Wrap Up Reflection

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGT-t4h0SVE

Digital Story Compilation

 

This assignment was really a time to go back to look at all the assignments and memories shared during the course of this class. These are some of the ones I'm proud to share. The downside to using a song is that other audio's can't be played. I attempted to mashup some clips from daily broadcasts and what not but I think I need a little bit more training for that.

The process for this video involved importing all the pictures I wanted to use into Sony Vegas Pre(free trial) and then importing the song (Let it Rock by Kevin Rudolf).

My Masterpiece

Trailer Mashup--Mulan

I think downloading all the tools and learning how to use it was more annoying than doing the assignment itself. I used Sony Vegas Pro as the main tool for combining all my clips. Using clip converter, I downloaded the clips from YouTube and saved them in the proper formats (audio mp3 and video mp4). I imported the video into S.V.P. and then converted the audio into .wav so I could clip and chop away in audacity.

I chose to use the live Mulan version and switch the audio with the Disney version using the Lion King intro as an opening. The Disney audio I think does this movie so much more justice than the original. You can hear so much more intensity in the music than in the original.

 

 

 

 

 

Mulan Mashup

Life

Someone once told me that "God never gives you more than you can handle"

This has me thinking. If God is testing us by giving us challenges to overcome, what is the punishment for those who fail? Eternal Damnation? And what are we supposed to be learning from these challenges?

IDK where I'm going with this but It's been on my mind lately. I've been occupied with asking WHY WHY WHY and not a lot of HOW. How do I get over this slump. How am I going to overcome this challenge and get to the other side with all the pretty rainbows and unicorn?

The answer...IDK. Tell me if you do. But I know this one thing .... You can't get too scared of all the whatif's that you are unable to act.

Here are some words of courage to keep you going

"The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear"

Nelson Madela

 

 

 

 

Disappearing Act Web Story

So after watching Tim and Martha’s video and going over the written instruction, I still felt lost because I didn’t know what website I wanted to look at. I’m big on fashion but fashion is very image focused and Martha warned against websites with too many pictures….So what now? I thought of what Tim said about trusting your sources and knowing where your information is coming from and got the idea to play with a news source. CNN being one of most recognized news sources seemed like an easy target. There was an article on men getting cancer and some of the focus was on what they ate. Somehow my brilliant mind went from that to couch potatoes and then to men disappearing because they didn't want to do house chores. I bet if they could, men would actually do this. Now I am not a man hating woman but  it grinds my gears to see the women in family cooking and cleaning and the men just sit and watch tv. Sooo dad, bro, and uncles and Charles, this is for you!!!

I was able to do this by following the instructions listed here.

I used fireshot to capture the screen shot (I kinda wish i knew of this nifty lil thing much earlier but that's another story). So the only thing I cheated on was the saving while making changes cause I'd copy, past and save the html but then when I opened it, I got a message that said "No clickID (partnerID) has been set on this page"... Now whats that about? So here are the results.....Criticize, and Dismantle so I can rebuild and recover (that made no sense but I'm just typing what my brain is thinking of). 

 



 

 

I kept the original links from the article because I thought they related to the report about eating habits of men. I changed the links in the related topic to read more like it had some thing to do with the report. Men and dirty socks are a sub topic of men's household responsibilities and the women's lint issue was just for giggles!!!!

 

 

 

Reactions to these new turn of events

So i'm sure by now everyone has heard of the events that's happened in the last few days. We lost Dr.Oblivion, and now the prime suspect, Jim Groom has gone missing...but not before going mad and banishing some people. Fortunately for us, there is an audio recording of the event that wasn't audible to the naked ear during the live broadcast. I've managed to capture this audio using audacity. I know in doing this I have put my life in further danger. Fear not ds106er, we must fight on. We must not let fear keep us from speaking out. Whether you are with ds106 or ds107, we are all students praying for the safe return of Dr.Oblivion so that we can nurture our curiosity in peace.

The transformation by arababky




Thanks to soundcould's freesound,nickStageand Nummer39 for your help in cleaning up this audio

Audio Experiment #3 Alvin!!!!!!

For the third audio experiment I decided to play with the effects since the other two didn't really allow for that much experimentation. I recorded someone singing this rhyme and then I played with the pitch and the pace which resulted in the lovely chimpmunck sounding thing. I added other effects but the pitch and the pace were the most noticeable changes that I could find.

Self audio by arababky




This is Alvin's toothless grandpa joining in on the fun!!!
Alvins toothless grandpa by arababky