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ECHO Protocol

Project Summary:
ECHO Protocol is a futuristic, interactive sci-fi story created using canva where you play as Kai, a memory technician who uncovers a rogue signal in a world controlled by the ECHO AI. The story explores themes of control, freedom, and identity through branching choices and glitchy cyberpunk visuals. It combines storytelling and digital media.

Weekly Reflection:
This week, I focused fully on finalizing the project testing visuals, refining choices, and bringing the story together. The process was creative and experimental, and I’m proud of how it turned out. Echo Protocol reflects what I’ve learned all semester about blending narrative with multimedia.

Week 13

During Week 13, significant progress was made on the final project, Echo Protocol. With no other coursework the focus was entirely on brainstorming and refining the story’s direction. The project revolves around a futuristic narrative set in the year 2149 where Kai, a memory technician uncovers a mysterious unauthorized signal in a world governed by the omnipresent ECHO AI system.

I explored various creative elements in Canvas experimenting with layout, visual elements, and interactive components to determine what best complemented the story’s tone. The visual aesthetic included glitch effects, AI alert screens, and scenes like a digital mirror, cyberpunk skyline, and a void of white, symbolizing the unraveling of reality.

The narrative begins when Kai receives the signal, triggering a choice: trace the source or report it to the authorities. These decisions lead to changing paths involving subnets, neural code rewiring, and questioning the nature of identity and control under the ECHO system.

Week 12

ECHO PROTOCOL TRAILER

This week I worked on finalizing the story and theme of how I wanted to apporach the final project. I also worked on and completed the trailer for the project.

I look forward to completing the Final Project and preseting a story about an AI taken over world

Along with the the trailer I completed 3 TDC this week, with no of them sticking out of being any particular fun or exciting

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ECHO PROTOCOL TRAILER

This a trailer for the upcoming final project. I used canvas to edit the video and put the glitching effects. I decided to use a bright red title to catch the attention of the view and the glitching effects to go alone along with the theme of a malfunction AI or issiues with technology. I also found helicoptor sound to match the cyberpunk themed helicopters I used in the trailer

Week 11

This week was fairly easy in terms of workload, but I really enjoyed logging in and listening to the different radio broadcasts. Each show had its own unique style and creativity. The way the stories were told along with the advertisements placed within the shows added an extra layer of entertainment. It was interesting to see how each group approached their show differently, bringing fresh ideas and creativity to the project.

Radio Show review

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Thursday daily create about deciphering something gave me the idea to do something from a classic fairy tale Jack and the bean stalk

Radio Show review

I listened to the DS106 radio show by Emily H., Sam H., Maddie M., and Brigid W. I really enjoyed it. The show was put together well with smooth transitions, and the radio bumpers and commercials were creative. The intro felt like a real radio broadcast and the topics fit the cyberpunk/tech noir theme while also getting to real world issues. The volume was in consistant but overall it was a really well put together show and impressive.

Second update of radio process

This week, my group and I met at the DKC to finalize our podcast plans. After further discussions about commercials and bumpers, we were able to lock in all the details and move forward with recording.

With everything planned out we got to work and recorded the entire podcast. The process went smoothly and after some mixing and editing we now have a fully completed episode.

In addition to recording the podcast I also created a brand-new radio bumper and commercial

Week 9

This week was mainly full of comunication between the group and trying to figure out what direction we wanted to go with the show. We eventallu came up with a idea everyone agreed on and proceeded to create a outline with script.

Poster

Radio show progress

Spooky Season

Guess the song

The audio assignment were pretty simple and i completed them by using soundcloud and a soundcloud downloader to turn the soundcloud link into a downloadable file. Also for the Spooky season assignemnt i used a audio editing software to shorten and put the sound clips together.

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The daily created were pretty easy I found thursdays one with the digital punchcard based off of what message was type was pretty interesting.

Poster

Here is a poster I created for the sho, this can be used to advertise and promote the show. It is a simple black and white contrast spilt down the middle to play into the title of the show “The Opposites”. I also added black and white radio waves to also go with the black and white theme it also takes insperation from the yin yang symbol which also is a symbol for opposites. Lastly i added a little “On Air” neon sign in the bottom corner opposite from where i placed the title, this sign is just a simple detail that is something you would see in a recording studio