This was another great week in DS106 for me. I think I love the audio assignments the most out of any other assignment group. I feel that it allows me to be able to express myself in a way that the other assignments don’t. Lets take a look at my work for the week.
Radio Show Logo:
For this assignment I volunteered to create the logo for may Audio Group. We decided that we would name our group 76.5. So after that I thought about how other radio stations usually have letters at the beginning of their name and I decided that the DSTW would work well because of Digital Storytelling and The Wire. I used the Aviary and PicsArt apps on my phone to create this logo. I hope you like it.
Daily Creates:
http://tdc.ds106.us/writings/the-drama-it-brings-is-crazy/
I enjoyed both of these daily creates. When I first saw the daily create about guinea pigs I chuckled. So when I thought about doing mine I thought to myself that I want people to chuckle when they see my picture. I used the Aviary app on my phone to edit this picture.
For the not so description of The Wire I decided to turn the wire into a comedy. I wanted to do it in a way that didn’t actually take away from the actual show. I centered the show round the Barksdale family and had a little play on the police’s wire taps. I tried to incorporate others but not in such a direct way. Read it and let me know what you thought.
Wire Episodes:
http://www.blindsidearchive.com/thoughts-and-ideas/just-imagine-the-magic/
http://www.blindsidearchive.com/thoughts-and-ideas/just-buckle-up-before-the-ride/
http://www.blindsidearchive.com/thoughts-and-ideas/every-day-we-fight-the-system/
This week’s episodes of The Wire were probably some of my favorite so far. It started with episode 12 and how I felt the episode was centered around more emotion that words. There were a lot of times where I was looking at characters expressions and not necessarily listening to what they were saying. There was a lot of tension in that episode so I didn’t write about what was happening in the show only how the show was put together. I loved the commentary and feel like I learned how to watch the episodes more carefully. Everything they were saying about the way the directors and producers incorporated messages into the episodes blew my mind. I literally don’t look for those things when I’m watching the show so that will be a big takeaway. I enjoyed the first episode of season three and felt that it continued with the intensity from season two and was a great way to start the season. Take a look at my posts about the episodes and let me know what you think.
Audio Assignments:
Dramatic Reading:
So-and-So’s Greatest Hits:
Row Row Polyphony:
Imitate Some Weather:
This week’s audio assignments were fun. I enjoyed using Audacity and feel like I’m starting to understand the software better. For the dramatic reading I did my favorite song which is “Survival Tactics” by Joey Bada$$ and Capital STEEZ. It wasn’t really hard because I’m getting so used to Audacity. I downloaded some background music and tried to incorporate a little spoken word into my voice as I was reading the lyrics. I liked the finished product so much that I had to listen to it at least 5 – 10 times before I uploaded it and made a post. For the So-and-So’s Greatest Hits I used my favorite rap group Pro Era. I took five of my favorite songs and cut verses out using audacity. I had so much fun and loved the way I faded the verses in and out. The Row Row Polyphony was fun. I had the hardest time getting the tracks to line up perfectly. I wasn’t satisfied for at least 20 – 30 minutes. So I sat there moving the tracks back and forth. After I finally got that finished I was done and happy with the finished product. The weather imitation wasn’t that hard. The worst part was trying to actually sound like weather. I decided to do wind and think I did a fairly decent job. Listen to them and let me know what you thought.
This week was a lot of fun. Like I said, I enjoy doing the audio assignments because I feel like I’m becoming one with the Audacity. I hope we get to do more audio. The Wire never fails to amuse and interest me so I’ll happily continue to watch. Take a look a my work from this week and let me know what you think.
