This week Wire 106 has been a bit hectic between my being away in NYC and then getting sick on my return. Which was further complicated by the fact we are now starting a two week odyssey into radio shows straddled … Continue reading →
This week Wire 106 has been a bit hectic between my being away in NYC and then getting sick on my return. Which was further complicated by the fact we are now starting a two week odyssey into radio shows straddled … Continue reading →
I did the assignment The Ultimate Merger, worth 3.5 stars. I wanted to make this Wire related since Proposition Joe and Stringer Bell are in a deal with each other now. So what I came up with is a “package” logo, featuring both of them. I found a package …
For this video discussion of Season 2 Episode 11 of The Wire, “Bad Dreams,” Paul Bond and I were joined by UMW #wire106 internauts John Meadows and Ien Harris. Once again, the discussion was focused around screenshots from this episode we found interesting in relationship … Continue reading →
I chose to do one of the recommended assignments which is One Story / Four Icons, worth 2.5 stars.
I knew I wanted to do my icons based on The Wire Season 2, Episode 9: Stray Rounds since I thought there were some iconic objects in that episode.
I …
I love minimalistic designs for basically everything. From posters, to jewelry, minimalism is just really cool to me, so naturally I was drawn to the assignment, Minimalist TV/Movie Poster which is worth 3.5 stars. This assignment presented the perfect opportunity to make my design Wire related and that is exactly …
Last week “we took a closer look at visual” in ds106, and we returned to video for the discussions of Season 2, episodes 6, 7, and 8 of The Wire. We used a similar logic to organize these discussions as we did during week 4 with audio, namely we …
Last week “we took a closer look at visual” in ds106, and we returned to video for the discussions of Season 2, episodes 6, 7, and 8 of The Wire. We used a similar logic to organize these discussions as we did during week 4 with audio, namely we …
After reading and listening to this week’s agenda, I was very intimidated by it due to all the audio. Turns out, it really was not that bad! Audacity was not that intimidating and the audio assignments were enjoyable! The process of doing all the assignments was not too troubling, …
When brainstorming ideas for a radio show that relates to The Wire the first thing that came to mind was to treat the show The Wire as if it were a reality tv show (so the events are actually happening) and have the different characters be guests on a radio …
