We have been so ahead on filming clips editing in order to make sure it is ready on Friday. We met on Monday at the HCC in the mini-studio in order to film some scenes with the green screen. We then talked about who was going to edit what segment of the short film, which we figured out pretty quickly.
Next, we met again on Wednesday to film some scenes at the amphitheater on campus. We had a lot of fun filming since these scenes had a lot of drama in them, and some fighting (you will see).
We also split up the work in terms of making mini-commercials and bumpers to fill up the show, even a preview for the next episode. Most of us will be using Premier Pro and ClipChamp in order to edit the clips together.
So far, we are making great progress and can’t wait to see the final product.
Gearing up for finals, I am starting to feel the stress, but I am managing it well. This class is actually the least of my worries, as working in such a great group has made it that much easier. We have been making way on our short film, and I am very excited to see how it will turn out in the end.
Group Project
I go more in depth in my blog post about our progress so far, but we have been meeting a lot throughout the week through FaceTime in order to plan out the plot, script, as well as deciding who will do commercials or bumpers.
We then decided to start filming on Wednesday, where we met at Ball Hall in order to film some scenes. We rented a camera from the HCC, and used it in order to record, and it came with a microphone on top of it.
I also made an animated intro for the show, taking inspiration from classic “Bravo” reality-tv, but making it fit the cyberpunk, tech-noir theme.
Overall
Overall, can’t complain! It was really fun to film the scenes with my group! I am not much of an actor, but I feel like we all did good with staying in character and making it realistic. It will be a really busy week next week, but I am ready. See you for the final week of DS106!
So far, so good! My group has really been on top of our work. We have been meeting multiple times throughout the week over FaceTime to make sure we are all on the same page.
At our first couple of meetings, we came up with the overall theme of the show, or what we want it to be about. We decided on a sort of reality-tv, “Real Housewives” style show, yet set in a futuristic, tech-noir city of “Cyber Manhattan”. We will be playing our own characters, still fitting into their personalities, but playing it up a bit in order to add drama.
We then started planning what the plot would be, what the “Housewives” would be fighting about. In our meeting yesterday, we wrote out a whole script, or at least an outline of what everyone is going to say when we are filming. We plan on filming some scenes this week, at locations such as Ball Hall and several different academic buildings.
Overall, we are making great progress, and I am excited to see how it goes!
I had a pretty chill weekend! Probably, a little too chill though, as I didn’t get much work done. The only thing I could really say that I did was continue working on what my group had planned for our final project. We will meet on Monday to film some parts of it, which should be fun!
Final Project Trailer
My group decided to start of the week on Monday by filming at the green screen studio in the HCC. We just filmed some intros, as well as some clips that we can edit together. Martina then took on the task of editing the whole thing together (thank you again Martina!), as long as the group set up the order of everything and sent in all the audios. Here it is!
Daily Creates
Daily Create #1
Our first daily create of the week was to use this random animal generator, and make whatever animal we got our pet! I got this fish, which is named Tang. I thought he looked quite lazy, so I thought he would love to sleep in his ship-wreck, as well as love eating fish food.
Daily Create #2
For the second daily create, we were asked how we would survive in the wilderness! I already know I would not do very well. I am a very social person, and I rely a lot on technology (which are my own faults). I think I could last for a couple of days, but eventually want to give up. But, I also thought of one of my favorite childhood shows, Total Drama Island. I see myself in some of the characters, specifically Courtney, although they are all a bit crazy.
Daily Create #3
Lastly, for the last daily create, it is National Pet Day! We were asked how we would celebrate, which sadly I will be spending it talking to them over FaceTime. They are at my home with my parents, so I only really get to see them over breaks. But, I will send them a Happy National Pet Day from here at school!
Overall
Overall, it was a pretty chill week, again! I am excited, but also nervous for the workload of the next couple of weeks, but I am ready to work with such a great group again as we work on the final project!
It is finally April, yay! Starting off with the new week, I am proud of my group work from the past couple of weeks! I started off just commenting on other’s work, as well as listening to our radio shows! I was happy to see there was some less work this week, as well as having some time to think about my final project. My group is considering coming back together to work on the final project together, which I am excited about! We worked together really well!
Radio Show Listening
We had to tune in to listen to our own radio shows, as well as one of the other groups shows. I go more in depth in my blog post, Radio Show Review, but I listened in on the DS106 radio, where they went over news events around the world. It was really good, and I had a lot of fun listening to it.
Daily Creates
Daily Create #1
For the first daily create of the week, we were asked to make a art with a question mark. I immediately thought of the website we used for a former daily create called Visual Poetry, where you could draw something with words. I simply made a question mark out of the words “Question Mark”.
Daily Create #2
For the second daily create of the week, we had to open the door and show what was happening behind it. I thought to do a infinite doorway, a never-ending tunnel!
Daily Create #3
For the final daily create of the week, we were asked to find or edit a photo of a location that had an ironic name! I decided to do a more run-down, industrial area, and give it the street names of “Paradise Road” and “Luxury Avenue”.
Overall
Overall, again, it was a pretty chill week. I really enjoyed listening to the other radio shows, as well as getting ready for the final project in the next coming weeks! I am ready for next week!
Listening to my own radio show was a struggle, but I was able to get through it! It sounded really good, but having to listen to my own voice makes me cringe. But, it was still so fun to our finished product, and I felt like an artist admiring their work.
Now, for listening to another group’s radio show. I listened to the DS106 radio, which was Emily H., Sam H., Maddie M., and Brigid W.’s. I thought there show was really good. It flowed so well between the segments and the transitions fit in. The radio bumpers and commercials were super cool, and I liked the intro as it truly felt like I was tuning into a real radio show. The topics were relevant to the theme of cyberpunk/tech-noir, while also relating to real-world issues. My one critique is that sometimes the volume was too low or too high throughout, so I had to turn down or turn up the volume at certain points to hear. But, other than that it was pretty much perfect! I had a lot of fun listening to it!
Starting off the week, we kept on chugging on for our group project. I talk about it more in my radio show progress post, but the week started off great as we continuing planning for our radio show! We came up with a script, as well as organized the radio bumpers and commercials to make the show sound more cohesive. We also recorded at the DKC’s podcasting studio, which was super cool, it felt so professional! Although disaster struck, which you will have to read my blog post to find out…
Radio Show
Here is the final product of our radio show! It was so fun to make, as well as use the resources at the DKC! Martina was a real one and edited it all since we decided it would be good to just have one person edit it for cohesion so shout out to her! Although we ran into some obstacles, we pulled through, and made a great radio show! Enjoy listening!
Daily Creates
Daily Create #1
For the first daily create, we had to make some fun particle art! I tried to make a heart, but you can kind of see it. This was so fun to play around with!
Daily Create #2
For the second and last daily create of the week, we had to find a face somewhere! I was scrolling through my camera roll, and found this photo of the Capitol Building from when I visited D.C. over spring break! As I said in my post, it is kind of hard to tell, but I saw the two tall trees as the eyes, the Capitol as the nose, and the street as the mouth!
Overall
Overall, it was another great week for the books! As I have mentioned a lot, I loved my group, and I loved the radio show we came up with. I learned a lot about the materials we could use in order to make a radio show, as well as how to work efficiently in such a great group! See you next week!
Week 2 here we go! So far, my group has been communicating so well! We had another Zoom meeting on Monday, where we planned out the script, as well as who will be speaking during what segments of the show. We also planned out where we would place each commercial, radio bumper, and the intermission in order to make sure that the show sounded cohesive.
We booked an appointment with the DKC to do a recording in their podcast studio on Wednesday. the recording went great, and we all did pretty well in terms of sticking to the script, but also improving some pieces too. But, disaster struck… the audio didn’t save! Our whole recording was gone, but we immediately regrouped and came up with Plan B. We booked another recording session for Thursday, and will do it all over again. It sucks, but everything happens for a reason!
Overall, I loved my group, and I loved the show that we came up with. We were all able to express our creativity and put our ideas together in order to come up with a great show! So shout out to Macie, Kristen, Martina, and Coni, you guys are the best!
My motivation is in the gutter, but I must keep chugging on. I am excited for the upcoming weeks, as I am thrilled to start on the radio show. I can’t wait to get to know some of my peers as well as their course characters. We scheduled to do a Zoom meeting on Monday, as well as made a shared Google Doc in order to put all of our thoughts down and to start planning for the radio show.
Radio Show Progress and Promo
As far as progress goes, I love my group! I talk about it more in my blog post, Radio Show Progress, but so far, everything has gone good in terms of everyone staying on task. We were pretty quick to contact each other, as well as make a plan for a Zoom meeting in order to introduce ourselves. Also, we were comfortable in sharing ideas, as well as assigning tasks to people. Several radio bumpers and commercials have already been made, as well as an intro for the show!
For the promo, I knew I wanted to make a design that would represent our group, as well as the vibe we were going for during the show. I made it on Canva and used Google in order to find any images to use. I used a lot of neon, bright colors, as well as a font, that truly keeps the cyber-punk vibe. It is simple, yet effective as it gets across what the radio show is truly about.
Audio Assignments
For the first audio assignment, I did a radio bumper! I go more in depth about the process in my blog post about it, but I made it for the radio show for our group project! I made it as a back-up in case we would need an extra one, but I had fun with it! I liked being able to be creative in terms of making it more futuristic and tech-noir related.
For the second (and last) audio assignment, I made a commercial! We are going to use it in our radio show, and I knew I wanted to make it advertise something we could see in the near future. I decided to advertise a little robot helper that can help with everyday tasks, like cooking or cleaning. Like I said before, I go more in depth in my other blog post, but I wanted it to be realistic to the possible times we could live in in the future.
Daily Creates
Daily Create #1
For the first daily create of the week, we had to find or take a photo that represents confusion! I was a bit stumped by this, but I thought of some art pieces that definitely fit this prompt! Confusion by Cleofas Orozco Blancarte is mind-boggling and makes you think of what you are truly looking at.
Daily Create #2
For the second daily create of the week, we had to make a punch card! I decided to do an iconic line from the movie series, Hunger Games, since a new book was released this week about Haymitch, Katniss’s mentor.
Daily Create #3
For the last daily create, we were asked to recreate this pose. But, I wanted to do something a little different, so I made him a superhero! Flying through the city with a big, billowing cape, about to save the city!
Overall
Overall, it was a pretty good week! I was able to manage my time well, and I loved meeting my group members and getting to know them a bit more! I am very excited to do this radio show, as it will allow me to step outside the box, and also practice using audio equipment! Now on to the next week…
Here is a logo for my group’s radio show! I made it on Canva, as well as found this single silhouette of a women. I knew I wanted to represent each group member somehow, so I duplicated the silhouette, and made them pink to represent the “Femme”. I wanted to keep the cyber-vibe, so I made the colors very neon and bright. I also added radio waves in the background in order to emphasize that this is a radio show. I had a lot of fun with this, as I did struggle at the start to come up with ideas, but I am happy with the final product.
