I had to choose between three video assignment bank assignments and “talk to the bot” in week six. In the end, I decided to complete three assignments from the bank because I think there is always something fascinating to do. For my first assignment, I had to make a top 10 list or ranking video on YouTube. Here is the result: My Top 10 NBA Players (with a slight twist). I ranked my top 10 NBA players with a slight twist. I had a great time doing this, and I would absolutely do it again in the future. The next video assignment I choose to work on required me to make a tiktok of your pet acting in a funny manner and overlay the video with a funny or well-known sound. Having fun, I gave my course character a dog of his own. You can view my tiktok at My Course Character’s First Dog, with a TikTok included if you’d like. My latest video assignment was really simple, all I had to do was record a video, no more than eight seconds, of me doing somethat that I do every day. Check out what I decided to do at My Daily Activity. It may not be the most creative idea ever, but I do it every single day. Next, I put a bit of work into creating the story for my course character that you can see here: Julius Lawrence faces uphill battle vs Aggressive Technologies. This was a lot of fun because it developed my character’s plot and I was able to connect him to a classmate’s course character. After that, on Saturday, I completed the Daily Creates at Daily Create #1. additionally on Monday: Daily Create #2. As Professor Bond mentions, I feel a sense of community and connection among the DS106 students, therefore I left comments on a few blogs made by classmates.

This week, too, I finished my assignments without any issues. Making the YouTube video featuring the top ten NBA players was the assignment I most enjoyed this week. To be honest, it wasn’t that difficult to make, and I was pleased with the outcome. As a huge sports fan, I grew up watching videos about rankings, so creating my own was fun. If you have been following the journey of my course character, who happens to be an NBA player right now, I also added a little twist to my rankings. In the future, maybe, I’ll create some more ranking videos!

Honestly, I wouldn’t change a thing. I think I completed each task to the best of my ability. I don’t have any questions right now. Everything was finished carefully, thus my work isn’t experiencing any major issues.

There were only three blog posts this week, which seems like less than some of the previous workloads we’ve had. This week, I completed my first daily create on Friday and my second on Monday. However, I must admit that I wasn’t too fond of the prompts this week. It turned out okay, on Friday I made a graphic with a lot of various colors and forms. You can see it here: Daily Create #1. I was not sure what to do with the “my gratitude zine” poster I created as my next daily create on Monday. You can view my post at Daily Create #2  if you want to. I then worked on the assignment of going over my goals again.  This allowed me the opportunity to consider the initial goals I set for the class and see whether there was anything I could add or modify to my initial post. My revised semester goals can be found at Course Goals #2. I then studied the two articles on film analysis and film analysis – storytelling that Professor Bond provided us. After reading those articles, I have come to understand cinema analysis to be the study and interpretation of the materials and methods utilized in a film to tell a story and deliver a message.I had already seen episodes of Black Mirror, which I watched afterwards; they are always really fascinating. After that, I started watching Tony Zhou’s incredible series, watching every available video.I completely agree with Professor Bond that camera, lighting, and editing are necessary for the majority of what we believe to be outstanding acting, story, and conversation after watching Tony’s videos and listening to him break down and analyze the complexities of film making. Video can convey a story, much like everything else we have studied in this course. I then started working on the video essay, putting the knowledge I had been acquiring to use. At Video Essay, you may read and watch my assignment. I chose a scene from Avengers: Infinity War, focusing on aspects I felt I could discuss, such as the design, special effects, visual composition, and editing.  As I reiterate every week, I really enjoyed leaving comments on my classmates’ posts as I wrapped up this week’s assignments.  Observing others’ work and contrasting it with mine is enjoyable. One of the interesting and distinctive aspects of this class is how each person interprets the assignments differently. 

I completed the assignments without any problems this week as well. The work I most enjoyed this week was going over my initial course goals again. As I mentioned earlier, one of the reasons I enjoy this course so much is the blogging component, which allows you to review your work at any time over the semester and see your thoughts and emotions. I was able to review my pre-course goals thanks to this assignment, and I’m impressed that they were already pretty good and that the goals I established for this week are still mostly in line with them. I am aware that Professor Bond stated we will review our objectives several times. This, in my opinion, is crucial since it allows you to evaluate and allows your goals to potentially change every few weeks. 

To be honest, I wouldn’t alter a thing. I believe I did each task as successfully  as I could. I have no more questions at this time. As of right now, everything was completed accurately, thus there aren’t any significant problems with my work. 

There were only audio assignments to do this week! This week, I began by downloading Audacity, an audio-editing application I had never used previously, and getting acquainted with it. I then created a free Soundcloud account, albeit it turns out that I didn’t actually have one (I thought I did). After seeing “Moon Graffiti” and the two brief videos by Radio Lab’s Jad Abumrad, I published a blog post that may be found at Audio Reflection. Basically, these videos let me realize that storytelling is about more than just words and pictures. People’s creativity is often sparked by a lack of images. After that, I made my radio bumper, which I heard at around eight pm on Monday on the ds106 radio station. Making this and experimenting with Audacity, Freesounds, and my own script was enjoyable. My bumper’s soundcloud and blog are both available at Radio Bumper. After that, I finished the sound effect story, which was actually rather difficult, in my opinion. Who could imagine telling a story without any words or images? Though you can view mine at Sound Effect Story, I really liked how mine came out. After that, I worked on a breaking report for my course character that was based on a bank assignment. I created the AI-generated film using Colossyan, which was a lot of fun and added a nice little twist to the live of my course character. The blog that can be seen at Breaking News Report. Making a spooky and relaxing audio sound was the goal for the next two audio assignments I selected from the bank. I was able to locate a wide variety of noises using freesounds for both tasks; the blogs for those assignments are located at Spooky Season Audio and at Relax and Listen. I only used Audacity to import sounds that I already knew were calming or spooky. I completed the three audio assignments from the assignment bank that were asked of us, utilizing both the AI theme and my course character.  Next, on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, I finished the Daily Creates at these links:  Sunday: Daily Create #1, Monday: Daily Create #2, and Tuesday:Daily Create #3. As I’ve said before, the daily creates always get my mind working, even though they can be difficult to come up with ideas for at times. I continued by leaving comments on around four of my classmates’ blogs. I usually love this part of the week because I get to see how other people interpret the assignments and how they’re coming along with their own work. Many of my students have excellent ideas, which motivates me to strive for excellence in my own work as well. Following this, I jotted down any ideas I had for a brainstorm radio show. Right now, I’m going to collaborate with Rishi Shankar, and we want to incorporate our course characters. You can read my post at Brainstorming Radio Ideas. This week came to an end with me listening to the ds106 radio. My thoughts are available at DS106 Radio Thoughts. Since I wouldn’t be able to see what was happening, I basically learned to focus on the noises and little elements of the live story we were told through only sounds. I had to be attentive and take note of whatever I could. 

This week, I had no trouble finishing the assignments. This week’s work that I enjoyed the most was coming up with ideas for radio shows for both Rishi and my course character. I’ve mentioned it before, but working with the course character is a lot of fun because I get to decide everything that occurs to him. I believed that the concepts I came up with for the radio show would be excellent topics for Rishi and me to discuss. I hope to work on the assignment in the future; it should be enjoyable. 

Honestly, there is nothing that I would change. I think I completed each task as effectively and uniquely as possible. I don’t have any other questions. As of now, everything was finished correctly, therefore there aren’t any major issues with my work.