For this Movie Scenes that Changed Our Lives- Video Assignment by Annie Belle, I selected scenes from 3 movies… October Baby, Sweet Home Alabama, and A Walk to Remember. These scenes that I chose changed my outlook on life. MovieSceneMontage – Click once for another page then click again for the video in your choice of player(:  until you can open the file(:   (Explanation for not embedding at bottom) The first scene is from October Baby. In this scene the main character is talking with a Catholic priest about her twin brother, whom she didn’t know she had. She speaks about his loss and her possibly failing at her life. … Continue reading →

  Lip Synch Your Favorite Song http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/lip-synch-your-favorite-song/ says it all in the title.  I was tasked with Lip Synching to a song of my choice.  The hardest thing about this video was chosing a song and getting my video to be on track with the audio. I chose this assignment because when I saw the title ...

This might be my new favorite assignment this year.  It was certainly challenging, and time consuming, but it was a blast to do.  I thought the idea of “Drive” was a good choice because the main character “Driver” hardly speaks … Continue reading →

  DS106 Fave moments http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/ds106-fave-moments/ I was tasked with creating a two-minute video of my favorite DS106 moments.  I changed it a little and talked about my experience in general in this course and why I chose this course. I used my webcam to record myself and upload it to YouTube so that I could express my ...

Wow. I can not believe that we are approaching the end of the semester; it has flown by!! The past 2 weeks have been combined into one entry and we have focused on video. I found this to be one … Continue reading →

For my final assignment this week, I have chosen to recreate my favorite scene from Fight Club for the “Swede a Scene” assignment. Oh wow.  Wow.  Haha. Wow.  Now you all know why I’m not a theatre major.  I can’t … Continue reading →

This week we worked a lot with Video Assignments and learning to tell stories in various ways through Video. Here are a few assignments that I decided to do… Video Assignment 1: The Silent Era; this particular assignment was worth 5 … Continue reading →

Im a huge 50 cent fan and there is not a better song to play if you want to get the party started than Just A Lil Bit. I spitted the hot lyrics while my friends broke out the hottest … Continue reading →

Scrolling through video assignments i came across “Live Here!”. The assignment details were to show off where you lived and try to convince other students that where you live is the best place to live. I live in Monticello Apartments … Continue reading →

For one of my video assignments, I chose to do the “Movie Scenes that Changed our Lives” assignment that was worth 5 stars.  I ended up choosing 3 movies that had a profound impact on me and 1 that just … Continue reading →

Video number 2 this week is my very own cooking show, performed for the assignment “Cooking show“! Featuring me having a mental breakdown! How fun! More exclamation points!  But yeah, once I realized that I would be doing all of … Continue reading →

Hi everyone! It’s been a while.  I’ve been busy working on a few of my videos for these 2 weeks’ assignments.  For the first assignment, I made a “5 Second Film.” This is a short film I like to call … Continue reading →

When i saw the video assignment “Reenact A Viral Video” so many options popped up into my head, there was the Greatest Freakout Ever, Rhianna-Where Have you been (Tyrone Jones) and my friends even wanted to superglue cottonballs on me and so i … Continue reading →

So, for my final video assignment, I saved the best for last. How so? Well it’s the cooliest, the best I worked on, the longest, AND I got to eat it afterwards! So what is this amazing assignment? ITS A COOKING SHOW!! The main course? Chicken Diable. So lucky me, my girlfriend loves my cooking. (Not, I hate to cook lol) But anyways, I told her I would make her dinner if she would record me doing it…now who would say no to that?! So, I now had a project to accomplish. I need a set…my apartments kitchen is small and nasty…can I use your house? Sure. Awesomeness Points: Olivia … Continue reading →

Hmmm, after one video, I’m thinking I could possibly make my own series of EMS tutorials to help teach new members down at the station! (Maybe someday) This assignment was titled Everyday Modern Marvels. The assignment is to create or assemble something and overlay with audio each step. Well, I sure am becoming a master at overlaying audio on my videos in Windows Movie Maker, so how hard could this be?! Let’s give it a whirl! Now, there are a TON of things to learn as you are coming into the EMS field as a newbie. (But it is okay, we were all there at one point in our lives … Continue reading →

Two weeks of video assignment week are over! Doing these assignments I realized that every little detail counts in a movie. If one title slide or the music is off it can throw the whole movie out of proportion. It also takes a lot to make these things perfect. I spent around an average of ...

Me: Well, Mom, it is saying the print spooler is offline. Mom: What the hell does that mean? You know I don’t use computers like you, your brother and your Father! I just want to print! Me: Well you have to turn the print spooler on. Mom: …And how do I do that? Me: Here, let me show you. Mom: Write down the steps so I can do it when you go away to school! Me: Alright. ….Yet, somehow, that piece of paper has gone missing and I STILL get asked to help fix the computer! Well, I have my final solution…A video to show her how to fix the … Continue reading →

  This is my story http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/this-is-my-story/ tasks us with telling a story with flashcards. I really liked this assignment because I always saw on the internet that people are posting their animals and children with signs that tell the embarrassing thing or behavior that they had exhibited. I used my cellphone to record the video ...