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  1. once upon a summer…

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    nce upon a summer, there was a girl named Rossanna. Rossanna began the summer knowing things could only go up from there. So Rossanna did all she could to make the most of her summer. Interactive story time! Press play!...
  2. making a tutorial

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    This is a tutorial on how to make a tutorial. Tutorial-ception anyone? (Okay, I admit, I ran out of ideas, but scrambling to make those three tutorials opened my eyes to the issues that need to be addressed in the...
  3. highlighting a color in a picture

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    This tutorial will show you how to highlight the colors in a specific part of a picture, like in my pretty in pink assignment. For that assignment, I actually used Picnik, which was very simple but is no longer available....
  4. creating the scrapbook effect

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    This tutorial requires Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Microsoft Office PowerPoint (or something similar to arrange the pictures like a collage). In this tutorial you will learn how to make something similar to my london calling assignment. Step 1. Open the...
  5. making an animated gif

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    Before beginning this tutorial, you must have Adobe Photoshop CS5, some video editing software, and, for the sake of being thorough, access to the internet. Having basic Photoshop skills and knowledge will also help with using this tutorial. This tutorial...
  6. ds106: a reflection

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    It’s nearly the end of July. Classes ended in April. This reflection is well overdue, along with everything else on this blog. Let’s begin at the beginning, which I think is always a good place to start. All I remember...
  7. move i/on

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    This is a little bit delayed due to being so busy recently I will say. At the end of June, I moved out of my house and moved into my apartment. New month, new home. Summer has been pretty crazy...
  8. june update

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    I know I was supposed to blog about my summer using different types of online media to bring the experiences I’m experiencing to the internet. The only problem with the month of June is that I really did nothing besides...
  9. let’s go to the beach, beach

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      Nothing says summer more than an impromptu beach day trip. My friend and I went to Colonial Beach for the day. It was off-season and hardly anyone was there, which meant peaceful, relaxing quiet by the waves. It also meant...
  10. the big reveal

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    It’s finally here…my final project announcement. This summer, I’ll be taking a few fun trips here and there and I’ve decided to use this blog as my mini travel diary. I’ll be using different types of media accompany the blog...
  11. les personnalités multiples

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    For this remix assignment, I listened to djianhamilton’s Multipersonality assignment (audio found here). It’s basically two guys talking about food and burgers and cheese. So I decided to find some French dialogue about food and read it in different voices....
  12. creepy seuss

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    For this four-star remixed assignment, I added some Dr. Seuss to Stella Meme’s Creepy Doll. I found her approach to the road signs reinterpretation to be very creative and decided to make “creepy dolls” out of Dr. Seuss characters. It...
  13. warp space pollock-style

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    For this remixed assignment, worth five stars, I had to remix novotny1001′s story Warp Space. Here goes… I’ve routinely been in contact with a group of extraterrestrials called Rigelians. They’re from star system Ceti Alpha Six. They chose me for...
  14. pollock’d

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    My remixed assignment was to take this story and “pollock” it. In order to do that, I decided to take some of the colors from the original images and use them in a Pollack-style painting. It was actually quite a...
  15. let’s connectt

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    For the Digital Storytelling final project, Keelin and I are working together to create a short film à la The Social Network. It will be a sort of parody mockumentary showing the lives of Computer Science majors and the creation...
  16. video recap

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    Movie Scenes that Changed Our Lives movie scenes Vintage Education Video using an elevator One Archetype, Five Movies, Five Seconds manic pixie dream eyes Movie Trailer Mashup black wonderland Opening Credits Redux vim tsn credits 30 Second Documentary true life:...
  17. true life: i am a cs major

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    For this assignment, I chose to do a 30-second documentary on the life of a computer science major since I am a computer science major and therefore pretty authoritative on the subject. Going by the assignment’s description of “show, don’t...
  18. vim tsn credits

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    The making of this video took a few steps. First, I had to download Movavi’s Screen Capture Studio to record my laptop screen while I typed. Next, I put together the names from the opening credits of The Social Network....
  19. black wonderland

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    *For some reason, I can’t get the video to save onto my computer. As I take care of technical difficulties, here is the accompanying post.* Alice in Wonderland and The Woman in Black mashup. Basically, the idea began with wanting...
  20. manic pixie dream eyes

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    Man·ic pix·ie dream girl n. A stock character in films; “that bubbly, shallow cinematic creature that exists solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace life and its infinite mysteries and adventures”...
  21. using an elevator

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    Learn how to use an elevator with this instructional video! Creating this video began with an idea. This idea came to me while sitting in the Trinkle basement at a table right next to the elevator. After idea conception came...
  22. movie scenes

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    For this assignment, finding scenes from movies that changed my life was a little hard to do. I was limited to a selection of movies already on my computer (luckily, a lot of those are some of my favorite movies...
  23. review: the live outdoors

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    The Live Outdoors was a really good radio show. The audio was okay (the volume and quality could’ve been more uniform) and the transitions were smooth, technically speaking. Content-wise, I thought it had great things and funny moments. My favorite...
  24. tdc week 10

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    TDC #73: Make a photo that emphasizes the color yellow Yellow is my favorite color so, naturally, I had to do this daily create. This is actually a picture of a giant wall that was at a hotel I stayed...
  25. tdc week 9

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    TDC #64: Make a creative photo of some sort of boundary Here’s the thing about this picture. Basics, it was taken in DuPont and I used the app Snapseed on my iPhone to edit it. Specifics, I took it because...
  26. happythankyoumoreplease

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    Happythankyoumoreplease is a 2010 film written and directed by Josh Radnor, who also stars as the protagonist. It’s a movie that I love because it promotes positive thinking and gratitude, which is something I think we need more of in...
  27. tdc week 8

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    TDC #57: Reflections let us see an alternate world – capture that world in a photo For this Daily Create, I took a picture of a chandelier and flowers as seen through the mirror by the balcony in my house....
  28. the durnk tank: episode three

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    Well, the documentary, or should I say drunkumentary, has been edited and uploaded. My part’s done. It only took an entire day. Listening to two, almost three, hours of audio and selecting clips then editing them all together is no...
  29. my apologies

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    It’s been awhile, and for that I am sorry. With the week before spring break plus getting sick plus my life sort of kind of falling apart (that’s me being overdramatic), my Digital Storytelling work definitely took a backseat. Well,...
  30. the durnk tank: episode two

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    Here’s a quick update on our radio show, The Drunk Tank. During the last Digital Storytelling class, my group and I got a few people from class together to help us record our intro. That was nice because it let...

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