Live Tweeting Only Watching No Hearing

Will Smith once said, “You can cry, ain’t no shame in it.” After live tweeting the three days we had last week, I just loved it. It was fun and I enjoyed it so much. I decided to do again this week but instead of only hearing the episode, we …

Soundless Live Tweeting

This week we are focusing on the visual aspect to storytelling. So the three episodes we are watching this week are all being shown with out the sound. Tonight was season 2 episode 6 or “All Prologue.” I really like how there was no sound. It really made you focus …

Blowing Up Your Newsfeed

Similar to last week, we have to do another live tweeting of an episode from the assigned episodes this week. I wanted to get a head start so i decided to start on the first viewing: Episode 6 of Season 2. I watched the episode ahead of time because that’s …

Soundtracks Aren’t Always Playing

I just listened to the Jennifer Ralston interview, and I have to say that was pretty cool. Its interesting to see the audio side to the episodes. I’ve only looked at it from a visual perspective. I’m such a visual person that I normally don’t think about the thought that …

Radio DS106

In brainstorming an idea for my take on a The Wire themed radio show I choose to approach the conscience of the listener. It is my vision that this show would address the greater implications of David Simon’s portrayal of social injustices through his artistic imagery in the mini series. …

Over the shoulder perspective

Something I noticed while watching the episode 6, season 2 of The Wire… The following photos are screenshots taken from the episode. As you can see, almost every time there was a large group of people- and the people, not the setting,… Continue Reading →…

Audio Live Tweeting.. It’s amazing..

Harry Truman once said, “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” I just loved doing this weeks assignment. Especially doing my live tweeting with the class on Twitter. We listened from a link that Professor Groom provided to us. There …

The Wire Radio Show Ideas

I think a “What would you do” radio show would be a fun and interesting topic to discuss. Prior to the discussion there would have to be a list of questions or situations that will be discussed. My thought was putting yourself in the shoes of one of the characters …

Ideas for a radio show

As real as The Wire feels, it’s still a tv show made for entertainment. My idea for a radio show is to take some scenes from the entire series that you believe is too hollywood and imagine how the actual scene would play out in real life.…