Weekly Summary #5 Whoa! What a week! I can’t believe that this class has come to an end. I remember the first week of this course when I was so nervous that I almost dropped the class. Although, each week had it’s up’s and down’s I can say confidently now that I have definitely excelled Read More

Final Project Reflection When I saw the requirements for this week I was excited! My only concern was that I only had four days to complete it, and for one of the days I was coming back from vacation. However, I put my nerves aside and started brainstorming my topics for this assignment. After countless Read More

Final Project Have you ever wondered how different Disney would be if it didn’t always end in ‘happily ever after’? Well ponder no further for I am here to tell you a story about a woman named Barbara, who challenged the ‘happily ever after’ endings. One night, Barbara, a working woman and parent was having Read More

Final Project: How To For the tutorial on my final project I’ve decided to break it down into four different sections. The four sections display the different types of media I used and how I created each of them. These sections include, audio, visual, design, and video. If you want to see how I created Read More

The Jenna Show has been on air for 19 years, 1 month, and 21 days. It all started when Jenna was born. She was to be the main character of the show, and grow up with everyone watching. She wouldn’t be acting, and the audience loved her for it. They all knew her like a …

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Clip on SoundCloud People are scurrying around the newsroom, frantically waving papers around and yelling. All televisions are turned to one channel: surveillance. Mr. Hobbs, the manager of the station, is trying to calm people down but it is no use. She has discovered the truth. Or we think she did. Or she is on …

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Reading and Analyzing Movies This week I read Roger Ebert’s “How to Read a Movie.” In this article, Ebert talked about a few rules of thumb that are used when analyzing movie scenes. He talks about how he goes through movies and freezes the screen at random moments to look at the different aspects of …

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Man, This week was not a good week for me. I wasn’t able to start anything for any assignment until Sunday afternoon and thus I didn’t actually get anything done. I took a look at the two analysis assignments we had to do for the week and was able to get those done. I actually...

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For anyone who knows me, knows that I am a freak when it comes to my haircut and hairstyles. In watching this video, you will be able to tell that I have had numerous over the years, though none too strange. I am an avid visitor of the barber shop... Read more"I am me: The evolution of my hair"

Reflections Reading Movies Look, Listen, Analyze Video Assignments Six Second Art (4 stars) Narrative Ambience (4.5 stars) Daily Creates TDC1984 TDC1985 TDC1986 TDC1987 Okay, well I didn’t really procrastinate the entire week… just Monday and Tuesday, and then we got hit with a poopstorm of unpredictable events. An emergency doctor’s appointment (all good now), an internet outage, … Continue reading Week 4: Not for procrastinators.

The scene starts with the crew in the background of the shot as they move towards the camera and start moving from left to right,both of these changes are in the positive direction. This is meant to set up the scene as a good thing they are moving towards. Once they are in the shop...

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For this video assignment, I did the Sixteen Year Old Me assignment. I had to address a 16 year old Mikey on his life and what to be prepared for in the future. I started off by addressing his core values at the time, what was the most prevalent things... Read more"Talking to a 16 year old Mikey"

I’m not a great artist, but even I think that is a decent dog head. My artistic ability clearly isn’t enough for fotogenerator.   I'm no veterinarian but that is definitely not a dog. #ds106 #tdc1987 pic.twitter.com/o4OLCvFkRz — Andrew (@Andrew21663620) June 18, 2017

The video I chose was the scene from the Hulk movie, in 2003. The scene is titled born again. The open visual for the scene is the two main characters, Betty and Bruce at a restaurant eating dinner. In the shot, you can see him as he’s chewing his food... Read more"Look, Listen and Analyze"

This week one of the assignments I chose to do was What’s Your Skills? It was worth 4.5 stars. The goal of this assignment was to show the world something you have a passion for. I chose to show a video of my horse’s first show jumping round she ever did. During a show jump round, …

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One of the assignments I chose to do this week was Classic-Modern Mashup, worth 4.5 stars. The goal of this assignment was to take a modern music video and combine it with a classical composition. I chose to use Sia’s Chandelier music video and Beethoven’s Fur Elise composition. I I chose the music video for Chandelier …

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Reading through Roger Eberts “How to Read a Movie” showed me there are multiple components to a movie that are used and seen that are not always conscience patterns. In his explanation of what it means to read a movie he analyzes a scene from the movie Notorious from 1946. In this scene he highlights...

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As the author states early, often certain things in film may go unnoticed to the average naked eye, but often familiarized people with certain skill sets notice certain things. He lets it be known that it is common for your emotional side to be in-touch and in a sense, triggered... Read more"How to read a movie"

It was supposed to be my dog…. Yikes. @ds106dc #tdc1987 Try Fotogenerator yourself!

The clip I chose to analyze for this assignment was from The Newsroom. I chose to look at this clip because it is the one I thought would be most interesting to look at because of it’s content and the goings on in society today. Camera Work Throughout the clip, the camera switches views over …

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Weekly Summary Week 4 So we’ve reached the end of yet another week in our time here on this blog. It’s been a fun ride, I guess? Four weeks of four different mediums of representation on the digital space and four weeks of adventure. This week went by faster than the rest. Firstly, I had […]

Ebert and How to Read a Movie I found Roger Ebert’s “How to Read a Movie” quite interesting. I am a big fan of movies, but Ebert’s article had me thinking about the different techniques that people use when they make movies. Generally, I watch a movie because I liked the story the trailer told …

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HORRIFYING!!! This daily create! The more details I added, the nastier it got. I hit undo a bunch of times to get rid of the… folds…. #ds106 #tdc1987 who is she 😩😩😩💕💕 time to wash my eyes (๏д๏ )" pic.twitter.com/KpJEYIJYpy — Rebecca S (@rivy3ds) June 18, 2017

The second and final video project I chose to do this week is the 4-and-a-half (?!) star Narrative Ambiance assignment. I chose it because I thought it would be easy. I was dead. wrong. I like to film the weather – if it’s raining, windy, snowing, you know I’ve got a few minutes of video of … Continue reading Snow on the rainbow bridge

Blarg. I chose the picture I wanted to use before I went for a headline. I just couldn’t pass up the cats in party hats album I found on flickr. This cat’s name is Shakespeare and the photo is apparently from his 6th birthday party (7 years ago). Happy birthday to mew, Shakespeare! 🐈 #tdc1986 … Continue reading Clickbait Daily Create

Bus Driver Spends Day Picking Up and Dropping Off Children in the Area #upworthy @ds106dc #tdc1986

The first video assignment I chose to do for the week is the 4-star Six Second Art project. I’ll say right now that I’m no artist – I can’t draw for beans, I can’t paint, I can’t dance, and I can’t sing. I have shaky hands so anything that requires a gentle touch is out the … Continue reading Origami SPEED-RUN! No zen allowed!

My fourth week in ds106…what a ride. This week was much easier than the previous three. I think the video assignments did take a while for me to edit, but since I only had to complete two worth eight stars it wasn’t too bad. The intro videos and background information also weren’t as time consuming …

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To not do whatever it is they are doing.   Two men discover the secret to a long life. #ds106 #tdc1986 pic.twitter.com/RoXT7FvefN — Andrew (@Andrew21663620) June 18, 2017 This one kinda got away from me. I ran through a few headline ideas before this one. But once I had this one I knew exactly where...

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