The Wire: Downton Shabby

The Wire: Downton Shabby is a British period drama set in fictional Yorkshire, England in the early 21st century on the estate of the eighth Earl of Baltimore, Avon Barksdale. The series depicts the lives of the aristocratic Barksdale family and their servants as they experience great events in history …

“Every Day We Fight The System”

The first episode of season three brought back some good ol’ memories for me. I was so interested and ready to type as soon as McNulty walked in on the discussion between Pearlman and Daniels. One thing that I used to say about McNulty is that he is stubborn, but …

“The Man Of Mankind”

Tonight (10/08/14), my group met for the second time to plan our radio show. We had some really good ideas floating around the table tonight. The first thing that jumped out to me was the logo and the bumper. SO I went ahead and volunteered to take both of those …

“I Won’t Sugar Coat It”

My first daily create of the week is the Evil Guinea Pig one. I didn’t really know what to expext from this tdc. When I went to look at the tdc ds106 page I saw an error message which immediately through me off. So I just clicked on the flickr …

“Just Buckle Up Before The Ride”

I enjoyed the commentary on episode 12 of season two provided by Thorson and Zimny. One of the biggest takeaways I have from listening to them was about the focus on eyes. I felt that they were saying that the focus of the camera on the characters’ eyes was portraying …

“Just Imagine The Magic”

The 12th episode of season two really caught my attention. I noticed from the start that this episode was going to be based off of emotions. Obviously with the dead body and all of the spectators it was going in a much different direction than any other episode. I realized …

A Day in the life of Flickr (and FreeSound)

I did the audio assignment “FlickrSounds” which is worth 1.5 stars. At first I didn’t know what to search so I searched sunset and then I came up with a picture/sound combination that was interesting to me. Mostly because they don’t really go together but they could. There …

Breakfast Time!

Hey guys! This assignment, Sound Effects Story (3 1/2 stars), was actually really fun! I was able to play around with audacity more than I did the last audio week. We had to tell a story without using any vocals. At first I thought this was a challenge as I …