Month: March 2025

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it takes a village

Week 10 Summary:

Week 10 was a good week for me personally I feel back on track. Me and my group were able to complete the project on time, I’m happy with the overall outcome of our project originally I wasn’t sure how my sound effects and editing would come out and it felt forced, but once I found the flow and timing of the podcast the uncertainty left me and I was able to produce a enjoyable product for the listener. Most of the work done this week is explained in my Noir Games podcast post if you’d like more insight into the process of creating for our podcast.

Daily creates:

During this week we were responsible for 2 daily creates which I was able to get done. The first daily creation I completed asked us to tell what we love I decided to show off some green beans I harvested from last year’s harvest that I absolutely loved. Gardening is an important part of my life and as I get older the more I grow to appreciate the skill. For the second daily creation we were asked what our personal opinion was on the creative possibility of limits, boarders and all kinds of dividers this immediately made me think of the speed limit as this is the most common border I have issue with. Boarders like the speed limit are important in regulating a society, even though anyone could speed its borders like this that may help deter certain parties from speeding and help limit the number of fatal crashes, although I may not like driving the speed limit and I may be safe going a little bit over it is still smarter to follow the rules set in place by society for everybody’s sake.

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Noir Games Podcast

Full podcast.

Creative processes.

Creating the radio show was an interesting process that challenged us to work together, be creative, and make use of our editing skills.  We started the project off slow, then we decided on creating a script that would set the guild line we would follow to complete the assignment was the best course of action. After the script was complete we assigned who was responsible for what role and we all had to go record the individual audio for our charterers. We all also made unique bumpers and ads, we picked the best ads and used them for our podcast. After the audio was recorded I was responsible for editing and adding sound effects into the podcast, this process was difficult at first but once I had all the moving pieces in order and found a style/theme to follow the edits came out very nice. I was able to add laughing, transitions between scenes and questions, music, a ding for answers, and some different sounds that help the listener understand the mood that’s being expressed ex: using piano noise to build suspense. Once my part was complete I sent it off for the final editing and for the ads and bumpers me and my group mates created to be added into the podcast the final draft. Overall I’m satisfied with the completed project and think my group members did amazing with communicating and getting the work done, we set a plan and followed the plan any issues that we ran into were resolved quickly and as a group, leading to a successful end product.

Sources used:

Canva was used to create my Noir games graphic.

Soundcloud to upload the audio

Bandlab to edit the audio

All audio including sound effects and music are free from CC

my ad was also created on Bandlab

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Noir show phase uno

The Noir Game show is coming along nicely the group did an amazing job with creating individual parts that will later make up the whole. We have formed a plan for what we want the project to look like and we are assessing specific roles each individual will be responsible for with in the project, we also agreed that we would use whoever’s work was the best for the specific situation no hard feeling just creating a good product. We have found a successful way to communicate and ideas are being spread around plentifully next week we will focus on editing and collaborating with each other and making all the moving parts form a working machine. Everyone work is so unique and creative and I expect our project to reflect that.

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Week 9 summary

This week was a busy one in the world of ds106 I created multiple project that will hopefully be useful when creating our final draft. To begin I created a commercial for our upcoming Noir games podcast with help from the good ole doc. Next I created a intermission for our radio show that reminds the viewer to get outside touch some grass and get a breath of fresh air, then I created a Noir games logo using canva which originally I didn’t like but after some much needed editing have grown to quite enjoy. To conclude the week we were responsible for 3 daily creates this week which I was able to get done: the first was at list something that confused us, next I punch-carded a part of the Danny Phatom theme song one of my favorite shows from my childhood, and to end the week I attempted to copy the famous Italian opera singer Giuseppe De Luca pose and was successful but the picture says otherwise.

Daily creates:

  1. The first daily creates of the week was post something that shows what confusion means to us personally, and it instantly clicked in my head. The random dress that had the entire world confused on which color it was was a perfect example, not only did this confused me but it confused almost everyone who came across it causing for explanation videos to be made just to gather some understanding of what was going on.
  2. Next I created a punch card using an phrase, and I saw my group mate cinder decided to do part of the sponge Bob intro so I took inspiration from that and did another nickelodeon show Danny Phantom which was one of my childhood favorites.
  3. To end the week I attempted to copy a pose from the famous Italian opera singer Giuseppe De Luca and passed unsuccessfully as I was able to make and hold the pose for a moment, but when I attempted to look at the timer on the camera I lost my balance and fell just as the phone snapped the picture.
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Noir Games Logo:

Above is a logo I created using Canva to represent the Noir games. At first I struggled with making the colors mesh well, but then I remembered that keeping it consistent and setting a theme would be the best play. Overall i’m happy with how it turned out. I believe the bright colors with the dark background does a good job at representing the futuristic vibes and the controller and loading sign give the idea that there is at least some sort of game aspects to what its representing.

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A peaceful Intermission:

A brief intermission for are radio show that I created on Bandlab. I was at a drive in movie theater that was showing a double feature and in between movies there was an intermission filled with ads/videos. One of the videos during the intermission had a more wholesome approach and wasn’t product based so I drew inspiration from that and made a wholesome style intermission for our show. The inspiration from the post came from the radio show Intermission assignment. Originally I attempted to make my voice sound like the peaceful futuristic a.i voice that is commonly heard in movies and T.V but I couldn’t handle the cringe of my voice sounding like that and opted to use my normal voice instead.

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Noir Water Co. Commercial:

Process:

I created this using Dr.oblivion and instructed him to make a short commercial with “This show is brought to you by Noir Water company the one and only water of the future there are no other options.” as his guideline. Above is what he came up with. I like how he made the snarky remark about the water being monopolized, as this is a futuristic setting and helps fit the Noir theme. The inspiration for this post came from the create a commercial assignment and me drinking deer park faithfully everyday, originally the commercial was going to be for deer park ad but I liked docs response so much I went with it instead.

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Week 8 Summary:

Week 8 was about forming our groups for the upcoming radio show project and doing daily creates that challenged our mental creativity. My favorite daily create of the week was getting to colorize a photo in pimpin’ purple using canva, it was harder than I expected and I couldn’t find the car I was looking for but I was able to find something similar. I also really enjoyed the daily create in which we were questioned on what we would want named after us. It made me think about what type of legacy I want to leave on the world and if I would ever be able to do something great enough to join the having something named after me club. The last daily create was fun and simple as I found a picture on X (formally Twitter) that honored pi day in a creative way by baking a pie outlined with the numerical value of pi surrounding the outer rim. I look forward to finishing strong and getting started with the group project, right now we’re working on the beginning phases like scheduling and contact methods.

Daily creates:

Daily create number 1: which was inspired by a Kurt Vonnegut tweet that questioned us on what we would want named after us giving the example of shrapnel being invited by a Englishman with the same name. This reminded my of Henry Ford and his major effect on car industry, with that in mind I decided to take a pinch of his success and would take over dodge and have it named after me.

Daily create number 2: challenged us to pick a color from a list that appeals to us and colorize a photo with it. I decided to do pimpin’ purple and customize a car with it as it reminded me of the character a ‘a pimp named slicked back’ from the boondocks a popular show.

Daily create number 3: The final daily create I did for the week was to honor Pie day (3.14…) and for this post I found a pie someone either created using A.i or baked in honor of pie day on X.