Category: Thoughts and Ideas

Jen Ralston: Sound Person Extraordinaire

First of all, I thought it was super cool that she did the sound on O Brother Where Art Thou because I like that movie a lot. Just had to get that out of the way.

I agree that sound is under-appreciated but definitely necessary. Movies and TV wouldn’t be …

Jennifer Ralston Interview

I listen to Jennifer Ralston Interview on #DS106 Radio. I’m glad that she introduced herself because I wasn’t quite sure who she was. That were doing “Audio” this week it was really good to hear her because that’s what she does as a living and because she actually worked with …

Making Sense of Viewer Sense’s

The interview with Jennifer Halston leaves me with a high admiration for the passion and professionalism she contributes when playing her role making The Wire a viewer worthy experience. She is truly a master at her craft by conveying the importance of respecting the minor aspects involved with film easily …

Introducing Wire 106 Radio

For this brainstorming activity, I decided to use GIMP to create a Wire 106 Radio “logo” (or “banner”) with a background of Baltimore cargo containers to accompany the ideas that came to me about what a Wire-themed show would include. For a show 20-30 minutes long, I came up with …

Project Brainstorming

For the ds106 radio project, I think it would be really fun to explore the use of different technology in The Wire. What would the first season have looked like if the drug crew was using text messaging instead of pagers? What about if they didn’t have anything and were …

Jeremy’s reflection on Bryan Alexander and Digital Storytelling

Web 2.0 was a good article to read because it addresses the infatuation with social media. Only lately has it been  beneficial to layout a story online and it’s  because of the trends listed in Bryan Alexander’s article. He highlights blogs, twitter, wikis, social images, and facebook, which are some …

My creation, from the mind of Jeremy. Poem.

My blog is a creation

From the Mind of Jeremy Hillberry

It’s a website designed for my online class

That revolves around The Wire

It’s starting to be my creation

Because the thoughts come from Jeremy Hillberry

Eventually my domain will outlive my class

And I will have moved beyond …

User Beware!

Web 2.0 Storytelling gave another perspective in which to look at all the social media networking that we have access to; platforms used as a mode to communicate with others. I had not thought of looking at these networks as a manner of storytelling. With a closer look at what …