Well, we have made it to the end of yet another week. Between break and midterms, we have all been rather busy.
I can’t say for certain, but I hope this week’s post will brighten your break!
The Wire
This week, I got to see how the story behind the Sobotkas ended and I got to see the Barksdale organization attempt to come back together. I was rather impressed that the entire group of main characters are still together at the beginning of season 3. However, it pains me to see that the cops are just as rough as the criminals. The fact that Daniels is basically denied his promotion simply because his wife is running against the mayor is rather despicable. It just seems as though he can’t quite get out from under everyone else. Among other Wire related things, I’m beginning to wonder if Bubbles is ever going to go clean. He had a bit of a revelation after he was held at gunpoint for colliding with that gang member’s car. It seemed like that could be a potential reason for him to go clean, but at the same time, he just seems incapable of coming clean.
Continuing with the Barksdale Organization, Stringer seems to have a bunch of wily individuals underneath him. Like most leaders, he can’t control everyone at all times. Someone is going to slip up at some point, and he is going to have to be responsible for dealing with it. Likewise, I am curious to know whether he will have additional run ins with Omar or Brother Mouzone. Both of them seem to have his number now, The most interesting thing about this is that it seems as though Avon will be getting out sometime this season possibly.
The last thing that caught my attention in these two episodes was the continued situation between McNulty and his wife. I’m not really too fond of this story to be quite honest; McNulty can be a jerk, but I really despise his wife. There is just something about her that I don’t like. I can’t really put my finger on.
Double Dailies
The Wire: A Tale of Tools
The Wire is a show about a technician. This technician is responsible for re-wiring the electricity in broken houses that were damaged by various things. Some of these things include storms, fire, natural disasters, or even vandalism. The show takes place in Italy, and features a cast of various technicians that work across the world. Only the master technicians get assigned to these jobs. You will see the drama and life that goes behind wiring homes. This show is amazing, and is worth the watch. You will never see electric currents like you will in the Wire.
This was my description of the Wire!
Hope you enjoy the accuracy of it.
Let me know what you think; it was pretty fun making a mockup of a show that we are all currently watching.
Additional Thoughts – I like how this really turned out. It was an interesting assignment and the idea of using tools and wiring was the first thing I could think of. I also really enjoyed reading other people’s descriptions of The Wire. They were all quite hilarious!
And so a lone wanderer discovered a cave at the edge of darkness.
As soon as I saw this was up, I knew I had to make a cave doodle for a minifig to explore. This was a fun and simple daily create!
Again, since I’m not too good at drawing this is just a hastily drawn cave, but I think this all turned out pretty good.
Additional Thoughts – If I was not at home, I don’t think I would have been able to make this as I did. I am not quite certain why I chose a cave, or even how I chose it, but I rather enjoyed this one. If I was not told to do a drawing, I would have actually built a cave out of bricks. However, perhaps that is for another kind of assignment.
Hey Does This Work
http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/all-me-in-the-scene/
Alright here is a short audio clip of the adventurer’s shack. Creating this simply required my mic, my computer’s sound recorder, and a quiet area. I also had to pull to different voices to act out a scene (I’m not too good at making different voices so it might not be the best).
I originally wanted to make a scene based off of a shop that sells various goods to travelling adventurers. The idea comes from a compilation of fantasy junk that basically sits in the back of my head. This is actually more or less like a travelling merchant; you might end up seeing more from the adventurer’s shack one day. Anyways, the primary inspiration comes from various video games where there are travelling merchants dealing with all sorts of adventuring groups. And so we have a merchant dealing with a more, interesting, individual.
http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/swap-shop/
This was a fun one to create. I used the sound recorder on my computer and a basic headset. However, unlike other recordings, I grabbed my brother to assist me with this one while I was at home. After going over the assignment, he was ready to help.
The idea for the product actually came from Futurama, specifically from the episode where the head of Planet Express was attempting to sell the company on the stock market. With that idea, we just needed to be ridiculous and make it sound entertaining. After I told my brother about the idea, he laughed and we went over some quick things before recording.
http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/sound-scapes-2/
Sounds are from freesound.org:
spoonbender – www.freesound.org/people/spoonbend…r/sounds/244942/
IFartInUrGeneralDirection – www.freesound.org/people/IFartInUr…on/sounds/74646/
cornodrig – www.freesound.org/people/cornodrig/sounds/76676/
This sound was made from various sound that I found on freesound.org. I also used the Audacity software to trim, and adjust the volume of the different sounds in each file. Finding them was not too difficult; it just took the search bar and a rough idea of what I specifically wanted to find.
I rather enjoyed making this one. I had originally intended to add more sounds, but I found these three really made my idea come to life. I got the idea to make a forest sound after sitting back and thinking of places where you hear unique sounds. The forest came up shortly; you really do hear a lot of different noises that all get associated with one thing. Rather than picking everything, I chose some sounds and put them together to create this.
After trimming the sounds, I adjusted the volume to make the river seem further off (it was really noisy at first) and increased the volume of the trees rustling. All in all, I think it came out pretty decently.
I’m still getting use to some of the options and layouts in Audacity, but so far it is proving to be a solid piece of software for sound editing.
Additional Thoughts on All – I am getting use to using sound equipment, and I am also getting use to messing around with audacity some more. There are many things that you can do with sound equipment. I like how each one turned out, and it was very entertaining having someone else with me when I recorded the Swap Shop one. If you get the chance to ever have anyone else help out with an audio assignment do it! It is a lot of fun.
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In Conclusion
This has been a fun week, and I am hoping the following week will be even better with the Radio Show assignment getting done.
See you all later!
