One more week to go! I feel like this semester has flown by, but I guess that’s what happens during summer classes. I’m actually kind of sad we’re reaching the end; I feel like I’ve learned quite a bit these past couple weeks and done a lot of new things that I have never tried … Continue reading Weekly Summary 4

Reflections Looking through Roger Ebert’s view Look There’s a Ghost Video Assignments Scenes of Lasting Memory Product Review: XL Croakies Daily Creates (just one) Daily Creates Week 4 Interaction Week 4 Comments Despite the extra work getting to know more technical storytelling methods and tools, I enjoyed this week. I learned how to make my … Continue reading One Last Week →

Almost done! This week was pretty tough but it was fun since I enjoy working with video. I especially enjoyed putting together the compilation videos for my assignment. I watch a lot of videos on YouTube everyday so it was fun to create my own little videos. I also got a greater appreciation for using […]

Edited the alien on to the moon @ds106dc #tdc1617 pic.twitter.com/gQR2dXKYpA — D.J. Wernitznig (@DJWernitznig) June 12, 2016

I enjoyed this week, as I mentioned in a previous blog post… I have often made commentary to myself while watching movies about the effects used. This weeks lesson gave those prior “effects” meaning and names. I learned about all of the different techniques that go into making a film. Prior …

For the Look. Listen. Analyze assignment, I watched the clip above. I have seen this movie though it was a long time ago so I do not remember all of the scene very well. Analyze the camera work I watched the entire clip with the audio muted and just focused on the visuals. Some things […]

I started off the week by reading Roger Eber’s guide to reading films, which was very enlightening. Like the other resources we’ve looked at in the course, this piece showed me how to critically view an art form I was familiar with. He gave me new eyes with which I viewed the rest of the […]

Original Assignment I may have spent just as much time debating what to do a review on then working on itself. I chose my pair of Croakies. They’re made to hold your glasses around your neck. Made popular by fraternity members, Croakies are more of a fashion look than a practical use. This is my … Continue reading Product Review: XL Croakies →

These are the steps I took to make the video “letter” to my sixteen year old self. I first used Photo Booth on my iMac to record my video. In Photo Booth I used the comic book filter (that’s my favorite). I then opened up iMovie to begin editing. I …

Original Assignment This assignment is my favorite since I created my first GIF files. I enjoyed using Movie Maker, which I thought was surprising. It was too difficult to choose my three favorite movie scenes of all time. After ten or so minutes I decided on my three scenes. The first is from Saving Private Ryan. It … Continue reading Scenes of Lasting Memory →

Who knew the moon held treasure. Question is, who planted it there???? Assignment: http://daily.ds106.us/tdc1617/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter X marks the spot. Buried treasue on the dark side of the moon @ds106dc #tdc1617 #ds106 via #BeFunky pic.twitter.com/JxiDrV6wc7 — EJ DS106 (@Emily_Juran) June 13, 2016

Have you ever thought about what you would do differently in life if you had the chance to go back? I know I have… I luckily came across this video assignment which allowed me the opportunity to do just that. The assignment required that I do a video letter to …

I decided on Ghosts In the movie Ghosts, a ghost does appear (surprise). I have not seen the movie except for the ending scene. I watched the scene three times looking for different things. I was examining the angles and audio. I immediately noticed how the camera shoots up at the ghost. Similar to Tarantino … Continue reading Look There’s a Ghost →

This week has been completely and utterly challenging for me.  I started Orientation which means I have no time to work during the week and I got very very ill today.  So ill that I keep falling asleep in the middle of  typing all of my posts to the point that I really just need […]

One Point Perspective was using a centered focus. It was many scenes with a grid in the background. It’s priority is to show how perceive things, hence the title. Everything that was shot followed Roger Ebert’s theory. Positives are on the right, and negatives are on the left. If something is centered then it means … Continue reading Looking through Roger Ebert’s view →

I found Roger Ebert’s “How to Read Film” super interesting and it solidified things that I had never noticed in movies.  As I was reading my brain was scanning all the different movies I have watched over my lifetime and a lot of the techniques clicked right into place.  One thing I found particularly interesting […]

For this assignment, I ended up picking a scene from the Godfather. It’s the opening scene from the first movie in the series, and one that I’m assuming a lot of us have already seen. I used to love this film, but haven’t watched it in years so I thought it would be fun to […]

One more week to go! This week was challenging for me. I have never really done anything with video editing (or filming, for that matter) so everything this week was completely new to me. Once I figured out what I was doing with iMovie, I was able complete the assignments, I just found them to… Continue reading Weekly Summary 4

Movies are one of my favorite things out there, whether it be a comedy, romance, horror, etc… The effort that goes into a movie and the special effects and acting are what really can make or break it. Everyone has seen their fair share of really good movies that can be watched over and over, … Continue reading Reading A Movie

How to Read a Movie: In this piece, famed film critic Roger Ebert outlines his universal approach to analyzing films; an approach that requires no knowledge of the film’s production or context. He developed the technique teaching his film classes, as he implemented stop-motion in his film screenings. Anyone could call out ‘stop!’ to stop […]

Mashups? Ummm, yes, please. As a hungry hungry pop culture consumer, I love seeing my favorites all smooshed up together. For this video assignment, I put together the Downton Abbey theme and Beyonce’s music video for 711. I loved Downton Abbey when it was on, and I have to admit that just hearing the theme that plays […]

The task: Take a short section of one of your favorite songs, and turn the song into a video using only lyrics. The Video:   I chose to use the song Dancing Queen for this assignment for a couple of reasons I LOVE the movie Mamma Mia (and most other musicals…). I know basically every word to… Continue reading Dancing Queen Lyric Video Snippet

Moving Object   Make a moving object using Vine. (4 Stars) These flip aren’t just walking.  They are walking straight out of my office and to no more responsibility.  This week has been really stressful for me because I started orientation which means I have about zero free time and I would really like to […]

Ebert + video notes Three views of a scene Video Assignments: League Moments How to Shuffle What I did to complete these assignments   Daily Creates: Daily Create 1 : Three things that make me happy, halo, league of legends, and Minecraft Daily Create 2: Story of a construction worker that works for his family’s well-being […]

Create a Lyric Video Create a lyric video for a song. Try and be as creative as possible. Use multiple fonts, colors, backgrounds, and transitions. Try not to be super plain and try to deliver the lyrics clearly and correctly. (4.5 Stars)   I had a hard time deciding what song I would like to […]

For the Favorite Actor/Actress Highlight Reel assignment I put together the video above. I am a big fan of DiCaprio movies so I enjoyed going back and looking at some of these crazy scenes he made. Behind the Creation I knew immediately when I saw this assignment that I was going to make this compilation […]

Here is my Tweet for this Daily Create: @ds106dc I think we all know what is on the dark side of the moon. #tdc1617 pic.twitter.com/CkM82H5cON — Hasan Shami (@hshami17) June 12, 2016

The task: Take related clips from your favorite show and make a video out of them! My creation: a compilation of Joey Tribbiani saying “How you doin’?” with the theme song of Friends, I’ll Be There for You by The Rembrandts. One if my all time favorite TV shows is Friends, so I chose to use the… Continue reading How You Doin’?

So apparently, my day revolves around the chickens I’m looking after. At least, that’s what I learned doing this assignment. The first thing I do in the morning is open up their gate, the last thing I do is make sure they’re locked up safely for the night in the coop, and I do a […]