For my video game mashup worth 4 stars I choose Amnesia and Dark Souls. Both are two of the hardest and creepiest games I have ever played and watched youtubers play. I made the assignment a little bit of my own though. Both Video Covers do not allow much for interpretation or adding pictures without being […]

After learning and reading about remixes, I had my boyfriend sit down so I could explain them to him. While I (may) have coached some of his questions, I wanted to focus on the concept or remix culture as a… Continue Reading →

This assignment was incredibly daunting and difficult to start. I could have used some help figuring it out, so I figured it’d be most helpful to do a tutorial on this assignment. That being said, before you begin reading, I… Continue Reading →

For my new assignment, I decided to make an audio project that utilizes playing around with loops that come with Garageband, or that you can find online. I feel like most people with Garageband have attempted to make a song… Continue Reading →

This assignment seemed interesting right off the bat. It was worth 3 stars and we were to make a mashup of 4 or 5 different songs and take 3 second clips from each song. And of course they were to be some of our favorite songs and that made the assignment even better. Though it did get […]

For my second online assignment, I chose to do the 10 second mashup assignment (3 stars) where you combine four of your favorite songs, but condense them down to only 10 seconds altogether. For this assignment, I just took songs from… Continue Reading →

This project was one of the most challenging projects for me. I created this project 3 times on two different computers and was faced with so many challenges. One of my first challenges was getting the video to load, I would get to the part where you added a picture of where to send him, […]

This post is a detailed tutorial of how to complete the assignment Mash-Up Trailers within the Video Assignments bank. This tutorial will be heavily based around the use of iMovie, which should definitely help the Mac users out there. This tutorial... Continue Reading →

For my second new assignment, I decided to create a mash up assignment called “Picture A Day.” The idea of the assignment is to take a picture of yourself every day for a week, and make it into a video.… Continue Reading →

This week I created a mashup assignment called Video Game Cover Mashup. As a big fan of video games, I’ve always appreciated the artistic styling and designs that go into creating these games. I thought it would be a cool idea to mashup a few of the most iconic video game covers and create something […]

The next I assignment I completed was Movie Mashup. The goal of this assignment was to create a movie poster based upon a mashup between two movies. This assignment was pretty difficult for me considering photo editing is one of my weak... Continue Reading →

The next assignment that I completed was One Movie Watches Another. The idea within this assignment was to create a video where essentially a character from one movie, watches a scene from another movie. To complete this, I had to think of... Continue Reading →

For my task to use the Remix Generator on the DS106 Assignment bank, my random remix was to Dr. Suess an existing assignment: which was to turn a normal picture into a cartoon! I chose to take a classic, Mr.… Continue Reading →

The next assignment that I decided to do was Remix An Album Cover. The goal behind this assignment is to take a classic album cover and remix something within it. Whether it be the title, image, or aesthetics of the cover.... Continue Reading →

This assignment I, surprisingly, didn’t find as difficult as it seems a lot of people did. I had a bit of fun with the spaces we were to fill in, and Popcorn Mash up maker didn’t error more than twice.… Continue Reading →

This post is dedicated to my completion of the mashup assignment The Contest Nobody Could Win (Video-Mashup Edition). The idea of this assignment was to take 2 second or less clips and compile them into a video of clips from your favorite... Continue Reading →

I know that I had a horrible time with Mozilla Popcorn Maker, and from some of my classmate’s posts, it seems like they did too. So I decided to make a tutorial to help future DS106-ers at the task. Maybe… Continue Reading →

For my first mashup assignment, I chose to do the Techno Viking Music Video assignment (5 stars). First, I downloaded the original techno viking video, then the difficult part came: what to pair it with? I tried to go for something… Continue Reading →

This post is dedicated to my completion of the Mashup Assignment Inappropriate Laughter. The idea of this assignment is to take a serious scene from a movie or tv show, and add “inappropriate” or “untimely” laughter to it. To do this... Continue Reading →

Reflection on Mashups/Remixes Weeks 13 & 14 marked the third two-week unit of the semester.  In this unit, we delved into the topic of mashups and remixes.  Mashups/remixes are unique, as rather than coming up with a completely new idea, one can use the work of others as a stepping stool for their own creation.  I... Continue reading →

It took me forever to find a remix project that I wanted to do, but I finally succeeded and selected the “A Place I’ve Never Been” assignment, remixed with the Fox News remix card. The first example I saw was… Continue Reading →

The second part of the Create Your Own Assignment task this week was to create a tutorial for our assignment.  My tutorial features step-by-step instructions on how to create a basic computer wallpaper.   I created my tutorial using Expression Encoder 4, which is a screen capture program.  My work space in the program looked like... Continue reading →

The last assignment that I tackled this week was the create my own assignment assignment, which included producing a tutorial for said assignment.  I racked my brain for hours trying to think of an assignment while working on other DS106 work before finally landing on my idea: Create Your Own Ds106 Wallpaper.  The assignment is exactly how it... Continue reading →

For my second Mashup Assignment of the week, I decided to do the Techno Viking Music Video assignment.  The premise behind the assignment was to take a music video and incorporate scenes from the Techno Viking video at certain points of the song.  The music video/song that I chose to mashup was Eminem’s Rap God.  The song is rather... Continue reading →

For my first Mashup Assignment of the week, I chose to do the assignment called Movie Music Comparison – Can You Score?.  For this assignment, I was tasked with taking two musical scores from two different films and combining them in a meaningful way.  At first, I dabbled with a few original movie songs, but I... Continue reading →

Let me start off by saying that the DS106 Remixer was quite fun to use.  I found myself clicking through countless assignments to see what it would come up with.  A few were silly, some were really complex, but most did not make any real sense at all.  I finally settled on a remix of... Continue reading →

The first assignment that I tackled this week was the Mash-up Assignment “Where Should Alan Go on Vacation?”.  To complete the assignment, a browser-based program called Mozilla Popcorn was necessary. This assignment was incredibly frustrating to me on several levels.  I am somewhat of a perfectionist when it comes to editing, and the lack of effective... Continue reading →

Tutorial for “25 Days till Christmas.” Step by Step. Step 1. Decide what program you are going to use to create the video. If you have a Macbook I highly recommend using iMovie, it is very simple to use, and there is a lot you can do with it. Stp 2. Find a Youtube to MP4 […]

As we are all aware, the topic for weeks 13 and 14 was remixes and mashups.  To help broaden the understanding of these two topics, I decided to interview my mother and discover what she knew about remixes and mashups.   As I explain in the recording, remixes are often a new take on a... Continue reading →