Today I made another commercial for my Wire Buyers radio group. After watching the funeral scene in episode 4, the bottle of Jameson in the dead cop’s hand, the music and the singing all reminded me of my trip to Ireland and ow big Jameson is there, so I decided …
This was fun because I went way back in time to pull some old ads for an appliance repair and sales shop in Detroit called Highland Appliance. They had several commercials for TV and radio, but I settled on the one featuring a “Yes Man” with a reference to Hurricane …
Although our radio show is primarily commercials, we’re having mini sound breaks (aka music) to take the place of a normal length radio commercial. Jess found this super cool link that showed us four different versions of “Way Down in… Continue Reading →…
My group–Stefanie, Nicky, and I–have decided on a group name! Our “radio station” will be WMAD radio. The MAD stands for “make art, dammit!” so we thought that would be appropriate. (I thought of the name and my group-mates approved it, woo!)
We also ended up using my idea for …
What’s up ds106-ers! I know everyone is getting ready for the upcoming radio shows! For our group, we have decided to go with the theme “The Science Behind The Wire”. For this project, Ien and I have a lot of research into wiretapping science and surveillance techniques. Jeremy is doing …
It had to be done. This is the result of several hours of wading through sound clips for clubs, bars, and various establishments with poles as a main feature. My ears were bleeding, but I managed to get what I wanted into the commercial, and kept it classy (considering the …
After meeting and discussing with my radio group earlier today- I think I finally have a better idea about what’s going on. We made specific jobs for everyone, and now I feel fully confident that we are all participating equally.… Continue Reading →…
Over fall break the Wire Buyers talked a lot about planning and meeting up via our Facebook group, but today was the first day we actually got the chance to meet face-to-face. We have been using a google document to plan our project and post our individual work thus far. …
After that very much needed Fall break, our radio group got together and planned out individual guidelines for the upcoming radio show. I would handle audio editing and the script, John would handle research of the science parts, Carmela would help look up pertinent scenes from The Wire, and Jeremy …
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” …
