Inspired by Jessica
Before doing my own Photoblitz assignment, I took a gander at what others’ Photoblitz assignments looked like. I was both impressed and inspired by Jessica’s Photoblitz. The pictures were taken with clarity and thought. I thought the picture of a demolished meal was a great idea …
Inspired by Brittany
For one of our DS106 audio weeks, I decided to do the assignment Greatest Hits Storytelling that I didn’t even realize was created by Brittany! This assignment required us to create a mash-up of an artists greatest hits to tell a story. Brittany’s mash-up of Brad Paisley’s …
Listening to WireBuyers Radio
For radio show airing week, I decided to listen to Wire Buyers Radio. I was so impressed with this group’s work!
Content
I loved all the different sound elements they incorporated into the show! This made the entire show interesting and kept the listener wondering what …
You’re listening to WMAD Radio…
Planning the Show
We knew that we wanted to discuss the theme of corruption throughout all that we’ve seen of The Wire so far, but we weren’t sure how to turn that into a show. During our Google Hangout with Paul Bond, he suggested that …
Radio Show Progress
This week, Stephanie, Brittany, and I finally named our radio group and planned what segments to include in our Wire-themed show. Brittany came up with the awesome idea to pull some inspiration from Jim Groom and call our radio “WMAD Radio” which stands for “Make Art Dammit” …
DS106 Radio Show Planning
This week I opened a Google Doc for planning the radio show with my group. At first we were confused on whether or not we had to include the audio content we made this week in our radio show, but after clarifying, we started to bounce …
I decided to take on the challenge of the audio assignment “A Story of Lyrics” (3 stars) and use a quote I recall from the beginning of The Wire from Bunk. For some reason I found and used another variation of the quote (I guess the quote is repeated later …
DS106ers might find this easy…
I chose to do the assignment “Reverse Audio Quiz” (2.5 stars) as I already had a song in mind to use. To reverse the audio, I downloaded an MP3 file of the song and uploaded it to Audacity. After selecting the entire song clip on …
Building my Audacity Friendship
For the audio assignment Create a DS106 Radio Bumper (1.5 stars) I used Audacity to upload, mix, and edit several recorded clips. To begin this assignment, I asked two of my roommates to allow me to record them saying “DS106″. On Audacity I recorded myself saying …
Below is my logo for the Wire 106 group radio project! For the text colors, I pulled subtle colors from the screenshot. I took this screenshot from Season 2, Episode 9 of The Wire to demonstrate symmetry during design week and thought it would make a great background to my …
