which is why it’s kind of janky, but I’m happy with the end result, since it only took about an hour and a half to do the whole thing!

The Coolest Thing I learned to do with Video

AGAIN, with the books. So I actually made this video BEFORE I made “Typeface and Identity,” but it took me longer to finish. The tons of different footage that I’m … Continue reading →

LAST. VIDEO. CREATE. EVER. (except for any that show up over at tdc.ds106.us) What is the coolest thing that you can do now with video that you couldn’t before? Explain … Continue reading →

My second video is up!I knew I wanted to do a stop motion for one of my videos, so I decided I would do it by moving things around on my desk. I'm pretty happy with the outcome, and aside from being a pretty long process (I was taking pictures for abou...

At the beginning of the video section, one of the first articles we read was Douglas Wolk’s The Syncher, Not the Song.  The article outlined the history of the viral video of the Numa Numa dance video.  It covered history of the song “Dragostea din Tei” by the Moldovan-Romanian boy band O-Zone.  The song had a ...

THE THRILLING CONCLUSION!!!!!!

This film started out, like so many movies, as a book, and the book was better. Just My Type, by Simon Garfield, is one of the best books I’ve read … Continue reading →

Put apart, falling together, a photo by theopcm on Flickr.Via Flickr:The Daily Create 2.14.13 - take a picture of something, cut it up and piece it back together in a different way.

I chose to do a voiceover after seeing the videos from the BadLipReading youtube account. I chose the scene from the movie ATL because I’m from Atlanta and I know the entire movie by heart. My process: I retrieved the video … Continue reading →

Something New!

Happy Valentine’s Day, nerds. The nerdy/geeky/dorky Valentine’s Day card is a DS106 tradition (isn’t it?), and I’m not getting left out. The picture, of course, is Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist, … Continue reading →

TODAY’S! VIDEO! CREATES! Horrify a childhood nursery rhyme. Act it out. (tags umdst, umdst16) Use photos of people who have never met to make a video of the conversation you … Continue reading →

My iPhone had been giving me a lot of issues, being really buggy, so I called Verizon and they sent me this replacement iPhone. Yay for no more issues!

A self portrait of my strange life.

Brand new sledding innertube

Here are the videos to watch in preparation for Monday’s video storytelling guest, Rob Hess. First, Mr. Hess’s Campus Day presentation prologue video: U-M Presentation Trailer from Rob Hess on … Continue reading →

Bearded Man going crazy overzealous

Of course you got arrested! Of course you’re going to jail and going to have giant financial debt. YOU STOLE. Infringing on copyright is STEALING. It isn’t “no big deal”. It’s a very big deal. You are going to jail for STEALING!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Serious end note

While we took copyright law in a light manner in this video we would like to remind you that copyright infringement is a very serious subject. When prosecuted there can be very serious repercussions including fines and jail time. So be smart with what you upload and download. Cite your sources, use creative commons or create original works. This has been your public service announcement. 

What I remember from one of my first days of school. It’s from teh 2nd Grade.

A room filled with bunk beds in an all-night onsen and spa in Kyoto. The room lined beds up end to end and the snoring in the room was incredible, … Continue reading →

A quick update for non-UMDSt storytellers on the state of our movie. Last Wednesday, during class, we brainstormed as a class on ideas for a collaborative movie that we’re making … Continue reading →

Second to last VIDEO CREATES. Bittersweet, bittersweet…. Tell us what you remember from your first day of school (tags umdst, umdst14) Two great tastes… tell us about an unusual combination … Continue reading →