Category: Week 4
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Week 4 Summary
Last week, I noted that I was worried about this week’s assignments, as I haven’t had much experience with Audacity or editing audio, and it seemed like a big workload. However, I enjoyed every assignment this week and learning more about audio storytelling and how sound can affect so much of any form of media,…
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Assignment Bank: Movie Voice Machines – Dr. Oblivion Leaves a Voicemail Message
https://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/movie-voice-machines/ “Create a voice mail message for a character in a film or tv show” This was an assignment to create a voicemail message for a character. I couldn’t really figure out how to use one of those AI voice copiers to put in my course character’s voice, so I just used Dr. O to…
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Assignment Bank: Sound Effects Story – Hopefully my Character Made it out Alive…
https://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/sound-effects-story/ “Tell a story using nothing but sound effects. There can be no verbal communication, only sound effects. Use at least five different sounds that you find online. The story can be no longer than 90 seconds.“ I actually did this assignment using the spooky story, but I realized that the spooky story falls in…
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Assignment Bank: Consult with your Doctor – I Asked Dr. Oblivion About AI Taking Over CS Jobs
https://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/consult-with-your-doctor/ “If you give Dr. Oblivion (https://oblivion.university/) a question or directive, he will give a response of up to a minute, which may or may not be loaded with snark. For this assignment you should download the MP3 of the Doctor’s response, import it into Audacity and cut it up and insert your part of…
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Radio Show Ideas – Tennis Junkie Transitioning into Something New?
I’d like to say that I’m an avid listener of podcasts and radio shows. My long commutes to school and work often allows me to finish a chunk of these at a time, and I really enjoy the insights I get from my favorite podcasters. I will say however, that my scope of interests is…
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Assignment Bank: Creating a DS106 Radio Bumper – Best Tunes with the Best People
https://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/create-a-ds106-radio-bumper/ “Now that we have a #ds106 radio up and running creating a 15 to 30 second bumper for the station.“ This was my first attempt at a radio bumper, and I focused my attention on creating a catchy phrase. I came up with “The best tunes with the best people” and looking back at…
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Assignment Bank: Spooky Season – Entering a Spooky Castle
https://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/spooky-season/ “Within this assigment, you must find some spooky sounds and create a scary audio clip. Select more than four sounds and overlap them on a program like Audacity. You can use Freesound to select your sounds. Make them as spooky as possible.“ I used sounds sourced exclusively from Freesound.org to create a story where…
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DS106 Radio – What an Experience!
For the live DS106 radio session this week, I was working at night for all 3 of the sessions. However, I was able to check into the Wednesday night’s show and it was an absolute pleasure. The first story called “A Logic Named Joe” was a lighthearted comedic interpretation of what the internet would look…
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Moon Graffiti – Eerie yet Captivating
This short story was unexpectedly gripping for the entirety of the 10 minutes. The conversation between Armstrong and Aldrin signifies uncharted territory, as this was the first time man stepped foot on the moon. The entire story has an underlying mysterious backtrack, until the middle where sometimes just their voices and breathing fill the audio.…
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Daily Create Roundup: Week 4
Here are my daily creates for week 4! I couldn’t think of any message for the world to put on my plane banner, so I decided to advertise the class instead. The next create was to write a three line poem about lemons without using the following words: lemon, yellow, round, fruit, citrus, tart, juicy, peel, and…