For today’s daily create we had to make some magnetic poetry. I’m sure doing this brought everybody back to a time where they used to do this on their own fridge. Enjoy my creation!
So this assignment was a lot of fun! It also was probably the hardest one I have completed so far. Not only was the process hard to censor a word out but the creative process was hard too. It took me a few days trying to find the perfect video …
After going through a few of the video assignments and weighing the difficulty levels and my inexperience, I decided it would be best to ease into these assignments. So, I started off by recreating a funny movie scene in the style of chipmunks. I personally can not stand the …
The Hangover Assignment – 4.5 stars
While searching through the ds106 assignment bank, I came across this assignment and knew it’d be perfect for me! I absolutely love the movie The Hangover and my boyfriend and I were already planning on having a bunch of friends over on Saturday night …
Original Assignment (3 stars)
For this assignment, we were asked to select a portion of a song, and find visuals that go along with the lyrics. I was feeling rather stressed and in a sh!tty mood at the time, and so I wanted to pick something soothing and laid back. …
In this assignment we were suppose create a mashup or a highlight reel of what we thought were the greatest sports plays ever. The process to create this was fairly simple but very time consuming. It took me a while to find the videos I wanted but once I was …
For the “Where Do You Want To Go” assignment, I decided to put a spin on things. The assignment calls for a picture slideshow of the various places we would like to go in the world, but I decided to take it a step further and …
Here is my safe haven. I come here to do homework, relax, play video games or even just get away for a bit. Its a nice little room …
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I am not sure there will ever be enough pictures, videos, music and/or time to show the person I am and the things I like. With that said, I am a person who loves anything and everything and I am always up for …
Original Assignment (5 stars)
The objective for this assignment was to censor a movie scene/clip, using a sound effect. I chose a scene from the movie Casino, where Joe Pesci and Robert De Niro meet up in the desert. That guy Pesci sure does have a foul mouth, …
Hey everybody! I am a sociology major for those of you who don’t know and for one of my classes I had to create a survey in a group that my professor emailed to all of you. It would really help me out if you guys could do that survey …
Today’s daily create was to make an experimental water photo. The whole point is to capture the various essences that make water so photogenic. Here is the website which lists the types of photos water inspires, such as reflections, abstract, and sprays.
My photo uses the reflection technique. This is …
Original Assignment (4 stars)
For this assignment, we were asked to pick a TV series that has ended, and make a trailer using clips from various episodes. Many series came to mind, like The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, and Entourage to name a few. I decided to go with HBO’s original …
Original Assignment (4.5 stars)
The mission was to create a silent film, using a modern movie trailer. I viewed a couple other students submissions and was immediately inspired to take a stab at it. It took me quite a while to figure out which movie trailer to use. I began …
For todays daily create we had to make a haiku. You can either click the link to see it or read it down below.
Working hard every day
People tell you it pays off
Results still awaited…
What could be better than tracking down highlight clips of the greatest sports team in the history of the world? That team of course would be the NY Yankees. They have won 27 world championships; that’s more than any other team in any other sport.
Having said that, the …
I absolutely hate it when works of art are censored for “our own good”. But I felt this assignment would be relatively easy to complete especially since it is worth 5 stars. I chose to work with a scene in the Martin Scorcese classic “Goodfellas”. In this memorable scene, …
Breaking Bad was one of the finest series ever to grace our television screens. I could have easily made this trailer a few hours long but I have many other assignments to tackle this week. I used Wondershare to complete this assignment, and used www.savefromnet.com to download the videos from …
You’ve read movies and done your pre-work. Now it’s time to make movies! Video is perhaps the most rich of storytelling forms, and over the next two weeks you will focus explicitly on video storytelling. The only assignments on your plate are to work on video assignments, …
I used Wonder Share Video Editor to create my very own play by play commentary for this assignment.
First, I scoured YouTube for a football video that would work well. The video I chose was of the 1986 NFC Championship game between the NY Giants and the Washington Redskins. Since …
I created this assignment because I always wanted to be a sportscaster. I thought it would be a great way to make a living. Being able to travel around and see the games, and be part of the spectacle is something that would be both fun and rewarding. This particular …
Eberts Reading Movies and Exploring Further
This week was really hectic for me. I had bigger assignments in other classes so their are somethings I didn’t have time to do this week. That being said I feel good about my understanding of this new field of …
Damnnnnnnnnnnnn, I can’t believe the 10th week of the semester is already over. Senior year’s flyin by. But this week and the next few weeks are going to be focused on video assignments. The majority of this week was learning about video and film, and preparing our knowledge and tools …
When just watch the clip without sound:
Noticed camera follows movement It focuses on who’s talking from the opposite person’s viewpoint Sometimes in POV style Camera zooms in on actions that would go unnoticed otherwiseWhen just sound:
Used lots of narration to explain story Excerpts of short diologue Music…
I thought they did a really good job with their radio program! I listened in to Hampton’s Handyman, a radio broadcast about the rich hiring others to do their work around the house and recording the hijinks that ensue. I thought the sound quality was really well done. It was …
Listening to others radio show:
The radio show that I listened to was “United Tales.” The group set up interviews with questions based on spring. It also dove into why people chose Mary Washington. It was an interesting topic. Each interview told about someone experience here at UMW and why …
