Category: thewire
Rawls on the Web
“Ay yo, Omar’s comin’!”
For my final video assignment for the week Stefanie and I did “Swede a Scene” (4.5 stars). We decided that it would be easier and more fun if we did it together. It would allow us more people to work with rather than having to do a scene …
Seniority in The Wire
This week we had to do the assignment “Video Essay” for The Wire (5 stars). Boy was it worth five stars. This assignment was a lot of work. Rather than doing a discussion of Seniority in one episode, I made mine pretty much a discussion on a theme …
Look, Listen, Analyze: Dennis Tries to Get Permits
The scene I am doing “Look, Listen, Analyze” for is the scene where Dennis tries to get his permits to transform the warehouse into a gym. The scene starts at 17:49 in Episode 9 of Season 3. These are my notes upon watching this scene.
Look:
Wide shot of Dennis …
Look, Listen, Analyze
The scene that stood out to me the most this week was the ending scene in Episode 8 where Avon and Stringer fight.
http://www.dniepokoj.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/The-Wire-String-vs.-Avon-Intense-Scene.mp4
1. Analyze the camera work
When the volume is off and you are just watching, the camera work such as the angles become so much …
Stringer and Avon Fight Chipmunk Style
For my first video assignment this week I decided to do “Chipmunk Style” (2.5 stars). I figured it would be a good introduction to how Windows Move Maker works. Not super hard but not super easy either. When I was watching the episode I knew that I had …
Week 9 – Radio Show Premier
Daily Creates
This week we had to complete 2 daily creates.
Make A Winter Drawing – For this daily create we had to make a drawing of winter. I decided to make a snowman and a Christmas tree along with some snowflakes.
Take the Thirty Challenge – for this…
The Dog Inspired Me
SydThek1d’s assignment post of Cartoonize Bubba inspired me. I didn’t know the assignment prior to seeing her posting. First she cartoonized a picture of ziggy and his duck but then the second picture she cartoonized was of her dog bubba. Once I saw this image it made me think of …
TDSN Radio Reflection
I liked a lot of things about TDSN radio. I liked the bumper that they made and how they used it throughout the show to show cohesiveness.
I also loved the background music that they chose. I liked how the theme song was in the background while they were talking …